Such Great Hope is Spring

Such Great Hope is Spring

Guest Post by Linda Atkinson Linda Atkinson lives in Hardwood Lands, Nova Scotia. From her home there, and influenced by her years as a camping enthusiast and recreation professional, she enjoys observing and playing in the natural world. Late last spring, from my...
Poetry & Presence: Spring

Poetry & Presence: Spring

Spring Carol Steel Snow pulls your cedar fence apart, pushes it slant. Crossbars slump into symbols for “less than.” Winter loosens its hold, sinks into flood, rushes the downward slope to the river. A red ribbon rides the melt, dangles on the lip of the...
Snowmobiling as Spiritual Practice

Snowmobiling as Spiritual Practice

While snowshoeing or ice-fishing might be considered the more contemplative winter sports practices, I am prepared to make a case for snowmobiling. On Saturday, I enjoyed a two hour run in a generational convoy with my brother, my dad, my oldest nephew. It is noisy....
Poetry & Prayer: Waiting

Poetry & Prayer: Waiting

As we lean into autumn and leaves let go, let go, let go, may these words from Macrina Wiederkehr stir in you. “And then, the sacrament of waiting began. The sunrise and sunset watched with tenderness. Clothing her with silhouettes they kept her hope...
Gifts at the Centre

Something Beautiful

“That September pairing of purple and gold is lived reciprocity; its wisdom is that the beauty of one is illuminated by the radiance of the other… When I am in their presence, their beauty asks me for reciprocity, to be the complementary color, to make...
The Echoing Deep

The Echoing Deep

I love the sound of waterfalls. When I listen this poetry is in my heart. Deep calls to deep     in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers     have swept over me. – Psalm 42:7 (NIV) Deep calling to Deep has long resounded as charism or...