Everyone seems to have a foolproof method for choosing the perfect watermelon. Tap it. Lift it. Look for the field spot. Listen carefully to complete strangers in the grocery store. In this lighthearted reflection, Rev. Don Davidson explores what our annual watermelon wisdom teaches us about discernment, trusting God, and discovering that faithful living is often less about perfect choices than about walking with the One who faithfully guides us every step of the way.
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The Gospel According to the Backyard Clothesline
There is something wonderfully hopeful about a backyard clothesline. It trusts the sunshine, depends on the breeze, and refuses to be hurried. In this light-hearted summer reflection, discover how fluttering bedsheets, runaway pillowcases, and a healthy dose of humour reveal an unexpected lesson about the patient work of God’s Spirit in our ordinary lives.
The Sacred Theology of Looking for Your Glasses While Wearing Them
Have you ever spent ten minutes looking for your glasses only to discover they were already on your face? This reflection explores what our misplaced keys, missing remotes, and everyday forgetfulness can teach us about the spiritual life. Sometimes the grace we’re searching for has been with us all along—we simply need to notice it.
The Gospel According to a Rainy Saturday
What if a rainy summer Saturday isn’t a disappointment at all, but an invitation?
In this light-hearted reflection, Rev. Don Davidson explores the quiet gifts hidden beneath grey skies: steaming mugs of tea, puddles waiting to be enjoyed, unhurried conversations, and the surprising freedom that comes when our carefully made plans are washed away. With gentle humour and a reminder that God’s grace arrives in every kind of weather, this Ordinary Time meditation invites us to rediscover joy—not because life is perfect, but because God is present in every season.
The Curious Collection of Saints
The Church is one of the few places where people gather who, under ordinary circumstances, might never have found themselves sitting in the same room. Yet week after week, God performs the quiet miracle of turning a room full of strangers into a family. In a world organized around preference and convenience, the Church teaches us how to belong to people we did not choose—and in doing so, teaches us something about the heart of God.
In Praise of Summer Saturdays
Summer Saturdays have a way of exposing our complicated relationship with rest. We begin the day with ambitious plans, detailed lists, and noble intentions. Yet somewhere between the first coffee and the second, the afternoon slips away. Perhaps that isn’t failure at all. Perhaps God, who rested on the seventh day, is reminding us that life is not measured solely by what we accomplish. Sometimes the holiest thing we can do is sit in the shade, listen to the birds, and remember that we are human beings—not human doings.
The Gospel According to the Overpacked Car
The best moments are usually not the ones we planned. They arrive unexpectedly—a sunset, a conversation, a loon calling across the lake, a campfire where stories become progressively better with each retelling.