What good has clinging done you?     This lover,        that friendship,    this home,        that box of stuff,    this offense,        that regret,    this doctrine,        that crusade? What good has… Continue reading

Grant me clarity:    let me see through your lens,beyond life and death,    beyond faith and doctrine,beyond separation and smugness,    beyond righteousness and indignation,beyond fairness and fragility. Let me see what you see,    behind this curtain of… Continue reading

I have concluded    that everything I believe is wrong,        if not entirely, then certainly in part. I am wrong in what I believe about    politics,        religion,            the environment,                the people of Canada, … Continue reading

I play Christmas carols late in January:    Oh, Holy Night,        Carol of the Bells,            The Huron Carol,                more,old arrangements    stretching back to childhood–     nostalgia– on a piano we are about to donate … Continue reading

The key to downsizing    is convincing friends and familythat they need the stuff    that you know they don't,hoping they won't realize it    until it's too late,and it's now their stuff to deal with. And if you are… Continue reading

Jesus gives one command    in the gospel of John:         Love. Jesus gives one command    in this gospel of the beloved disciple:         Love. Jesus gives one command    in this gospel of the… Continue reading

This was not the day    I'd planned or expected.         How so? I had in mind the usual–    a little float on the surface,        warming in the sun;    breeching with my buddies,     … Continue reading

Number 1: Eat More Fruits and Vegetables     They say I should have 5 servings a day.     That's a lot to eat.        I really don't eat that much.     If I have 5 servings,        I won't have room for things… Continue reading

Happy? Christmas happy?    You know, holly-jolly happy,        joy-to-the-world happy,            most-wonderful-time-of-the-year happy? Would you know it if you weren't?    Has the pressure to be merry and bright        blinded you to your own… Continue reading

You were a pious SOB,    then God smacked you a good one        and turned you into a poet. You were a self-righteous "man of God,"    then God lifted you from that gutter        and changed… Continue reading