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Something From Everything

Dealing with the precarity of life

Dealing with the precarity of life

Oct 22, 2023 / 11:00 am

It was early September when I saw it—the remains of a creature so mangled and disfigured that it was nearly unidentifiable. As I drove closer, up the...

When is conversation too much talk?

When is conversation too much talk?

Aug 9, 2023 / 4:00 am

I glanced down at my hand cart. I had no business being in the express lane. I entered the grocery store for a few essentials—fruit, milk and eggs. Now,...

How poetry can help us think differently

How poetry can help us think differently

Jun 23, 2023 / 6:00 pm

I am standing in a crowd of thousands. It feels like a spiritual ritual. Our breath is synced to the music. The palms of our hands strike together...

Liz Gilbert and her 20 foot face

Liz Gilbert and her 20 foot face

May 21, 2023 / 4:00 am

Liz's Gilbert's face was at least 20 feet tall. The auditorium was buzzing, vibrant with the hum of hundreds of excited, imperceivable conversations all...

Trip to Vancouver Island gives author a perspective on time

Trip to Vancouver Island gives author a perspective on time

Apr 16, 2023 / 11:00 am

I have an interesting relationship with time, and Tofino. This past spring break, our family visited the small town, nestled atop a peninsula on the westernmost...

The benefits of public acknowledgement

The benefits of public acknowledgement

Mar 7, 2023 / 6:00 pm

The ad stares up at me, accusingly. I don’t remember pulling the phone out of my pocket, or clicking on the app. But I know what I was doing the moment...

It can be a lot of things

It can be a lot of things

Dec 25, 2022 / 4:00 am

We loaded the family into the car on the coldest night in nearly a year. Despite having started the engine prior, we slid onto still frozen leather seats,...

Time alone does not heal all wounds—it takes work

Time alone does not heal all wounds—it takes work

Dec 4, 2022 / 4:00 am

The fall was entirely my fault. It was July, and our decision to camp near Lake Chilliwack was centered around the surrounding mountains and extensive hiking...

The work ascribed to spirits: Untangling desires in the creative life

The work ascribed to spirits: Untangling desires in the creative life

Oct 16, 2022 / 11:00 am

“I just feel like if I stop pushing this boulder uphill for a second, it’s going to start rolling back downhill again. Maybe even run me...

We need great teachers (because we're all students)

We need great teachers (because we're all students)

Sep 22, 2022 / 6:00 pm

My youngest son was ready at 6 am. Ready in spirit, in attitude and excitement of course, not ready in any tangible or physical way. The schoolbag was yet to be...

The unexpected relationship between possibility and scarcity

The unexpected relationship between possibility and scarcity

Jul 18, 2022 / 4:00 am

Summer is full to bursting. I’m on the Kettle Valley Railway trestles, tentatively watching as my youngest son nervously steers his bike towards the...

Life can be like riding downhill on a mountain bike

Life can be like riding downhill on a mountain bike

Jul 1, 2022 / 11:00 am

“Come for a ride” they said, “It will be fun” they said. They were right. Earlier this spring, a number of my friends and colleagues at...

Opening up our world through language

Opening up our world through language

May 20, 2022 / 11:00 am

There are nearly 500 explorable caves at Lava Beds National Monument in the U.S. On a recent visit, my family managed to see six of them. The caves are...

When you find yourself reintroduced to Resurrection

When you find yourself reintroduced to Resurrection

Apr 19, 2022 / 11:00 am

"So Jesus is kind of like a zombie?” I bite my lip a little at the unintentional irreverence and honest curiosity of my youngest child, who has his...

The season has shifted and so have I

The season has shifted and so have I

Mar 21, 2022 / 4:00 am

I start the day hurried, leaving the house to walk my son to school at 8 a.m. It is one foot in front of the other, as we walk single file by the side of the...

Learning how to do it right from doing it wrong

Learning how to do it right from doing it wrong

Feb 20, 2022 / 4:00 am

It had been a great day. A day off of work, uneventful and filled with nothing but sunlight, a good audiobook and an extended walk with my dog. And it was a...

In these troubled times we brace for impact and hope for the best

In these troubled times we brace for impact and hope for the best

Jan 20, 2022 / 4:00 am

In the old world, the winter months were littered with parties. Not huge, extravagant affairs, mind you. More like get-togethers than “events,” but...

The music of season forced merriment

The music of season forced merriment

Dec 21, 2021 / 11:00 am

It’s still snowing. It’s just after 5 a.m. and I wake to make breakfast and boil water for the day’s (first) coffee. The snow is visible only...

For many of us, grief is the ultimate cost of love

For many of us, grief is the ultimate cost of love

Nov 23, 2021 / 11:00 am

There he is, the magnificent beast. He stands watch, regal and perched upon his throne, the padded dog bed inset within our living room’s bay window. The...

Evil is not always a monster we see

Evil is not always a monster we see

Oct 21, 2021 / 6:00 am

The robotic clown towers above us, breathtaking and menacing. He is impossibly tall, maybe seven or even eight feet on top of his small stand. The...

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