A sermon for the congregation of St. Saviour Anglican Church, Penticton BC and for a wider online community of spirit seekers โ Sunday, July 6th, 2025, the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost โ The Very Rev. Ken Gray Nice to be back with you following five wonderful weeks in Victoria. We return at the height of... Continue Reading →
Ability and inclusion โ The gift of โdisabilityโ theology
[Ken Gray] Asย General Synod 2025 draws to a close I was delighted to learn of a conversation around disability and inclusion. As one who has lived with legal blindness since birth, and given recent acute hearing loss with a subset of arthritis challenges, I am interested to learn of this initiative. Society as a whole,... Continue Reading →
Everything is evil — A father/son conversation
Sometimes the best advice I receive comes from those closest to me: Longtime friends, work colleagues, family members including my wife, Kathie, and our two kids. Farewell Facebook, goodbye Elon Musk, but hello to family members, those of my own flesh, to my own son, tho recently told me that โeverything is evil.โ This seemed... Continue Reading →
We’ve only just begun — On Blindness
Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost [Proper 30] (Sunday, October 27th, 2024)A SERMON for the congregation of St. Stephen, Summerland BCThe Very Rev. Ken Gray ON (MY) BLINDNESS When I consider how my light is spent,ย ย Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide,ย ย And that one Talent which is death to hideย ย Lodged with... Continue Reading →
The Tale of a one-leg sock yarn bunny โ The Fast-Eddie story
With thanks to Victoria Laine and Kathie Gray for contributions. Let me tell you a story of a sock yarn bunny named Fast Eddie (FE). FE was quickly born because of a request by a friend, Victoria who asked, โDo you ever do custom orders?โ after knitter, Kathie posted a picture of his cousin on... Continue Reading →
ANNOUNCEMENT from the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction
Joint statement on AccessAbility Week 2022 VICTORIA โ Nicholas Simons, Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction, and Dan Coulter, Parliamentary Secretary for Accessibility, have released the following statement about AccessAbility Week: "May 29 to June 4, 2022, is AccessAbility Week in British Columbia and in Canada. While this is the fifth year our province... Continue Reading →
Perambulating Pooch: Junoโs 3rd blog
โThat dogโs in a wheelchair!โ exclaimed my Mama human Kathie. Puzzled and gob smacked, my Papa human Ken replied with uncharacteristic brevity โwhat?โ โThereโs a dog in wheelchairโ mama continued. โWell, itโs not a wheelchair but some sort of harness or assistive device (Mama is an Occupational Therapist with a specialty in wheelchair configuration, hence... Continue Reading →