Recently published in The Guardian [Ken Gray] Many of us organ students in the 1970s worked for Victoria BC Organ Builder, Hugo Spilker. Part of our duties involved visiting local churches with Hugo to hold console keys as he tuned the organ pipes in the loft. While some pipes are built of wood, a majority... Continue Reading →
Elizabeth White, from Facebook โ Sen. Mark Kelly is responding after the Department of Defense initiated a formal retirement grade determination and issued a Letter of Censure to reduce his retired military rank and corresponding pension. The move came after Kelly publicly criticized the Trump administration. Here is Mark Kellyโs full statement, shared verbatim: (Senator... Continue Reading →
What will they think of next? Canโt people just let dogs be dogs? Oh no. For some folks itโs not enough to just select a breed, find a good breeder, and invite a new dog into a household. Worked for me, so very well, for many years, and still does. No need for imitations; just... Continue Reading →
A number of student organists in Victoria during the mid-1970s worked for local organ builder, Hugo Spilker. We loved playing the organ โ I speak here of large instruments placed in downtown churches, many comprising four manuals and a pedal division โ These were not small electronic substitutes which proliferate where I live today in... Continue Reading →
Pianist-composer Fazฤฑl Say premieres his 'Mother Earth' Piano Concerto with the Philharmonic Orchestra this weekend Days before itโs London premiere, Turkish pianist-composer Fazฤฑl Say talks about his powerful Piano Concerto 'Mother Earth' - a work inspired by the climate crisis and the urgent need to protect our planet. The work premieres Sunday 30 November with... Continue Reading →
James B. Greenberg on COP's inability to create possibilities for change - on Substack, Nov 16, 2025 Climate denial didnโt begin with Donald Trump, and it isnโt simply the product of people who donโt understand science. It is older, more organized, and far more intentional than that. Long before climate change became a partisan battlefield,... Continue Reading →
A sermon for the congregation of St. Stephen, Summerland on Sunday, November 16th, 2025, the Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost by the Very Rev. Ken Gray Early in the Spring of 2002, while rector of this church I received a call from ecojustice colleagues at the Anglican General Synod in Toronto. โWould you be willing to... Continue Reading →
The Very. Rev. Ken Gray, All Saints tide 2025 -- This article first appeared in the November issue of TOPIC, the Newspaper of the Anglican Diocese of New Westminster, Vancouver BC Canada As we remember saints, sinners, and all souls together through the triduum of Halloween, All Saints, and All Souls let me also honour... Continue Reading →
If the US resumes nuclear weapons testing, this would be extremely dangerous for humanity Published: October 30, 2025 at The Conversation Tilman Ruff, Honorary Principal Fellow, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne Disclosure statement: Tilman Ruff is affiliated with International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, the International Campaign to... Continue Reading →
Charlie Angus / The Resistance -- Trump Delivers Farmaggedon -- Sep 26, 2025 I used to look forward to the first shipments of Iowa sweet corn at the grocery store. It was a sign that BBQ season had arrived in the north. Not this year. When I saw the big bins of MADE IN USA... Continue Reading →
Take Note - Reflections on life, music, politics, retirement and more by Ken Gray 