Soul Songs: Psalm 23

Soul Songs: Psalm 23

LENT SOUL SONG VISUAL PRAYER Psalm 23 Hospitality  “Anoint my head, and fill my cup to overflowing.” – Psalm 23 Read Psalm 23 What parts of this Psalm speak to you? Inspire, resonate or call to you? What feelings, longings, hopes are evoked in you as...
Prayer Settling Jars

Prayer Settling Jars

Anne Pirie makes beautiful Prayer Settling Jars. They are lovely to look at, beautiful to hold, and an inviting way to settle into retreat time. In this Skype conversation, Anne Shares how she uses Prayer Settling Jars in her own life and with the children in her...
A Solitary Whispered Prayer

A Solitary Whispered Prayer

Hannah was mother of no-child for years and years. This was pain; pain etched deep. In her culture, infertility was a woman’s fault a sign of God’s disfavour, a source of shame a  slow internal dying of an envisioned future, a well of grief and tears. And every year...
Preparing for Sabbath

Preparing for Sabbath

Sabbath This reflection paper helps us prepare for integrating a Sabbath time into the daily round of life. We explore a longing for Sabbath, the meaning of Sabbath, and what works against our need for Sabbath.  We also look at practical ways to get ready for a...
St. Teresa of Avila: Stand With Us

St. Teresa of Avila: Stand With Us

March 28, 1515 is the birthday of St. Teresa of Avila. Happy 500th birthday. When I was growing up, saints were statues in Roman Catholic churches. Even as I read about them and tried to understand their writing, they were slightly less than human. There was a great...
One in Spirit, Not in Fact

One in Spirit, Not in Fact

Around this time 32 years ago I was the first ordained “woman-minister” to stand with an open-hearted Roman Catholic priest on the altar of his parish church in Georgetown, PEI. It created a lot of talk – and quiet hope. In those days. I am...