“Travel Light” was the theme of the National Youth Gathering back in 2010. Over 1,000 Anglican and Lutheran youth made their way to Whitehorse, in the Yukon.  Now, it is never an easy thing to tell teenagers to travel lightly. They have stuff and want stuff.  But, that, of course, was part of the exercise. Acknowledging...

I’ve wondered why in the Bible, the Sacred Text of our faith, when you flip through and read some of the passages, why so many times, you see often repeated, the encouragement to “trust in the Lord”. Especially in the Psalms and Proverbs, over and over again, we read: “trust in God”, “trust in the Lord.”

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Are you an “early morning riser” or a “late night owl”?

Even if we typically like seeing the strike of midnight, I’m sure many of us, at some point – whether because of a trip, or job – have had the wonderful experience of witnessing the beauty of a pre-dawn sky – the dark stillness, the cool...

There’s a funny scene near the end of the movie “Chocolat”.

The previously strict, restrained and pious mayor of a little French town finally gives in to his secret yet overpowering craving – chocolate.

In the town’s chocolate store, he literally dives into a large display of chocolate candies.

Eagerly and...

It happens every time.

Once or twice a year, we round the familiar corner, go over that same small hill, and right there before us, spreading outward toward the far-off horizon, is the expansive waters of Lake Huron.

Even as a child, I remember that feeling of excitement that always came with seeing, for the first time in a long time, that wide...

What do you make of the disciples arguing amongst themselves about which one of them “is the greatest”?

Doesn’t it sound too much like some childish school yard fight? Doesn’t it make you wonder why it seems so hard for the disciples “to get it”; to get what Jesus is all about?

I mean, the disciples, up to...

My next door neighbour and I have a friendly bet going. The grass in both of our backyards is all brown and dried out because of the great deal of sunshine, heat and lack of rain we’ve had this summer. We were wondering what to do about it.

My suggestion was to do absolutely nothing. The grass is merely in a dormant stage, I said. It would...

I have a very clear memory from my childhood.  It has to do with food.  But also more than food.

At our house, we had a beautiful vegetable garden all along our fence in the backyard.  I remember my parents out there in the evenings, tending and watering, weeding and harvesting.  My specific memory is this: when I was young,...

Again, like last week, we see in today’s Gospel, Jesus out and about feeding the hungry, calming the anxious, and assuring his disciples to “not be afraid.”

We see a Jesus who is all about showing deep and abiding love, in tangible, visible actions. Sharing food. Calming storms on the sea. Repeating words of assurance, like...

One can’t help when reading and hearing this Gospel passage, but get a real sense of finding rest in God, experiencing healing and refreshment in Jesus.

I mean, there’s Jesus, inviting his disciples to a time of rest and renewal: “Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.” Jesus is giving them...