Connecting in the Heart Space During Lockdown
Dearest friends, As we approach the holiday season in lockdown after months of separation and isolation for many people (at least here in Toronto), it feels important to reflect on how we can deepen connection to ourselves, each other, and life in general over the...
The Canada Camino – Walking the Talk
Dearest friends, Two weeks ago we finished the Canada Camino hiking approximately 150km and raising close $7600 to support food security initiatives here in Canada as well as in Ebe, Nigeria (yaaa!). Thank you all so much for your generous support in ever so many...
Finding the Pot of Gold at the End of the Rainbow
Dearest friends, From the end of March until now I have been immersed in a profound and stormy re-engagement with life. I don’t remember the last time I had so much to learn in such a short time. It has felt profoundly humbling in every possible way. I have seen...
When The World Turns Upside Down
What surprises me most are human beings. They sacrifice their health in order to make money and then they sacrifice money in order to recuperate their health. And then they are so anxious about the future that they don’t enjoy the present. The result being, they don’t...
The Earth Speaks in Silence
Dearest friends, After an incredible and memorable visit from Father Charles Ogada (which many of you were involved in and generously volunteered your services for!) followed by an equally amazing week at the Parliament of World Religions, I’ve found myself ready to...
From Being an Outsider to Being in the Heart
Since as early as I can remember, I’ve known what it feels like to not belong. Being from a culturally and religiously mixed family (Caribbean/Christian/Maritimes/Jewish) my nuclear family was never like my Christian or Jewish relatives on either side. And so at an...