by Janice MacLean | Aug 27, 2020 | Poetry & Prayer, Reflections
Bearing Fruit by Carolyn Crowell, To Touch the Mystery: Poetry for the Journey of Life. Carolyn is an educator, minister, theologian and writer in The United Church of Canada. She writes poems that reflect the presence of the Spirit in everyday life. Learn more and...
by Janice MacLean | Mar 25, 2020 | Reflections, Visual Intercessions
LENT SOUL SONG VISUAL PRAYER Psalm 130 Tending the Grief “My whole being waits for you, my God, listening for your Presence.” — Psalm 130:4 Read Psalm 130 What feelings, longings, hopes are evoked in you as you pray this Psalm? When life is hard and you...
by Janice MacLean | Sep 22, 2017 | Ordinary, Reflections, Spiritual Memoir Resources
The Milk House A Reflection by Cathy MacLean The little house on on our property was once a “milk house.” A milk house, as the word implies, was a small building used to keep anything that had to do with “milk” such as skim milk, pails,...
by Janice MacLean | Mar 4, 2017 | Reflections, Video Conversations
Meet Kathy Roy from Heart & Soul Living who talks with me about her interest in Essential Oils and describes some of the ways Essential Oils are used for self-care. Learn more about Heart and Soul Living. Kathy’s Essential Oil Page. Essential Oils...
by Janice MacLean | Aug 24, 2016 | Ordinary, Reflections, Spiritual Memoir Resources
I hold it in my hand, and give it a spin or two. It came into being through a joint effort. My grandmother used the thread that emptied the wooden bobbin. And from it, my grandfather whittled the tiny homemade top. This, I remember. Waiting, while he opened his pocket...
by Janice MacLean | Jul 13, 2016 | Reflections
When this picture passed through the family photo stream, I immediately thought “Shekinah” (and asked permission to use it.) I’ve been using this word a long time whenever I see mist, or fog, or playful light among the trees. You, O Shekinah, cloaked...
by Janice MacLean | May 6, 2016 | Ordinary, Reflections
There are over 400 Strollers in the 2016 Stroll for Your Soul. We are from far and near, and of all ages. WEEK THREE – a gallery of photos shared WEEK TWO Elsie MacDonald offers her reflection on Week Two: “Just a few thoughts about these past strolling...
by Janice MacLean | Apr 26, 2016 | Ordinary, Reflections
A few years back my mother showed me the Ironing Board from the house where she grew up in Cape Breton. “Made by Dad”, May 1, 1939. That was likely the first mark, but not the last. It is a diary. In case you think Winston is my...
by Janice MacLean | Mar 28, 2016 | Ordinary, Reflections
Today is Easter Monday for some a holiday, a tradition brought by European immigrants. In the Eastern Orthodox church It is Bright Monday and the liturgy includes an outdoor parade. In some central European days it is Splash Monday, I like this. People toss around...
by Janice MacLean | Feb 24, 2016 | Ordinary, Reflections
There is something about blessing that calls forth wholeness and imagines (in the sense of making possible) the best we can be. I invited participants in the Lent Email Retreat to create an altar-table and place upon it a blessing bowl. I didn’t define its use....
