Ten things to do on Sabbath
Put away the to-do list. It will be there upon your return. In the morning, lie in bed. Be. Read. Let your dog climb…
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Shape our world
It’s a New Year and with it comes a fresh opportunity to shape our world. So this is my wish, a wish for me as…
Read MoreTen things made
I make marks on cloth with needle and thread little trails, small tracks that lead to somewhere. We make our bed on a borrowed…
Read MoreNothing so secular
There is nothing so secular that it cannot be sacred, and that is one of the deepest messages of the Incarnation. Madeleine L’Engle Walking…
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Ten ways to be a lifelong learner
Learn a new language. Duolingo is free and offers 15 languages, customizable to your native language. Also, ask if your local library offers free…
Read MoreThe body
For me it is the virgin birth, the Incarnation, the resurrection which are the true laws of the flesh and the physical. Death, decay,…
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Ten things writers have to say about writing (plus blindness, gardening, sandboxes…)
“It’s really, really hard to make something that’s interesting. It’s like a law of nature, a law of aerodynamics, that anything that’s written or…
Read MoreTen Things I Carry With Me
After Gerald Stern Here, in this handbag, I carry a portable particle collider. Here, in this handbag, I carry a Toronto neighbourhood. I carry…
Read MoreNear to lowliness
God travels wonderful ways with human beings, but he does not comply with the views and opinions of people. God does not go the…
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Ten things for a short journey
30 years ago we traveled a few miles across town. It was a relatively short distance, but a change of untold consequences. We were…
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