Meditation
[Click the button below to see this poem with its intended formatting] Beyond the anxiety, beyond the isolation, beyond the restrictions – to gather, to celebrate, to grieve… Hope resides. Hope lives in the quiet spaces. In wish-filled longings, and fervent prayers. Between imagination and possibility. Hope resides, because a Child was born. […]
[Presented, virtually, to Spirit Sisters, a women’s group at Edith Rankin Memorial United Church, on December 9, 2020; Stage directions included] ______________________ A gift! [Show a wrapped package] How wonderful! I asked Santa for Louise Penny’s newest mystery novel. I wonder . . . [look under gift; shake gift; smell gift; feel gift] I hope […]
It was a simple idea. One my sister, the organist at a United Church in Fredericton, New Brunswick, told me about. The minister had asked the congregation to consider wearing something special for the first Sunday of Advent. A token of some sort. Something to remind them of a loved one they wouldn’t be seeing […]
– Spirit Sisters meditation, October 2020 A few years ago I experienced a painful tingling sensation across the middle of my back. I assumed – because of my extensive television medical knowledge – it was shingles, even though I saw no evidence of a rash. After an examination, my doctor told me that, sometimes, when […]
Autocorrect was write. I mean, right. At the end of summer, a friend emailed to tell me she was busy canning all the fruits and veggies of her labour. I replied, “Sounds like you’re heavily ensconced in the work of your garden.” Autocorrect jumped in – as autocorrect does – with an unsolicited correction. Changing […]
I have been intrigued and in awe of rainbows and prisms since I was a young child. Many years ago, I hung a single glass prism in the east facing window of our cottage to catch the morning light. Over the years, I have shared my enthusiasm for prisms and rainbows with many of my […]
It started a few months ago. I woke suddenly from a deep sleep. Certain I had something important to do, but no idea what it was. My first thought was to wake my husband. Ask him. He’s usually good at remembering such things – it seemed an obvious solution. I was about to rest my […]
Dear Friends at ERMUC As my time at Edith Rankin Memorial ‘officially’ comes to a close, I want to write and thank you all for your support, encouragement and love during the past year as I served as one of your supply ministers. So much of ministry went on during this time, from Birth […]
1 Samuel 17 “David said to Saul, “Let no one’s heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.” (17:32) “David said, “The Lord, who saved me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear, will save me from the hand of this Philistine.” (17:37) One […]
Fires raged on Pentecost Sunday. Fanned not by the Spirit, but by the insidious winds of hatred and oppression. As a white woman, living in a comfortable home, in a predominantly white community, I must tread carefully. I’m standing on holy ground. I have not earned the right to be here. This is the time […]