A poem for you (and me).

It is a beautiful morning over here!

I signed up for Fix The News this year and it has been a lifeline. This is a great essay start the new year. The "gap, between the world as it is and how we’re told to see it, comes down to a choice about what we do with our attention... The news is not the report." fixthenews.com/p/the-teleme...

Should be interesting, at least? Though it depends on which definition we're going with. Could also be expensive... 😬

Driving back to Winnipeg through the US and accidentally discovered this amazing Yemení coffee shop in Rockford, Illinois. Got an adeni chai, and an incredible pistachio cheesecake. It was full of people from all kinds of backgrounds. Seemed like a neat community meeting place almokacoffee.com

Trying to introduce my in-laws to some good instrumental music that doesn't sound like elevator music. They like piano. Do you have any good recommendations?

Thinking of my brother today. Three years on and it doesn't get any easier. Some of you may appreciate that he and his partner moved their entire house by bicycle with trailers that he built out of plywood and pallets. Luckily the new house was mostly down hill from the old!

Winnipeg people, I just discovered that library has added audiobooks and ebooks to hoopla. This is a game changer! So many books available immediately without having to put them on hold!

There's still a day to send a letter asking the city of Winnipeg to not delete the bird-friendly window by-law. 16-42 million migratory birds die each year from striking windows. This is one small thing we can do to limit the damage our buildings do. act.naturecanada.ca/page/183334/...

Good morning from the boreal Forest! A cold day for a Christmas bird count, but we've got 9 species and counting.

So the city of Winnipeg is trying to get rid of the by-law that requires new buildings to be bird friendly. We're looking for 300 objections sent in to city hall to trigger a review. Check out this post for more info! www.instagram.com/p/DSGbaygEeK...

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.

I've read 91 books this year and my goal was 100. Is 9 too many books to try to read this month? 😅

I'm building a curriculum for A Rocha's summer staff program. (arocha.ca/wildroots). I'm planning 12 sessions for them on topics related to creation, Bible, theology, etc. What are the topics you think are essential for such a curriculum?

One of the best year end summaries! Although this one is a bit lackluster. I'll need to step up my iNaturalist game next year!

Put up this window bird feeder for the first time and it is bringing me great joy. Look at that little chickadee!! (Did you know chickadees brains grow by 30% in the winter so they can remember where they've stashed up to 80,000 seeds! 🤯)

Not a top 80s movie for me, but comes to mind as Tim and I just watched it for an assignment he had to do: Steel Magnolias. That scene in the graveyard. Sally Fields was incredible in her portrayal of grief. The absolute whiplash of emotions (And how poorly others respond to grief). Oof, so real.

Tim finished building bookshelves for our library/office and we've spent the last couple evenings organizing and filling them up. So satisfying!

Mind you, I didn't discover Sufjan until two years later. But this is still a top album for me. What I actually listened to that year, due to a youth leader's influence, was U2's How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (and a plethora of CCM albums that we don't need to mention)

Working on the annual federal grant application for wage subsidies for summer workers and this is somewhat depressing. It's a bit ironic that they are focusing on both environmental protection and growing the use of AI in the workplace. 🤦‍♀️

What have you read, listened to, or watched this year that inspired you or helped you think about care for the Earth? I would love to hear your recommendations!

Winnipeg people who care about the environment: This guy helped found A Rocha - a global christian environmental organization. It's sure to be an interesting evening!

Anyone in Winnipeg want something for their kids to do on Friday for the PD day? A Rocha is putting on an adventure day for kids ages 6-12. Let me know if you want more info! arocha.ca/event/fall-p...

Look at this menu! I'm so excited for this year's Boggy River Brunch Fundraiser on Nov 8. It's a really fun way to get to know A Rocha a bit more and eat delicious waffles in the process. Way more fun than a formal gala.

The founder of A Rocha, Peter Harris, is coming to Winnipeg and he'll be giving a public lecture called "Why Creation is Waiting for the Christians". He's a gifted storyteller, with a wealth of experience, humour, and hope to share. Would love to see you there on Oct 30th! arocha.ca/PeterHarris

If they do this to the world's most renowned activist, what do they do to people we will never hear of? The EU must cut all ties with the government who orchestrates this depravity.

Fall is the best season.

"what is unfolding in Gaza is not merely genocide: it is also ecocide—or what some have described as a holocide: the deliberate annihilation of an entire social and ecological fabric." mondoweiss.net/2025/09/ecoc...

If you're in Winnipeg, come plant some trees with A Rocha on Saturday morning! We'll be in George Heshksa Park at 10 am. arocha.ca/event/faith-...

UN inquiry finds Israel 's war on Gaza to be a genocide aje.io/2h84g2

God is not dead. God is bread. The bread is rising! Bread means revolution. Organize for a new world. Make the church a people’s church. —The New York Lords, Celebration for a People’s Church

Ok, but has anybody talked about the fact that a pizza is also a pie?

Visiting Riding Mountain National Park for the first time and it is great, even if the weather isn't so great. We went to see the bison today and they were right beside the road. The babies were even frolicking for us.

Looking forward to this!

I'm considering preaching on Joel 2 which comes up in the RCL at the end of October, so I'm saving this thread for later.

Thank God for peaches in the summer. Gonna eat so much peach caprese salad this week.

Definitely raccoons

Sickening

""Come, have breakfast" is a bugle call of divine hospitality toward all people and all living creatures, revealing a passionate divine desire that all should be fed. Pulsing from the story is a call to the community of disciples of Jesus to act on behalf of nourishing others.“ -Elizabeth A Johnson

“We must pray for the conversion of many people, inside and outside of the Church, who still do not recognize the urgency of caring for our common home,” Pope Leo XIV said while celebrating a new formulary of the Mass “for the care of creation.”

Paska. Most of it is too dry to be enjoyable. Also plumi moos. Cold bloated dried fruit soup. *Shudder* (although, to be fair, i don't think anyone likes it except my dad)

I know there's a lot going in the world right now, and this is so tiny compared to most of it, but it's also a thing we can do something about. Please sign this petition so that the city won't build a parking lot next door to A Rocha's center in Surrey, BC. www.change.org/p/protect-vu...

Parents in Winnipeg! Do you need something for your kids to do this summer? A Rocha's nature exploration day camps have some spaces left and they're super affordable (we've got a pay what you can model if needed). arocha.ca/mbdaycamps

A place that is very dear to me is being threatened by a proposal to put in an industrial truck lot next door. The proposal has no concern for environment or for the impact on A Rocha's charitable work in the region. I would be grateful if you would share and sign this petition. chng.it/wbVTMjnN7y

This is how. Greta Thunberg spits fire and gives you the only media training you may ever need.

Another great year co-hosting a Bike to Work day pit-stop with the Diocese of Rupert’s Land and A Rocha MB.

When non-citizens reside with you in your land, you shall not wrong them. Rather, the non-citizens who reside with you shall be to you as your citizens; you shall love each one as yourself, for you were non-citizens in the land of Egypt: I God am your God. Leviticus 19:33-34

We need rain so bad here in Manitoba. Please, please, let this forecast be true. 🙏

Ah, sad to hear this! Really recommend the documentary The Salt of the Earth about Salgado's life and work. It's quite stunning.

You can't become fluent through Duolingo. It's helpful for learning vocabulary, but it hasn't helped me with understanding the nuances of grammar and how people actually speak the language, and it can't do that.