2020 Marks 50 Years of Earth DayThis Wednesday, April 22nd marks 50 Years of Earth Day. Last year this worldwide event involved more that 1 billion people in nearly 20 countries. The most visible activity in past years has been a cleanup up of roughly 60 sites in Halton, including Joshua Creek near Maple Grove …
Dear Friends,Hope you are keeping safe and healthy during these uncertain times. We wanted to let you know that Kerr Street Mission (KSM) is OPEN and we remain committed to serving our community.KSM is an essential service here in Oakville. No matter what happens in the world around us, KSM has made a promise to be here …
For those curious about how we (Rev. Harry Disher, Deborah Henry, Eran Rozen, Dave Freeman, Bruce Tanaka, and me, Joan Vinall-Cox) created this, our fourth video worship service, here’s how. iMovie – https://www.apple.com/ca/imovie/ – for assembling all the bits and pieces by Joan Vinall-Cox; Dropbox – https://www.dropbox.com/en_GB/basic – for collecting the bits and pieces; Zoom …
MORE ON SELF-CARE AND STRESS RELIEF The daily bits of humour being passed along online are helpful to me. Recently, there was a video of two airplanes taking off from a runway. The caption for the clip was “Relief is on the Way!” You watch the planes fly over the countryside to a nearby city. …
“I Am the Resurrection and the Life” He breathes beneath the face-mask,laboured breaths,hoping the fever might subside,receiving drips to help his lungs break up congestion,listening to the beeping of the monitors:heartbeat, blood pressure, neural messaging.Sweat comes and goes. Sleep is sporadic. Appetite is diminished,but he can still manageto get some food down. Two other tubesseep other medicationsinto his …
“I Am the True or Real Vine” Rootedness could bea prerequisite for righteousness,or right relationships. There is security in feeling grounded. There is the receptiveness to being nourished,the osmosis processof acquiring nutrients, minerals, necessities for life.The system of interconnectionis neural, animating, ventilating,vitalizing, and conversationallike the way trees communicatewith one anotherthrough their root fibres,similar to how dolphins talk …
Thursday of Holy Week – A Maundy Thursday Meditation “I Am the Bread of Life” We were never on welfarebut I know there were times early onwhen my parents had to scrape by. The clue wasI had brown sugar or corn syrup sandwichesin my lunch bag. And one time,it was a mashed potato sandwich. It all sufficed. There …
“I Am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life” Disorientation dishevels one’s spirit;dislocation disturbs one’s roots;and social distancing takes scythes to one’s psyche.One can feel lost while still at home. One can feel confusion in the swamps of separation. One feels one is treading water in the pools of uncertainty. An escape route is prayed for; …
“I am the Light of the World” Radiancethrough whom we get glimpses of the invisible,hear our prayers: Issue something like a recycled papal bull,Lumen Gentium. Bathe our consciousness in starbursts of hope; flood our spirits with rays of reassurance;and somehow, say to our shadowed, now constricted, world: “Fear not I am with you, O be not afraid.Your God …
“I Am the Door” Once they had to rip open the roofjust to get close. Soon, they came to understandthat access to the holywas less difficult, took less effort. Just ask, seek, knock. Just call on Jesus’ name, come into his presence. I wonder if we’ve made it too complexfor people in our time;too dependent on intermediaries,or certain …
