This morning most of us woke up to a fresh blanket of snow. Nearly a foot has fallen in this part of the city of London, and while it looks pretty it has created a mess for many drivers and many people across the region. I don't know about the rest of you, but this... Continue Reading →

There is a great deal of pressure in our success-driven, consumer-minded society to be successful. There is plenty of pressure for perfection. The world we live in rewards those who sell well the perception that they have it all together. First person past the post gets the big prize. Those who've assembled the most toys... Continue Reading →

Today is a very important moment in history. Fifty years ago today we lost a visionary. He was a very articulate man, a very well respected man, and a person who had a great vision for what the world could be. He was a man on whose words people hung. This man's name is CS... Continue Reading →

Each day, each moment, perhaps even each minute affords us a new opportunity to experience the magnificence of God anew. I realize that is a pretty broad, and general statement. As much as that may be a very broad statement, I believe it to be true. Often those of us to hang out in religious... Continue Reading →

A Collect for St. Hilda O God of peace, by whose grace the abbess Hilda was endowed with Gifts of justice, prudence, and strength to rule as a wise mother over the nuns and monks of her household, and to become a trusted and reconciling friend to leaders of the Church: Give us the grace... Continue Reading →

Albert Einstein insisted that “Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous.”  Perhaps he was right. Sometimes those things that happen to us seem just too good to be true. Tonight, I faced a similar sort of moment. I am unable to sleep and have been up pacing with incredible and hefty case of heartburn. Insomnia... Continue Reading →