This morning I woke up to a very interesting CBC audio podcast about goodness, compassion, empathy, etc., entitled “The Survival of the Kindest”. I highly recommend it. Dacher Keltner poses questions such… Continue reading
Sorry for not writing much lately, but I’ve helping a couple of friends with their own websites. Zoé is a visually-impaired artist that I’ve come to know lately. She wants to help others… Continue reading
and a happy 1/1/11 What a one of a kind date! Notice I posted this at 11:11!
I’ve recently added two more children’s poems to my “writing” page to fill out a little trio of Winter Poems. Please print them out and read them to a child near you this… Continue reading
So Christmas is over The tree is all brown The presents aren’t present And I’m feeling let down We had a good time though With much family around But it’s so sad to… Continue reading
I hope you had a nice Christmas celebration, I did. But now it is the day after and I sit on my couch, coffee in hand, wrapped in my blue/green robe and I… Continue reading
I’ve just returned from a performance of Paul Hindemith’s “Mathis der Maler” (I think it would be Mathias the Painter,” in English). Wow! What an amazing event. About half way through I asked… Continue reading
This Thanksgiving… pull yourself away from the table and the tv find a blank sheet of paper and a pen start writing down the names of people in your life that have shaped… Continue reading
Jean-Pierre works on our team each Tuesday night as we provide a pretty decent meal to about 100 people through the Restos du Coeur organization. He’s about 70 years old and retired. You… Continue reading
Occasionally I read through something in the Bible and I say to myself things like, “Has this always been here?” “Why haven’t I seen this before?” “How could I not have I never… Continue reading
Classic Pete Rollins
Several months ago a sign went up on our little two person elevator in our flat saying that for the month of September it would go through a process of “modernization”. Personally I… Continue reading
(upfront disclaimer : this is not about what you have during the night, but what you have during a lifetime.) This morning I took some time to daydream about my dreams. I slowly… Continue reading
Driving to Düsseldorf, Germany for the first time this weekend, I already had in my mind a slight smile every time I said the name “Düsseldorf” or saw it on the map…..you have… Continue reading
I enjoy modern art…but I’m not an expert….I just like to see it…to hear it… to experience it. I’m not sure why…I think I’m on a journey to figure that out. There is… Continue reading
Sanan and I, along with our friend Mary, prepared the prayer installations for this beautiful worship. During 20 minutes of singing, people were invited take communion and to explore our tactile means of… Continue reading
I took a big risk this morning. It was a bit scary. I wasn’t at all sure of the outcome. It could have all gone wrong. But I did it anyway and now… Continue reading
I read this morning an sobering quote that I think many of my Christian friends need to read. It is from Colossians Remixed: Subverting the Empire (by Canadians Brian Walsh and Sylvia Keesmaat)… Continue reading
For a few weeks now Sanan and I have been participating on a team that every Tuesday night provides a pretty good hot meal for about 100 people. The meal usually includes bread,… Continue reading
Sanan and I passed La Nuit Blanche (see the wikipedia explanation) with about 10-12 friends from La Fonderie. Basically, it’s an evening where you visit a hundred or so art installations all over… Continue reading
This afternoon I was minding my own business, while walking down a narrow but busy street, when all of a sudden I heard the loud baaaaaaing of a goat. I quickly looked around,… Continue reading
This morning I woke up to a radio documentary about the coming of the smart engery grid in Europe. It excited me that there could be such an interconnectedness of systems, so that… Continue reading
I must admit that I’m disappointed in those protesting the mosque that is to be built near the WTC site, especially the Christians who are riding this wave of anger toward Muslims.(I’m not… Continue reading
Sanan and I decided to visit the church next door this Sunday morning. When the bells rang at 10h30(which are just outside our kitchen window) we walked around the corner, through the wooden… Continue reading
