A sermon for the Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost, November 9th, 2025 for the congregation of St. Stephen, Summerland by the Very Rev. Ken Gray The original title of Norman Lear’s 1971 TV sitcom All in the Family was Those Were the Days which ended up as the show’s theme song. I can imagine J D... Continue Reading →
[Disclaimer. You will never get me in a sweat lodge. The heat and the smoke would do me in. I know a number of folks, mostly men, who have benefited greatly from such a practice, including the Premier of Manitoba, Waab Kinew. Beyond the lodge itself, the practice of acknowledging “all my relations” teaches us... Continue Reading →
With thanks to Curtis M Wong writing in the Huffington Post So here’s a clergy gig I have never held, and never will — Chaplain to the United States Senate. What does one say? What can one say? In an effort to surface divine love, before many who are interested more in loyalty to a... Continue Reading →
Final Blue Jays post for a while; I promise! But I can’t resist calling out John Schneider for his management of this year’s team. Still a newbie baseball fan myself I don’t know the great managers of the past. But I have admired John Schneider’s direction of our rags-to-riches Jays this season. “They went about... Continue Reading →
I met Bonnie a little over a year ago up on the hill at the Summerland Ornamental Gardens on the grounds of the Summerland Research Station. Dressed in jeans and a green shirt her small frame belied her confident energy; she was buzzing around like a Queen Bee (an adult, mated female that lives in... Continue Reading →
On what may be in the final game in the 2025 World Series today, and at the end of a remarkable season for the Toronto Blue Jays I am glad to share the appreciation below from the Toronto Sun’s Mike Ganter. AIRWAVES: Blue Jays broadcaster Buck Martinez defies the odds and the adages calling Game... Continue Reading →
As the Jays travel home today for Friday’s World Series game six up 3/2 I cannot resist posting Mark Kingwell’s op-ed in Tuesday’s Globe and Mail. Following my own thoughts on this year’s World Series contest Kingwell takes the analysis further. He identifies the tensions and stresses, the disappointments and delights, the drama and occasional... Continue Reading →
Gotta love our Toronto Blue Jays. Their 2025 season story continues to unfold and delight fans everywhere. This year, fans smile rather than grimace. Blue shirts, caps, hoodies, scarves, and socks are on full display everywhere right now. Eight months ago the season looked like a sorry repeat of the 2024 season’s last-place finish in... Continue Reading →
Images throughout this post do not relate specifically to the text of Sean Franklin's article. They simply express how I engage with and respond to the presence of trees where I live. Article by Sean Frankling in the Anglican Journal Published October 15, 2025 The pages of Scripture are rife with roots and branches. From... Continue Reading →
An old bridal tale goes: Something old,something new,something borrowed,something blue . . . In a different tone and context, the good book reminds us: No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old cloak; otherwise, the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear is made. (Mark... Continue Reading →
Take Note - Reflections on life, music, politics, retirement and more by Ken Gray 