Reposted from James Greenberg on Substack. Jun 27, 2025 -- As always, excellent and timely analysis from James Greenberg, Anthropologist and Social Ecologist How Market Logic, Structural Scarcity, and Political Abandonment Are Hollowing Out the Future The old promises are collapsing. Growth no longer lifts all boats—it lifts yachts. Progress no longer means shared prosperity—it... Continue Reading →
[Reposted from Anne Lamott on Facebook] I said to the kitty as we were getting up this morning, “I wish I had better news for you.” I didn’t want to get out of bed, but I had to let the dog out. And I turned on the news: Shock and awe again, same old same... Continue Reading →
I am always suspicious of the promises of emerging technology. Existing tech allows me to do so much more than I could five years ago. Why bother? My writing, conversation, photography, research, and most recently sports entertainment all benefit from hi-tech resources and solutions. Social media algorithms however suggest I need to go further in... Continue Reading →
[Ken Gray] The G7; meeting is a wrap and a yawn. Kananaskis in Alberta’s land of oil and gas returns to whatever normal is these days. Top of the agenda was global trade relationships, escalating warfare in the Middle East, but definitely not consideration of the effects of global climate change on both economy and... Continue Reading →
Re-post from Eileen Workman. Highly recommended. For my more spiritually inclined friends, here’s how I’ve come to see the entire MAGA movement—not from a political perspective, but from a deeply spiritual and psychological one: I view MAGA as a living embodiment of our collective American shadow. I see a movement that protectively encases a vast... Continue Reading →
A sermon for the congregation of St. Anselm, UBC, VancouverTrinity Sunday, June 15, 2025The Very Rev. Ken Gray I am so grateful to be with you this morning in response to the kind invitation of your rector, the Rev. Alecia Greenfield who has now launched into a short vacation. While I am not sure of... Continue Reading →
With thanks to Bill Sundhu and Avi Lewis who wrote the following message. [Avi Lewis] My father Stephen Lewis is spectacularly uninterested in social media, so I’m posting this myself (though he has read it and is prepared to suffer the indignity of all I'm about to reveal). When he was Canada’s ambassador to the... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/hKgUxqXoc9M Today is the day that I will sit down and plan my own funeral, not the entire rite, but the music. Some will ask me if I am feeling poorly. Not at all. My arthritis continues to exert influence; hearing joins sight in disadvantage; diabetic management continues apace, and my memory fails increasingly each... Continue Reading →
No, Mr. Netanyahu, it is neither anti-Semitic nor pro-Hamas to report that in just over six months your extremist government has killed 34,000 Palestinians and injured 77,000, 70% of whom are women and children. It's not anti-Semitic to report that your attacks have destroyed 221k homes in Gaza, leaving one million people homeless, or nearly... Continue Reading →
A sermon for the congregation of St. Stephen Anglican Church, Summerland — The 5th Sunday of Easter, May 18, 2025 While rector of St. Stephen’s some years ago I created a sermon series focused on four- or five-letter words. A four letter word sermon talked about LOVE. Five-letter editions unpacked FAITH and GRACE. Today, I... Continue Reading →
Take Note - Reflections on life, music, politics, retirement and more by Ken Gray 