Liturgical Seasons

In praise of dandelions: for May Day

It is May 1st. The kids’ schools were closed today for Labour Day, which I had somehow failed to mark in my calendar (it's not a public...

How to approach Easter when you are deconstructing your faith

Of all the seasons of the year, Easter is perhaps the hardest one to walk through if you are or have been deconstructing your Christian...

What does a spirituality rooted in place look like?

I've always been good at settling in to a new place. I've moved a lot as an adult and I figured out that what works for me is letting...

Your permission slip to NOT practice Lent

I know. Maybe not what you were expecting from someone whose tagline for her newsletter is "journeying through sacred seasons together",...

St Brigid and the Sacred Awakening

It had been raining steadily for most of the day when we got ready to go to St Brigid’s Well last May. I was on a pilgrimage to Ireland...

Ideas for celebrating Imbolc, St Brigid's Feast and Candlemas

(Imbolc is celebrated from dusk on February 1st, until dusk on February 2nd. Candlemas is February 2nd too. St Brigid's feast day is 1st...

Ideas for celebrating Epiphany

I love Epiphany! It’s a story of astrology and a meeting of people across cultural and religious divides. And no one is converted, except...

Advent 1: The God who is Already Here

Throughout Advent, the Anglican church’s liturgy looks to four different groups of people or individuals, to how they prepared for the...