The Healing Power of Laughter  Rev. Yme Woensdregt  Last week, I wrote about my personal journey into and through depression. I discovered a powerful piece of music by Minneapolis composer […]

 Please Stay: A Plea for Healing  Rev. Yme Woensdregt  I have two introductions to this column, and I’m going to use them both.  The first has to do with my […]

 Being and Doing  Rev. Yme Woensdregt  I noted the idea for this column about three months ago, just before COVID–19 changed all our lives. What sparked the idea was a […]

 Earth Day  Rev. Yme Woensdregt  It’s hard to imagine that the first Earth Day was held 50 years ago, on April 22, 1970. It’s the 50th anniversary of a day […]

 Faith — A Muted Celebration  Rev. Yme Woensdregt  During April this year, four of the world’s major religions celebrate important festivals. It’s a remarkable coming together of these different faiths […]

 A Humble King and a Suffering God  Rev. Yme Woensdregt  The church is in Holy Week this week as we mark the last week of Jesus’ life on earth. In […]

 Opening Myself to God in Lent  Rev. Yme Woensdregt  The church has begun the season of Lent. It began Wednesday, which is known as Ash Wednesday. This 40–day–long season echoes […]

On Good Friday again this year, Christians from different churches in Cranbrook will join together for our fifteenth Good Friday CrossWalk on April 19. We make a spiritual pilgrimage through […]

Last September, Jean Vanier turned 90. Vanier is the son of a former Governor General of Canada, a Rhodes scholar, a philosopher and theologian. He is best known as the […]

Theoretical physicist and cosmologist Marcelo Gleiser has been awarded the Templeton Prize for 2019. He is “a leading proponent of the view that science, philosophy, and spirituality are complementary expressions […]