Category: Reflections

A Lament for the United Church of Canada

We worry about our denomination crumbling from within.

A Lament from One Who Feels Far From God

I have no enemies but my own body. I am at war against a foe I cannot fight

Worthy

You are precious, worthy to be loved.

Image of the Week – Path

exhausted after a day of hard climbing, looking for a way forward.

campfire

Image of the Week – Fire

The metaphor of fire suggests that the holy one heats and hones in an immersing love that transforms

In the Field

It’s September.  That means CCS staff are out visiting our students across the country for field placement orientations. This is Sparky, a fictional, totally made up CCS student preparing for diaconal ministry. …

pelican in flight

Image of the Week – Pelican

Pelicans don’t really pierce their own chests with their beaks and feed their young with the blood, but the writers of medieval bestiaries thought they did.

Image of the Week – Roots

What are the roots of your faith, and how does it feel when those roots are exposed by erosion?

Music – Image – Sabbath

Ann Naylor’s sabbatical focused on the significance of image, music, and sabbath.

Never Again

A litany in memory of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the continuing need for peace in our world.

Tough Work, Strong Learning

Brenda Curtis exposes youth from Humboldt, SK, to the reality of life in Mexico.

Active Verbs Should Be Used

Does writing exclusively in an active voice aid and abet a societal overemphasis on doing over being?

Birdsong of the Holy One

Listen for the voice of the Holy One in your own faith journey as diligently and lovingly as birders attend to the melody of their flying friends.

Deaconess Vera

Because They Married

Ted Dodd, Caryn Douglas, and others lead a worship, lament, and apology to women who were “disjoined” from paid ministry because they got married

old illustration of an angel at the empty tomb speaking to women

Spiritual Practice for Passion Sunday and Easter

Ted Dodd offers some reflection tools to deepen our experience of Passion Sunday and Easter