Bought the first in the series in 1987. Over the years, collected the volumes as they were published, dug into them for writing, worship planning and sermon prep, proofread a couple of the books professionally, and read one cover to cover—just for fun. The latest commentary arrived today!

I'm seeing multiple MDs, including those high up at the WHO, repeatedly say the public need not worry about hantavirus, you need close prolonged contact to get the illness, it's not airborne, and most worryingly, the WHO advising HCWs to use inadequate respiratory protection. Here's the problem. 1/

For the past two years, I've watched an older man walking in my neighbourhood. For months, he hobbled along, with a cane in each hand. Then, he progressed to using only one cane. I just spotted him walking down the sidewalk carrying that cane—but it was not touching the ground! I salute you, sir!

"COVID-19 was a major driver..." (gift article) www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/42d95ef...

Some families have been waiting five years for funding to support their children. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Today is a good day to read Psalm 37.

⭐ O star of wonder, star of light, star with royal beauty bright, westward leading, still proceeding, guide us to thy perfect light. 🌟

A read aloud for you today youtu.be/FmZCQfeWjeQ

Global nonprofit helps train women to become solar power technicians. apnews.com/article/tanz...

Today is the first day of Advent, and in an attempt to renew my childhood faith, I recently bought 'Frequencies of God: Walking through Advent with R.S. Thomas' by Carys Walsh, which has a poem from the great man (with subsequent commentary) for every day of this holy season.

Which book(s) would be on your list? 👓 📖 📚

This Physicist Says We Don't Take COVID Seriously Enough. Every infection increases the risk for heart disease, strokes, diabetes, dementia, de-regulating the immune system, and more. Via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Humane and cost-saving www.cp24.com/local/toront...

We have some words for you. Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary. The NEW Twelfth Edition. Made of paper. 11.18.2025 www.merriam-webster.com/collegiate-d...

If my writing about autism does anything, whether it be in my books, my columns or my reported stories, I hope it advances the idea that autistic people are whole human beings as they are with legitimate needs and inner lives that deserve to be told the same as other stories.

A planned multi-use path extension could forever change Kitchener's Rockway Gardens. kitchener.citynews.ca/2025/09/18/m...

The summer (and fall) of our COVID discontent. COVID-19 is still sickening people in surprising large numbers and we are doing little to mitigate risks of the airborne virus, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0fc7a92... via @theglobeandmail.com (gift link)

Connections Day 2 of perfect results! Puzzle #802 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦

Connections Puzzle #801 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Enjoying a "slow documentary" series called Tripping, produced by TVO. The shows take the viewer on meditative journeys through Ontario's waterways. No narration or music, just the sounds of nature. Tonight's episode features the Rideau Canal. TRIPPING | TVO Today share.google/2PDvstb509e0...

Oh no! (gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/o...

And we each must have something that keeps us fueled through this— something that nourishes the deep parts of us. Could be meditation or prayer. Could be making art or cooking, long walks in trees— hell, parenting will do it if you show up with the right lens. Concrete ideas & suggestions here:

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” It costs a lot less to house people.

Canada is on the verge of adopting a national standard requiring N95s in healthcare—and your voice can help make it happen.

Connections Puzzle #760 🟨🟪🟩🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟦🟪 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Green and purple before yellow—that doesn’t happen often for me.

An ancient creed, in Old English. youtube.com/shorts/ytp36...

Attention, book nerds! 📚

Christians with #LongCOVID and those still taking COVID-19 precautions feel abandoned by their religious institutions. In a Sick Times survey, the majority of respondents reported their churches are failing to acknowledge Long COVID. Some are creating their own spaces in response. bit.ly/4dRQZn7

In Zurich, Switzerland, for the final worship service celebrating #Anabaptism500. With Mennonites-Anabaptists from around the world! #mwccmm

Sad to see the death of one of my favorite photographers, Brazilian Sebastião Salgado, who documented the natural world, working people, Indigenous peoples, and humanitarian crises. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

[Column] Loblaw should better enforce its own privacy rules at prescription checkout counters. But the rest of us need to up our game to stem the leakage of personal information that bad actors are only too happy to collect. lfpress.com/opinion/colu... #LdnOnt

I realize I’m just shouting into the wind here, but: please, please, please stop posting screenshots without links, or summarizing breaking news events without links. There’s a serious problem with unsourced assertions all over the world right now, don’t be part of the problem.

Congratulations to the @therecord.com team for winning the Local Journalism Award and its unwavering commitment to #PressFreedom. Félicitations à l'équipe du Waterloo Region Record pour avoir remporté le Prix du journalisme local. Learn more: buff.ly/i58cUux

#PressFreedom www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...

OPINION: Bethlehem doesn’t need guards. It needs truth-tellers, bridge-builders and gospel witnesses who will refuse to demonize their fellow believers simply because they carry the name Palestinian.

You have to see this. PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.

"Even if you may not care about COVID and how it affects your body, many people still do."

This thread...

St. Patrick's prayer, composed by Arvo Pärt: Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ on my right, Christ on my left, Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down, Christ in me, Christ when I arise.... youtu.be/Ir3htl3UlBk?...

"As Jonathan Bressler puts it, there's sometimes a 'scarcity mindset around empathy.' There can be enough. Our hearts can open wide enough for everyone, to feel everyone. To decide that everyone matters, every soul, a matter of consequence."

Lent begins two weeks from today on Ash Wednesday. Instead of fasting, this will be my fourth year of taking on a spiritual practice. Every day I go outside for ten minutes and look for birds. That's it. We call it #aBirdFromTheLord and you're all invited. 💗

Grateful that Mennonite Church USA has joined this action. If the White House is truly concerned about anti-Christian bias and violence, it will restore the policy against entering houses of worship to conduct ICE raids. @mennonitesusa.bsky.social www.mennoniteusa.org/news/mc-usa-...

An account to follow: Waging Nonviolence. @wagingnv.bsky.social