As announced last week, I leave for Haiti tomorrow, along with a few other United Church representatives.
I'm grateful for many notes of encouragement, some of which have made connections between the journey of the Haitian people and the resurrection story of Easter.
The people of Haiti are certainly engaged in "practising resurrection," as a Wendell Berry poem puts it, and it will be humbling, no doubt, to hear and see their stories of courage.
Do you enter it after study throughout the time of Lent?
Do you enter it seeing the story alive in today's world, or is it something far removed from where you are
Do you have a special ritual on Good Friday, something, possibly through your church or community, which has meaning to you, but isn't part of the traditional service.
Our little family hadn’t yet finished eating dinner last Saturday when Earth Hour arrived, so we turned off the electric lights. As candlelight softened faces, the conversation hardened. It was difficult and painful to contemplate some of the questions raised by the week’s headlines. Weakening ecological health. Deepening distrust in the church. Tensions between those for whom the church embodies a community of hope and those for whom it represents the weight of oppression.
I am going to be changing my avatar for Easter. Since last year, (inspired by Crazyheart) I have been using different kinds of bears. Presently, my avatar is a bear taking his coat off, in honour of spring.
I am undecided on which one to use for easter. the following picture is in the lead. What do you think?
A time when we will be filled with the story of the resurrection, the surprises, the joy of Easter morning service...the hope that there is something better after the times of darkness.
This morning, another shared their coming out story, a story of rolling back a different stone.
In my last blog I mentioned a friend whose husband had died. I did indeed travel to Winnipeg for the celebration of his life. Yesterday, my friend and I spoke on the phone for a long time. Something she said stuck with me, and it's been going around and around since we spoke. She said she has never felt any pain like this before, and doesn't know where to go with it. Everything seems empty, flat and gray. She can't process (her word) unexpected things, or make decisions without stress.
i'm not sure where to put this, so here it is in social. as some of you may know, every year i try and make my gift giving more and more organic and fair trade. this year i donated rabbits to families in need, through canadian food for the hungry international. i looked around at quite a few different sites and this was by far the best bang for my buck. for $20.00 you can give a needy family 4 rabbits, which in turn offer:
