by Donna Sinclair Like all elders, I have experienced a lot of life. There is no way around this. That means I have opinions based on having bumped into a horde of circumstances and people. Strong opinions. Which I usually express. But sometimes a note of caution intervenes, especially since I live in a small […]

Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week! OCCUPY Occupy Toronto Goes Out Not With A Bang, Not With A Whimper, But With Its Head Held High It could have been a mess as the police moved in to kick #occupy Toronto out of St. […]

by Donna Sinclair Winter is coming. And that’s fine. We live in Northern Ontario, after all. I know it is close at hand because Jim and I are wearing heavy fleeces all day around the house, and he has resurrected the toque he likes to keep on his bedside table, ready for cold ears at night. […]

by Susan McCaslin This is the first in a series of Susan McCaslin’s reflections on her new book, Arousing the Spirit: Provocative Writings (Wood Lake Publishing, Oct. 2011). I have a confession to make. Some of the pieces in my new book of essays and accompanying prayer-poems or poem-prayers began as (wait for it!) “sermons.” […]

Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week! WORLD My Take: If Rwandans Can Forgive Killings, We Can Forgive the Waitress Would you forgive the bully that tripped you in 3rd grade? What about the terrible service from that lazy waitress? Or the guy who […]

Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week! PEOPLE An ‘All-or-Nothing Guy’ The United Church’s leading voice on evolutionary Christianity, Rev. Bruce Sanguin brings an athlete’s intensity to his spiritual questing… Read full article From The United Church Observer PEOPLE Interview With Mary Hynes The […]

by Donna Sinclair This week I was in Montreal, one of my favourite cities in the universe. Big trees, planted along all the streets and even around the parking lots. Lots of parks.  Imaginative boulevard plantings in the summer. Tobogganing on Mount Royal in the winter, which more than compensates for salty snow-covered streets and […]