Observing Birthdays and Anniversaries — A Family Grief Video

Over the last few weeks we have honored the anniversaries of birth-days and death-days of many people we care about. We know there are more to come. We don’t get too caught up in those anniversaries, but if we don’t acknowledge them, they can actually catch us...

Listening to our Lives: Spiritual Direction

Finding treasures in our lives and old books Bookstores and libraries are perennial favourites of mine.  Almost twenty five years ago I was in Oregon to visit my Aunt and Uncle. Gracious and generous people, they took me on a little trip to visit a favourite...

Removing the burs…

“Forgiveness is to let go of our hope for a different or better past.” Richard Rohr The other day a dear friend texted me and welcomed me into a conversation that has been stirring within me ever since. The idea that forgiveness is not to let another person off the...