It is the shortest question in the English language. This single three-letter word, why?, is fundamental to the way we learn and experience life, regardless of age or circumstance. We develop our understanding of how things and people work and relate to one another, through use of this infinitely profound question. Even conclusions which may... Continue Reading →
Seeking a way to respond, helpfully, I am pleased to support this petition linked here. Dear friends, pray and work for peace, everywhere, and at all times. “Learn to do right; seek justice; defend the oppressed” (Isa 1:17). We, at the undersigned Palestinian Christian institutions and grassroots movements, grieve and lament the renewed cycle of... Continue Reading →
The article below appeared in THE TYEE on October 18, 2023. As I cannot share it electronically on social media I choose to reprint it here, with attribution, and with a suggestion that readers subscribe to THE TYEE newsletters and consider supporting this excellent independent news source. The truth be told, the truth is told... Continue Reading →
Good thoughts from our friend, Norman Sigurdson Like a lot of people I’m having a hard time processing the violence and blind hatred on display by both the Hamas leadership and the government of Israel. I’m still stunned by the brutality of Hamas’s attack on Israel last Saturday. It was, in every ethical sense, repugnant... Continue Reading →
I recently received a note from The Tyee, a BC independent media source I follow daily with both interest and appreciation. Here is what I received: Thank you so much for your ongoing support of The Tyee, especially in this very uncertain time for media in Canada.I have to tell you, it’s a very strange... Continue Reading →
I am Incredulous! I could not believe my eyes or ears. It seems that the “Downward Dog” has new meaning and potency this morning in our little town. Summerland council said NO to making the pop-up Peach Orchard dog park permanent. Citing significant neighbour and resident objection, council will seek alternate locations for a permanent... Continue Reading →
Shared by Kamloops’ good guy Rick Windjack, one who knows the street and the world of the poor really well, and originally posted on Facebook by Tricia Anne Meyer in 2001, here on some tips on what works and what does not work when we contribute to local food banks everywhere. Thanks Rick for the... Continue Reading →
Eddie Cross has a long and distinguished career as an administrator, economist, politician, writer, and more recently a blogger in Zimbabwe. Introduced to me online by my friend, Chris Rose--a personal acquaintance of Mr. Cross—I find his social, economic, and political analysis not just historically interesting, but also instructive for our own experience here in... Continue Reading →
I never would have believed it. If someone told me that Summerland’s favourite Labradoodle would be arrested and held in custody at the RCMP station in our little town, I would have laughed out loud, or even cried. But it happened. There I was, at the dog beach one summer afternoon, doing what Labradoodles do... Continue Reading →
Good friends, Greetings from the fire-ravaged BC interior, and the unceded land of the original people of the Okanagan, the Syilx. Some of you are part of the Johnson book project (now at the publisher copy-editing stage!); others are local St. Stephen’s Summerland leaders. Some are members of the Social and Ecological Justice working group... Continue Reading →
Take Note - Reflections on life, music, politics, retirement and more by Ken Gray 