Tag Archives: life

Do you want to help someone who is depressed?

Posted on March 9, 2015 by bloomingreverend

I am not an expert. I offer spiritual care, but not medical care. Although I have visited, supported and prayed for people struggling with mental illness, I do not have any fancy certificates to hang on my office wall saying … Continue reading →

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Trouble sleeping? The answer is in the garden.

Posted on January 19, 2015 by bloomingreverend

My husband jokes that I haven’t had a good night sleep since my oldest child was born over eighteen years ago, but the truth is I’ve always been a light sleeper. Now, however, with a busy church, schoolwork and a … Continue reading →

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Isn’t “winter garden” an oxymoron?

Posted on December 22, 2014 by bloomingreverend

This year for the first time ever I managed to stretch my growing season into October and I had bok choi and lettuce to harvest along with a few onions and some very persistent kale. Now, of course, I am not in the … Continue reading →

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Good news for bad apples (or, Why making applesauce was good for my soul)

Posted on October 20, 2014 by bloomingreverend

At our weekly fresh food bank, we receive a variety of produce, meat and dairy products. Sometimes they are near their expiry date, other times they are just not quite nice enough to sell. Last week there were cases and … Continue reading →

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If you go down in the woods today, you’re in for a big surprise

Posted on September 15, 2014 by bloomingreverend

Last week when I took Minnie for our early morning walk on the wooded walking trails I got more than I bargained for: we came nose to nose with grey coyotes. Well, maybe it wasn’t quite nose to nose, but … 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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I had planned to arrive in Melrose (the beginning of St. Cuthbert’s Way) on Monday well before noon. I was close (it was 4 o’clock). Everything went swimmingly until my flight was delayed, so I missed the connection and had … Continue reading →

Posted on April 28, 2014 by bloomingreverend | 5 Comments

The wilted reverend: How to write a great eulogy

Posted on March 11, 2014 by bloomingreverend

Last week, I found myself a little wilted after listening to eleven eulogies in only two funeral services. Yes, eleven. And while I listened to each one (which got to be rather challenging near the seventh or eighth, but I … Continue reading →

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I am remembering the women who stayed home

Posted on November 11, 2013 by bloomingreverend

This morning was busy at our house. My oldest, A., was up early so he could get dressed in his full piping kit, ready to play at the high school’s Remembrance Day ceremony and then in downtown Oakville at the … Continue reading →

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A simple life. For three weeks, anyway.

Posted on August 19, 2013 by bloomingreverend

I told my kids that this year we wouldn’t be taking a vacation–we would be going on an adventure instead! My family was blessed to have three entire weeks of vacation together and we chose to spend it camping in … Continue reading →

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