A ongoing collection of haikus + photos. Check back for updates!

Does summer seem far away to you? Many of us have returned to fall routines and some of us question just how busy we want to be. Joanie Peters brings thoughtfulness and a fresh perspective to our relationship with work and play

Linda McLaren, minister at Jasper United Church, reflects on her experience of the wild fire that destroyed her church and home in Jasper, BC

Carol Ann Gotch, Jubilee Elder, takes a fresh, new look at the meaning of Jubilee, which has always meant so much to her, and still does.

Julie Elliot writes about healing while on retreat. When we step away from the busy outer world, there is an alchemy that happens. We're able to listen more deeply for inner guidance 

Ramona Pauls shares about the importance deconstructing old religious frameworks that no longer serve us.

Longing for Liberation: a conversation between two friends about Miriam Frey’s new book.

During a spacious retreat on Bowen Island, Ailsa slowed down enough to enter the world of the busy bees. Her poem likens the bees' activity to aspects of spiritual accompaniment. Such an original idea!

Peggy Allen's grief took her out to the land. She shares how comfort and peace were gifted to her there

Lyndell Drever shares about the importance of grieving one’s companion animal.

Dale Bially shares his thoughts about "hunger" and what it might reveal about our needs

Katherine Murray imagines being a spiritual director to the earth and also having the earth as her own spiritual director

Cherie Westmoreland offers a fresh take on what Valentine's Day could mean and how much more the word "heart" could represent

Sarah Lyon does a review of her life from an “ecological” viewpoint as she considers her relationship to her environments

Where is your “heart-home”?

Can we learn from the trees?

Pádraig Ó Tuama shares a liturgy that helps us appreciate darkness in a new way

Sheinagh Saraswati Anderson writes about nature healing heart, mind, and soul

Cherie Westmoreland shares a blessing of gratitude

Julie Elliot writes about stepping out of busyness and into a different way of being