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Easter Day remains a collection of moments. My day began by arriving at the Park where our Sunrise service is held. A big full moon was hanging in the western sky while the first beams of sunlight were brightening the … Continue reading →

We are in the midst of the Holy Weekend. Last night a small group gathered to mark Maundy Thursday. Maundy, from the latin mandatum the first word in “A new commandment I give that you love one another.” This passage … Continue reading →

Dear readers, I have pondered how to approach this blog about the tragic plane crash of Germanwings flight 9525 in France. As the news story has unfolded reports become more pointed in detailing that the young co-pilot lived with a … Continue reading →

Today is the day we turn from winter to spring! Despite the blanket of snow that still covers much of our landscape and the weather prediction that up to 7 cms. of snow might fall overnight; our spinning planet rotates … Continue reading →

Last night was the second of our three-evening seminars on Mental Health. The topic was suicide. The topic was painful. The topic was heavy. But in the end there was hope. We had three people share their story. One was … Continue reading →

A few years ago our church Book Club read Lisa Genova’s powerful book Still Alice. It is the story of a highly educated and successful woman, a professor at Harvard, losing her thoughts and memories to Alzheimer’s disease. The book … Continue reading →

I need to begin this blog by telling you that the dear friend that I wrote of last Friday died on Saturday evening. We knew this was the inevitable outcome of her disease but it came sooner than I expected. … Continue reading →

A very dear friend of mine is slowly succumbing to the ravages of a disease that has stripped her of most of her physical ability. While cognitively she is as aware as ever her body is letting her down. She … Continue reading →

“Come on, do it, what are you a sacredy-cat?” Do you remember that taunt from childhood? It came to mind the other day when I read a quote from Eleanor Roosevelt. Apparently she said, “Do one thing every day that … Continue reading →

In a recent article in the Toronto Star it said that, according to CAMH the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, while 72% of Canadians would discuss with others a diagnosis of cancer and 68% would talk about a family … Continue reading →