Author: Dawson
Last Lecture
I had a tender decision to make in including this writing. The decision was whether or not to out myself[…]
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Spirituality and Health – a lecture for McMaster Medical School’s Professional Competency Program
Spirituality and Health A lecture given in the Professional Competencies program of the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University[…]
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Letter to the Editor on Equal Marriage
I wrote this (and an accompanying sermon entitled “Does Marriage Need Defending?” after I received a pamphlet through my door[…]
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When Someone You Love Goes Away For a Time – a story of strength and resilience for far away families
Note: To go directly to the illustrated story I wrote, scroll down and feel free use the magnifying glass on the[…]
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Always With you – A Story of Adoption and Homecoming. Illustrations by Doretta Groenendyk
I wrote this story for our daughter Lily Rose Jiao Jiao (well as it turned out, I wrote it for[…]
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Words for a Life Ended by Their Own Hand
We are here today to comfort one another, to remember, to grieve and to honour one who has lived and[…]
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Animal Memorials
I wrestled with whether or not to include a few of the many occasions I have presided over a memorial[…]
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Margaret – words in remembrance of a woman made homeless
I wrote these words at a gathering to remember Margaret Jacobson, a Hamilton woman made homeless whose story was chronicled[…]
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Words for my Darling
For so many years, as a minister and just as a human being, I have watched people get up and[…]
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To Remember Me, Play – a reading in honour of Bill Fowler
I wrote this for a committal in honour of Bill Fowler, former basketball coach extraordinaire, popular professor for years of[…]
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Remembering, Honouring and Celebrating Lives taken in violent crime
Invocation Let this be a place of peace. Let silence heal our spirits. Let sharing connect us Let friendship warm[…]
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Prayer for Healing after Tragedy*
This prayer was inspired by an original “Prayer for Goodness*” written by the Rev. Laura Cavicchio of Reading, Massachusetts, a[…]
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Prayer for a Peaceful Passing – for Jenny
Prayer for a Peaceful Passing for Jenny Loving God, Spirit of Life Be with us in this time of need[…]
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Teenager – a poem about letting go
I wrote this in a workshop featuring an exercise called “Visio Divina” where we were invited to look at a[…]
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Saturday at the Procrastinating Minister’s House
open eyes consider getting up close eyes groan get up make breakfast do dishes put away milk clean fridge mop[…]
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