192 Knowing When Sleep is Better
Last night’s dream I was out for a lovely afternoon walk and decided to go see my good friends who owned a shop at the edge of town. When I got there, I found that I was not ‘there’, but somewhere else. Where had their store gone? I turned around to go back. I didn’t […]
193 Easter. Choosing rebirth.
It’s impossible to say what happened nearly two-thousand years ago, but something transformed a small group of people. They were in hiding, afraid that the Romans would capture and kill them, now that their leader, Jesus of Nazareth, had been killed. They were without hope. They had bet-it-all on Jesus’ becoming the Messiah and […]
194 Another damn reality check.
What a day! And it’s only middle afternoon. As per usual for a Friday, over the noon-hour, Judy and I joined other 350 members, demonstrating against climate change on a major intersection in downtown Kingston. We handed out pamphlets, held signs and answered questions. It’s always a well-spent hour, invigorating and encouraging for me. […]
195 Life As A Hospital Room
195 Life As A Hospital Room I know it’s instinctive to be around similar folks. ‘Birds-of-a-feather’ and all that stuff. But we hardly learn when we let that be the norm. A dear friend broke her hip and I’m spending several hours each day with her as she recuperates. After the operation, she […]
198 Why not a ‘healing touch’ in hospitals?
I’ve been seeing or phoning a dear friend every day for the last few months, in the hospital for the last six weeks. I’ve never spent such constant time there and have learned much. I am not here to complain about any of the great service the overworked staff provide, but about the lack […]
200 Miracle in May
One of my favourite sayings is the ancient Jewish advice of “Don’t expect miracles but recognize them when they happen.” (In the Jewish understanding, a ‘miracle’ is not something that is supernatural, necessarily, but any event that brings the ‘holy’ into the present.) This is what happened yesterday. It was Saturday, a lovely […]
205 Jesus Versus Hell
It’s Sunday. The habit of preaching is hard to ignore. Indulge me, please. We have a little book-exchange library out front. A great place to pass on books. One came this last week called Heaven is Real but so Is Hell. I threw it in the paper bin. Even in my childhood, I’ve […]
206 The Odds Against such a diverse specie not self-destructing
As I’ve mentioned many times, on most Fridays, Judy and I join others who are demonstrating against Climate Change in downtown Kingston. I always learn a lot just watching and talking to people. Today it struck me how much more diverse we are as a species than other kinds of life. The largest adults […]
207 My ‘Coming Out’ blog August 18, 2024
There. I’ve started it. I’m just going to write it down in hopes that maybe I’ll have the nerve to send it out. Maybe shout it out. But I doubt it. (And I’m not even high on anything.) It’s just after 9:00 on Sunday. Judy got up early to do a driving job […]
The Hidden Truth in our Songs
Our unrecognized desire to share On my first cross-Canada road trip, my turn to drive came when we were heading east from Thunder Bay, at midnight. On the return trip, that stretch would be in daylight, and I would enjoy and marvel at the natural wonders […]
