And now to adjust

For the past decade my week has been filled with early mornings, lots of interesting meetings, many challenging matters and lots of travel. And now it has come to a screeching halt. The impact of this is just coming to land on me – on my pysche – on my soul. I knew a sudden…

The value of friendship

Today allowed a wonderful reconnection with my friend Doug. Now I noticed I have many friends named Doug. Don’t think it was deliberate, but it is what it is. At any rate, today Doug and I had a lengthy coffee/brunch together. Doug to me to the very trendy Westboro area of Ottawa. Our destination was…

A Pilgrim’s lack of progress, subtitled: why pray?

“Why do we need to pray if God knows what we are going to say before we think it?”  The question took me completely by surprise.  This was a group that had been meeting to encourage one another, to provide for ourselves a forum of spiritual accountability.  As the question bounced off the walls, I…