Christmas Eve 2021 was spent in Brooklyn with a Zoom trip to L'Arche Ottawa for our Pageant. My grandson, Lou, joined us on the ukulele...

I thought Christmas THIS year would be different. So did everyone else. Our family has been fully vaccinated - and boostered - and I mean ...

SMALL IS HOLY REFLECTION FOR ADVENT IV So, here we are at the Fourth Sunday of Advent in the second year of Covid. That’s two ways of marki...

We decided NOT to put up a Christmas tree this year. Ok, the word decided is perhaps too strong. It was more an act of acceptance than an ...

SMALL IS HOLY TEXT This week we’re asked to light a candle of joy even as we’re surrounded by shadows of sorrow, heartbreak, and despair. Ta...

Yesterday I finished cleaning the house after our time away: it always sets my heart to rest to do this work. Like baking bread, the quotidi...