Musings from the Deep

Life Lessons

  • Extra Potatoes

    If A Bucket Full of Honey was one lesson in radical hospitality, this is another. Once again, the setting was winter. Once again, Highway 17 had been closed by one of those legendary North Shore storms that seem determined to… Continue reading

  • A Bucket Full of Honey

    This morning at church we listened to an inspiring sermon by Rev. Robert Shearer of Victoria, British Columbia. His message, based on Genesis 18:1–15, reflected on hospitality—radical hospitality, the kind that welcomes the stranger without first asking who they are… Continue reading

  • What They Found While Looking for Something Else

    I went into the hospital expecting to deal with an enlarged prostate. At my age, that is hardly an unusual story. It falls into the category of things older men discuss quietly with one another and younger men prefer not… Continue reading

  • A Health Card and a Measure of Trust

    no doubt that the stories we hear about the ‘failings’ of our system are true, yet I hasten to add that I believe they are in the minority Continue reading