Gratitude is not the denial of imperfection. It is the recognition of gift.
Tag Archives: Kingdom of God
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 Theology of Chasing Fireflies
The Church’s long green season teaches us to notice grace not only in dramatic mountaintop moments, but in ordinary evenings and quiet beauty.
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.
The Theology of Getting Out of the House
But I am increasingly convinced that one of the great losses of modern life is how easily we forget that we ourselves are creatures.
We belong not only to schedules and screens and errands. We belong to creation.
Learning to Sit Around the Fire Together
And relationships wounded deeply over long periods of history are not restored quickly simply because we wish them to be.
Healing requires truth. Humility. Listening. Presence.
It requires learning how to remain in conversation even when the work becomes uncomfortable or slow.
The Gospel According to the Backyard Bird Feeder
Because Ordinary Time teaches us to notice things again.
The movement of light through trees.The sound of wind before rain arrives. The astonishing variety of life unfolding quietly around us every single day whether we pause to observe it or not.
The Theology of the Shared Zucchini
Love multiplies when shared.
Kindness grows through giving.
Communities flourish when people stop treating blessings as private possessions and begin seeing them as gifts meant to circulate outward.
The Spirituality of the Morning Coffee
Pause for a moment. Sit quietly. Pray simply. Drink your coffee gratefully.
And remember that ordinary mornings may contain far more holiness than we often realize.
Even if coherent thought is still arriving gradually.