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I am a writer and a licensed spiritual director, and the mother of three adult children. In January 2024, I moved from Saskatchewan, Canada to Birmingham, Alabama where my husband is Canon Theologian at the Cathedral Church of the Advent. My life has been deeply shaped by years of ministry in the Indian subcontinent, in Lithuania and as administrative staff at Regent College, Vancouver and Cranmer Hall, University of Durham, England.
The Jump
Tennis courts and a swimming pool, a climbing wall, zip line, and rope swing were prime Saturday afternoon draws at our church’s recent family weekend at the Alpine Camp for Boys in Mentone, Alabama. All through the forested grounds, kids (and adults, too) played hard, laughed freely, and were getting dirty. Kids aged 4-14 stood waiting…
Groaning with Creation in Lent
“We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.” Rom 8:22 Unexpectedly and painfully, my Lenten practice this year has become that of active participation in the groaning of creation that Paul describes in Romans 8. Early in March, driving up the street towards…
Epiphany
January 6 is the day we celebrate as Epiphany, the beginning of a season in the church for us to pause and reflect on the ways in which God shows himself, allows his presence and work to be noticed. Historically, the church has focused specifically on several showings: the improbable arrival of the gift-bearing magi to…
Darlene Pinter 