Hate has no home here

Hate has no home here

Most of my social media participation these days is related to textiles. Many of the groups I joined originally had a “no politics” rule that always made me bristle. I usually just self-edited myself out of anything controversial in order to focus on the particular...
Time for our outside voices

Time for our outside voices

It’s time to use our outside voices for our LGBTQIA2S+ celebration and solidarity.  Here’s my rainbow stole collection for this season.  I’ve added a few stoles with the colours of the trans flag for this year.  If there’s something specific...

Set a place for remembering

A lot of folks feel conflicted or excluded from the holiday season when they are carrying grief. Not feeling festive, or feeling more mindful of who is not present than who is gathered, can bid us to retreat from marking seasonal celebrations.  But I don’t...
Song of Joy Stoles for the Season of Creation

Song of Joy Stoles for the Season of Creation

Top of mind for me, and most folks, in the Season of Creation are the critical issues of the climate crisis and the accountability for colonization and the misuse of creation. Faith leads us to travel on the path of justice and right relations. The volume of those...
Remembering Matters

Remembering Matters

Mother’s day in our house is mostly a time of remembering as both our mothers are heaven-side. I’ve lived longer now without my feisty mom Lillian than I lived with her and Jen’s spirited mum Vaile died when Cassie was just two.  So they are present with us now only...