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December 27, 2025 – From Christmas Eve Worship to Boxing Day Community Service
Christmas this year unfolded for me across two very different but deeply connected days. December 24 and December 26. On Christmas Eve, we gathered for a Holy Communion service that felt quietly joyful and surprisingly full. A few days before the service, our families had decided to prepare something simple, baked cookies to share with Continue reading
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Dec 2nd, 2025 – Cooking for Connections: A Reflection on Shared Presence
On November 30, 360 Community partnered with Recipe of Life to host Cooking for Connections at St. Alban’s Anglican Church – a gathering that reminded me how food, story, and presence can quietly transform a room. Fourteen participants stood in a semi-circle, red plates in hand, surrounded by home-cooked dishes and heartfelt conversation. Some came Continue reading
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November 19, 2025 – A Glimpse of Grace Outside the Drop-In
Yesterday, I walked toward the drop-in center with no agenda but presence. I simply wanted to say hello, to introduce myself to those gathered outside, many of whom live with homelessness and substance use. I didn’t come with answers or solutions. I came with a greeting, a name, and a collar. One young woman looked Continue reading
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October 17, 2025 – Two Weeks of Listening: Stories That Stay With Me
These past two weeks have been filled with quiet, powerful moments and encounters that didn’t ask for headlines, only presence. I’ve had conversations that left me humbled, heartbroken, and deeply grateful. At a community event, a young woman avoided eye contact and spoke softly. “I don’t really talk to people,” she said. That was all. Continue reading
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September 23, 2025 – A Tuesday Evening of Listening and Grace
Tonight I returned to our Tuesday community meal, a space that continues to reveal the quiet beauty of presence and the deep ache of unmet needs. Though the meal is served as take-out, what we’re building is unmistakably a community. As long as there is conversation, hospitality, and welcome, there is connection. And tonight, that Continue reading