Tag Archives: gratitude

Jesus kale and its eight million seeds

Posted on August 3, 2016 by bloomingreverend

Last year I grew two garden boxes of kale: one was Curly Blue Scotch and the other was Red Russian. Everyone I knew, including my friends at the local fresh food bank, received big bouquets of it (whether they wanted it … Continue reading →

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Zucchini for Christmas: Frankenmuth

Posted on October 29, 2015 by bloomingreverend

I know that the seasons are changing but I’m just not quite ready to say goodbye to summer yet. Even while I am enjoying the gorgeous colours of fall, sweet local apples and (still more!) kale from the garden, I … Continue reading →

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You’re beautiful and I should know. I’ve seen you naked.

Posted on September 21, 2015 by bloomingreverend

In the last twenty years, I have grown to appreciate beauty in new ways. I have especially come to love not just the natural world with its flowers and gardens but also the human body, with all its curves and … Continue reading →

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Quetico: Hard work and a surprising payoff

Posted on September 15, 2015 by bloomingreverend

This summer, I had the blessing of quite literally getting away from it all. We journeyed to northern Ontario, past Thunder Bay and into Quetico Provincial Park, a remote and beautiful wilderness. But first came the hard work of getting ready. There … Continue reading →

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Chosen ones: Greening Sacred Spaces

Posted on June 15, 2015 by bloomingreverend

What fun! The congregation where I serve was awarded a 2015 Greening Sacred Spaces Award (South Halton Peel Chapter). The best part wasn’t winning, though. It was enjoying an incredible summer evening at Joshua Creek Heritage Heritage Art Centre. The event was … Continue reading →

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California is for preachers. And gardeners.

Posted on October 16, 2014 by bloomingreverend

For the last couple of years I have been a participant in a Toronto Micah Group, which is a program of Fuller Theological Seminary in California that aims to form “empowered, wise preachers who seek justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with God, … Continue reading →

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My global garden feast featuring Taiwan and Nicaragua

Posted on September 22, 2014 by bloomingreverend

It was an odd summer at my house, with my husband working in another city and kids away for weeks at a time. It may have been a little lonely, but it also meant that I had the perfect opportunity … Continue reading →

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The never-ending story

Posted on May 12, 2014 by bloomingreverend

During this course on Celtic Spirituality I learned a new and important word: perigrinatio. In the time of Aidan and Cuthbert, some monks would from be called by God to undertake a special kind of pilgrimage. This perigrinatio, as it … Continue reading →

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St. Cuthbert’s Way Day 7, Part 2: His eye is on the sparrow

Posted on May 6, 2014 by bloomingreverend

Having walked across the sands and up onto the road, I discovered a madhouse. There were dozens of cars, jam-packed into a car park, with hoards of people streaming onto the road into the village. For a place with a … Continue reading →

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Inconvenient, breathtaking beauty

Posted on January 6, 2014 by bloomingreverend

The Advent and Christmas seasons are an intense time for clergy. Here in Ontario, December also brought severe winter weather, difficult travel and widespread power outages. Still, there were incredible moments in which God’s beauty took my breath away. Blessed … Continue reading →

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