by Bruce Sanguin This posting originally appeared on Bruce Sanguin’s blog IfDarwinPrayed.com. Visit his blog for more postings, webinars, and podcasts on Evolutionary Christianity. This practice originates in Buddhism. It feels right to me that there is an abiding perfection (completeness) in this and every moment. From one perspective this seems preposterous. How can we […]

Here’s what caught our eye this week! SPIRITUALITY The Joys of Reading Today, we still worry about the wildfire spread of disease but books are no longer the villain. In “Out of Touch: E-reading isn’t reading,” Andrew Piper laments the latest dark cloud in the history of reading. New technology has taken away the tactility […]

Here’s what caught our eye this week! ETHICS A Guide to Ethical Chocolate But how many of us would eye a piece of Godiva chocolate with that same level of suspicion? Below is just the beginning of everything you never wanted to know about the origins of your fancy chocolate…Read Full Article From Grist NEWS […]

by Donna Sinclair Day One: Wednesday Jim and I visited our Member of Parliament, Jay Aspin, today. We pointed out the need for consultation with First Nations before the government takes any actions that would impinge upon treaty rights and the environment. Case in point: Bill C-45’s unilateral gutting of river and lake protection. It […]

Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week! CANADA The Canadian Penny Died Today It’s a big deal: even Google noticed that today is the last day which the Canadian Mint will be issuing pennies. The copper plated steel coin cost 1.6 cents to make, […]

by David Sparks It was my turn to offer the pastoral prayer in our church on Sunday and I wondered how the prayer in Pastoral Prayers to Share Year C would work out in practice. The Monday before the service, I looked at the prayer for the third Sunday after Epiphany and found that it […]