Category: Prayers, Rituals and Rites of Passage

We are here today to comfort one another, to remember, to grieve and to honour one who has lived and[…]

I wrestled with whether or not to include a few of the many occasions I have presided over a memorial[…]

I wrote these words at a gathering to remember Margaret Jacobson, a Hamilton woman made homeless whose story was chronicled[…]

For so many years, as a minister and just as a human being, I have watched people get up and[…]

I wrote this for a committal in honour of Bill Fowler, former basketball coach extraordinaire, popular professor for years of[…]

This prayer was inspired by an original “Prayer for Goodness*” written by the Rev. Laura Cavicchio of Reading, Massachusetts, a[…]

Prayer for a Peaceful Passing for Jenny Loving God, Spirit of Life Be with us in this time of need[…]

I wrote this for my niece Blythe and her husband Nick who decided they wanted to “self-officiate” their wedding in[…]

I wrote this simple ritual for the scattering of ashes for a wonderful man named Dave Hanley. Dave was the[…]

Do you know how far back it goes? Is there some atom of your being that can remember? Some part[…]