During these summer months, Holy One, may we take time to enjoy things Things like visitors whom we have not seen since pre-COVID Things like blue skies and green grass and birdsong and gentle summer rain Things like sharing meals together in restaurants on patios at beaches Things like Sunday worship and evening prayer and… Read More

John 20: 29b – Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe. Holy One, it is strangeto think of doubt at the same timeas we are crying Hallelujah! He is risen!But we are living with it We feel it when we watch the newsand see what is happeningin Ukrainewe ask… Read More

Holy One, for weeks nowthe stores have been hawkingChristmas thingsand the television has been advertisingholiday specialsand persuading children thatthey really really really wantthis, that, or the other People have been bakingand houses are filled withtantalizing smellsWe are buying extra foodto accommodate the appetiteswhich seem to be biggerat the time of the year The argument continuesabout… Read More

Holy One, we have just crossed from one seasoninto another.The bright sunshine of summerIs giving way to the colours of autumnand the leaves are showing offtheir beauty in the muted September sunlight. The days are still warmbut the nights are coolerand in the early morning there is a definite nip in the airforeshadowing colder days… Read More

Holy One, can it be 20 years agothat our world changed forever?Can it be 20 years agowhen the Twin Towerscollapsed? We all rememberwhere we were and what we were doingwhen we heard the newswhen the unimaginable happened And now here we aretwenty years laterand still no wiserstill feeling no saferthan we did on that day… Read More

We are moving slowly through the summerFeeling the sun beating downAnd occasional days of rainWhen we enjoy a break from the heat Those are the days I most appreciate, Creator,For I am not a summer womanPreferring the cooler days of fall But I have learned that I cannot chooseWhat weather I will experienceOn any given… Read More

Lord, it seems that so many of us Are focusing our prayersOn the pandemicOn how our lives have changedAnd are continuing to change And we are forgetting to thank youTo thank you for the technologyWhich makes connecting possibleEven during a time of lockdownWhen we cannot physically meet So today I thank you for thatI thank… Read More