“The God who created the stars also created the tiny lights flickering through the grass.”
Tag Archives: Faith in Everyday Life
The Gospel According to the Picnic Table
“People matter more than schedules. Conversation matters more than productivity. And joy grows best when we make room for one another.”
The Gospel According to the Alarm Clock
There are certain sounds in life that inspire immediate joy. The laughter of a child. The call of a loon across a northern lake. The sound of a barbecue being opened on a summer evening. And then there is the alarm clock on a Monday morning. The alarm clock occupies a somewhat different category. Now,Continue reading “The Gospel According to the Alarm Clock”
The Gospel According to Sunday Evening
A life lived gratefully is not measured by how much gets done. It is measured by how fully we receive the gifts God has already given.
The Gospel According to the Farmers’ Market
The gardens are growing. The farmers’ markets are filling with colour. And perhaps our souls grow in much the same way—quietly, steadily, one ordinary day at a time.
The Deep Spirituality of Sitting on the Dock
The world invites us to hurry. The dock invites us to sit still. Somewhere between the water, the wind, and the evening sky, the soul remembers how to rest.
The Sacred Joy of Not Setting an Alarm
Because sometimes the most faithful thing we can do is simply stop striving long enough to remember that the world continues turning quite beautifully without our constant supervision.
The Gospel According to the Borrowed Tomato
There is a particular kind of conversation that occurs regularly in neighbourhoods during the summer. It usually begins with someone standing at the front door holding vegetables. Now, this is already one of the great signs that Ordinary Time has fully arrived. Because in winter, people appear at your door carrying things like snow shovelsContinue reading “The Gospel According to the Borrowed Tomato”
The Long Beautiful Work of Belonging
And perhaps that is how belonging often happens.
Unexpectedly. Over years of shared prayers, coffee hours, griefs, laughter, committee meetings, casseroles, and ordinary faithfulness.
Finding God Somewhere Around the Seventh Fairway
Because life has a remarkable way of keeping human beings grounded.
Moments of brilliance happen. Moments of embarrassment happen immediately afterward. And still the game continues.
You pick up your club. You laugh at yourself. You walk down the fairway with your friends. And grace quietly follows along beside you.
Because much of life unfolds exactly this way.
Mistakes are made. Plans go sideways.Perfect outcomes remain elusive.
And still, God gently invites us onward.