Some repairs arrive with noise and commotion. Grace usually does not. In these quiet days of Ordinary Time, perhaps God is already mending relationships, healing wounds, restoring hope, and making things new—one small stitch at a time.
Tag Archives: Autumn Spirituality
The Holiness of Showing Up: Why God Keeps Meeting Us in the Same Old Places
Most of the Christian life happens not on mountaintops, but in kitchens, offices, parish halls, and ordinary days. Perhaps holiness is less about doing extraordinary things and more about returning faithfully—to prayer, to mercy, to one another, and to God—with love.
The Holy Art of Showing Up: When Faithfulness Looks Remarkably Ordinary
Holiness rarely arrives with trumpets. More often, it looks like showing up, saying our prayers, keeping promises, forgiving, serving, and beginning again. In the quiet days between Thanksgiving and All Saints, Ordinary Time reminds us that God does some of God’s finest work through small acts of faithfulness repeated day after day.
The Holy Art of Not Getting Much Done
We live in a world that measures the value of a day by how much we accomplish. But what if the ordinary days between Thanksgiving and All Saints are inviting us into a different kind of holiness? In this third reflection on the season, we explore the grace hidden in unremarkable days, the theology of the checklist, and the holy art of saying, “That was enough for today.”
The Holiness of Wednesday: Finding God When Nothing Much Is Happening
Tuesday seldom arrives with trumpets. Yet the ordinary days may be where most of our holiness is actually formed. Between Thanksgiving and All Saints, this reflection explores the quiet grace of everyday life—and why God may be doing considerably more with an ordinary Tuesday than we realize.
God Lives Here Too: The Grace of Ordinary Days
Between Thanksgiving and All Saints lies a stretch of wonderfully ordinary days. No great festival, no dramatic celebration—just the everyday rhythms of work, meals, conversations, kindness, and perhaps a few leaves that need raking again. But what if these ordinary days are precisely where God is waiting to be noticed? Perhaps holiness is closer than we think.
Before the Turkey: Learning to Notice What Is Already Good
Thanksgiving begins long before the turkey reaches the table. It begins when we learn to notice the ordinary gifts we have become accustomed to overlooking. As Canadian Thanksgiving approaches, perhaps our spiritual work is simple: look around, pay attention, name what is good, and discover the grace that has been there all along.
The Gospel According to a Fresh Notebook
Every September, blank notebooks quietly remind us of something the Gospel has been saying all along: God is never finished writing our story. With gentle humour, pastoral warmth, and biblical reflection, this meditation explores fresh beginnings, faithful perseverance, and the grace of turning the page—one more time.
When Your Sermon Has a Mind of Its Own. A meditation on preaching, improvising, and trusting the Spirit when your notes betray you
Every preacher knows the moment when the carefully prepared manuscript suddenly seems to have its own ideas. Sometimes the notes no longer fit the moment, and the Spirit quietly invites us to trust more than our outline. With self-deprecating humour and pastoral honesty, this reflection explores the holy adventure of preaching, discovering that God’s most important word is often spoken when we are willing to listen as much as we speak.
The Theology of the Church Parking Lot (Where Holy Hospitality Meets Mysterious Traffic Patterns and the Spiritual Discipline of Not Honking)
Long before anyone reaches the sanctuary, the church parking lot has already become a place of ministry. It is where hospitality begins, patience is occasionally tested, and grace is practiced one slow-moving vehicle at a time. With gentle humour, this reflection explores the unexpected spirituality of parking lots, reminding us that the Kingdom of God often starts long before we walk through the church doors.