The Soulistry Blog
Saturday – the Great Vigil of Easter
We’re almost at Easter! The end of a difficult week is in sight for countless people around the world who are observing Holy Week. But, we're not at Easter yet ... we're not at the end of Holy Week. This day, known as Holy Saturday, is one last nudge - one final...
Good (?) Friday
When you woke up this morning, did you say “TGIF - Thank God it’s Friday!” as many have done over the years on Fridays as they were looking forward to the weekend? This Friday isn’t just “any” Friday. It’s different. It’s Friday in Holy Week. A Friday that many refer...
HOLY WEEK – MAUNDY THURSDAY-Betrayal
Maundy Thursday. It's today. And it's a day that shocks in its intensity.Americans have been experiencing a lot of intense days lately, as a growing number are realizing that they were duped by their incumbent President ... betrayed by him ... by someone they thought...
Checking in: a Holy Wednesday ‘ben faith’
We’ve come to Wednesday. Not an easy week any year, but this year even more difficult for many Christians who are reflecting both on the this week known as Holy Week, and the political climate of the world with its serpentine growth of fascism around the world - and...
HOPE even in Holy Week
EVIL, That word has been ascribed to people over the centuries: Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Vlad the Impaler, Pol Pot, Heinrich Himmler, Saddam Hussein, Idi Amin, Ivan the Terrible, and more - including lately to DJT and his minions. And that same word has been...
Some Holy Week Love on Monday
Today is a special Monday - it's Monday in Holy Week. Many are feeling alone. Alone - because of the stresses of the world. Alone because of the political crises in the United States, the ongoing war in Ukraine, the threats on Canada, Panama, Greenland and many...
WEAVING A PATH
Weaving is not something I have done very often, but a weaving metaphor seems appropriate when political strands are divided ... families are broken ... countries are shattering from within ... the world seems to be moving away from democratic principles ... and...
FOUR QUESTIONS … AND PASSOVER
Tomorrow night, Saturday, a question will be asked by the youngest child present at dinner: "Why is this night different from other nights?"The child asks the same question that has been asked for centuries by Jewish people in times of despair, in times of joy, in...
Seeing Souls
For forty days and forty nights, every year, millions of people around the world are involved in sombre reflection and Lenten observance in something called the Season of Lent. Last and this year, Lent has been a time of darkness in Ukraine, Afghanistan, Ethiopia,...
HOLD ON
Weather-wise, it is overcast and gloomy. Nature has arrived in full force bringing devastation and tragedy. Politically, aftershocks of the global tariff war have begun to arrive in full force heaping grief, disillusionment, anger and unbelievable fear. When the...
LET LOVE SPEAK
MAiD (Medical Assistance in Dying) became law in Canada in June, 2016 with a variety of responses. It has been welcomed, ignored, misunderstood, controversial, deemed to be anathema.Many years ago, the request by a friend to sign as a witness on her MAiD document,...
SPRING IS HERE – SORT OF
Welcome Spring ... Vernal Equinox ... to this part of the world. You arrived today! Hurray! You're technically here, Spring Equinox, so may we have ... a little less cold ... no more frost (or snow!) ... more sunshine ... blossoming flowers and shrubs and plants...
CORPORATE GRIEF – SORROWS OF THE WORLD
Semocracy is on the edge of disappearing in many countries. Added to that is the rising homelessness; war; addiction; climate refugees; increasing hatred at work, school board meetings, local community gatherings; escalating polarization among family members,...
INNER PEACE AND CHOICES
A friend posted this a while ago, and with her permission, I share it here. She wrote: "To tell me I'm not family because my political views are different from yours, is beyond sad. To wish me dead, simply because I have gay friends and support gay rights, because I...
ST. PATRICK’S DAY: Celtic prayer for peace and sleep
St. Patrick's Day (March 17th) is a day that brings forth the 'wearing of the green', stories of leprechauns and shamrocks, wonderful Irish music, and gentle reminders of Celtic spirituality in many parts of the world. Celtic spirituality transcends institutionalized...
I’m AFRAID. J’ai PEUR. SOMETIMES
"I'm scared - afraid - terrified. J'ai peur." These are words the world is hearing every day - on the news, around the office, on social media, in our own heads.For centuries throughout the world, there have been hurricanes, landslides, earthquakes, tornadoes,...
Metanoia – Ash Wednesday – Season of Lent
In many parts of the world, today is known as Ash Wednesday, marking the beginning of a six-week period called Lent. It's a time to “slow down and take stock” of our lives - a time of introspection, of 'metanoia' (turning around) - an opportunity to realize that we...
“WHERE THERE IS HOPE”
A long time ago, a child lived while the world around her was exploding with hatred, violence, evil. At that time, one man had risen to power ... a man who hated ... a man who lied ... a man who was the catalyst for violence. ... a man through whom evil spread. That...
JUST A LITTLE BIT
If only it were possible to see democracy surviving.Even "just a little bit." But, the loss of democracy is on the risein the United States,around the world,and even here in my beloved Canada. The phrase "It wouldn't happen here."has been spoken by people who voted...
VALENTINE’S DAY – MERAKI
Meraki-every day.