Spiritual Directions for the Journey
Posted in Reflections from Fellow Wanderers on Apr 21st, 2013
Below is a 10-minute video by Timber Hawkeye who has a very simple guide to happiness – 2 words: be grateful. Hawkeye takes a Zen Buddhist approach to how we can change ourselves and thereby change our world. It is a Christian approach as well as Jesus consistently taught his followers to be still, to [...]
Posted in Reflections from Fellow Wanderers, Stuff for Wandering on Apr 14th, 2013
My friend Bill Radigan is a fellow deacon who has chosen to walk with those touch by crime as part of the Friends of Dismas ministry. Below is a homily he recently preached that focuses on a number of interactions he has had with folks on the margins of our society. It speaks to the [...]
Posted in Big Questions on Feb 17th, 2013
Canada is on a march to increased minimum sentences. The mood for taking discretion out of the hands of judges is stronger than ever especially with some highly controversial decisions of late. Here is a story that at least should give us some cause to wonder if we are doing the right thing. Everyone’s story [...]
Posted in Big Questions, Reflections from Fellow Wanderers on Feb 7th, 2013
Below is a homily from my deacon friend and elder, Robert Kinghorn. I have always enjoyed Robert’s sharing about the small Christian community in Scotland called the Community of the Transfiguration. Here is a homily Robert delivered a few weeks past on the 2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time. It is a message worth thinking about. [...]
Posted in Reflections from Fellow Wanderers, Stuff for Wandering on Jan 25th, 2013
This video is a bit on the long side at 16 minutes and might be viewed by some as edgy but young John Styn makes a great point which is that life is about gratitude the realization that each of us can make a difference. What also impressed me about the video is how John [...]
Posted in Big Questions, Reflections from Fellow Wanderers on Jan 9th, 2013
“It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is not how much we give, but how much love we put in the giving”. –Mother Teresa Nipun Mehta is an interesting person who has dedicated a good portion of his life to delivering hope filled messages. He [...]
Posted in Big Questions, The Wisdom of... on Dec 7th, 2012
This video is a bit longer than what I usually post but if you have 12 minutes this is well worth your time. At age 108, Holocaust survivor Alice Herz Sommer still practices piano for 3 hours every day. At age 104, she had a book written about her life: “A Garden Of Eden In [...]
Posted in Big Questions, Stuff for Wandering on Nov 7th, 2012
Here are some ideas of how to take a few moments to live a life of compassion- Think about it! A film by Syed Muzamil Haran Zaidi. More at Lolz Studios. Video from KarmaTube
Posted in 1K Word Pictures, Big Questions on Oct 19th, 2012
Click on the image below to visit the Chalice website to find out how you consider lives of Radical Love by practicing the Spirituality of Subtraction.
Posted in Big Questions, Reflections from the Pulpit - Wandering with Deacon Mike, The Wisdom of... on Oct 10th, 2012
In the gospel story for this week a young man of good character rushes up to Jesus to proudly proclaim all he had done in the name of God. I can imagine a smile appearing on the face of this young person as he waits for a pat on the back. Instead we are told [...]
Posted in Big Questions, The Wisdom of... on Sep 26th, 2012
Posted in Reflections from the Pulpit - Wandering with Deacon Mike on Sep 22nd, 2012
Click Here for a Printer-friendly copy: 25th Sunday of Ordinary Time Year B The following story comes from the book the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Dr. Stephen Covey uses this well know tale as an illustration of what he calls principles or the natural laws of life. It is a true story told [...]
Posted in Reflections from the Pulpit - Wandering with Deacon Mike on Jul 16th, 2012
We have left behind the liturgical seasons of Lent (Purple), Easter & Solemnities (White) and Pentecost (Red), and we find ourselves back, as the Irish like to say, to the wearing of the green of Ordinary time. What happens during these most ordinary of times? One answer to this question is that it is in [...]
Posted in Big Questions on Jul 3rd, 2012
I have been spending a good deal of my time lately thinking about what the next steps for the small charity I am involved with, the Friends of Dismas, should be and how do we go forward. I came across this interesting TEDtalks presentation called: Designing for Generosity. The concept is called Gift-iv-ism: the practice [...]
Posted in Reflections from the Pulpit - Wandering with Deacon Mike on Apr 30th, 2012
(Please click here for Printer friendly copy.) This past weekend I had the opportunity to speak the folks at St. Patrick’s Church in Mississauga. They are a warm and welcoming community. We are hopeful that a Friends of Dismas Ministry will take root in the parish under the leadership of Deacon Silverio. Here is the [...]
