Another week has come and gone, so it's time to ask what's been lighting me up this week. It was Federal election week here in Canada and the anxieties surrounding that certainly dominated the first half of the week. (I do long for the days when it didn't feel like the fate of the world … Continue reading What’s Lighting Me Up (May 3, 2025)
It's been a whirlwind couple of weeks, marked with out of town company, Holy Week, Easter, and an uncharacteristic shopping binge. So what's been lighting me up over this time? The biggest highlight for me the past two weeks was the visit last week. It's always lovely to spend time with link-minded and big-hearted people, … Continue reading What’s Lighting Me Up (April 26, 2025)
It's been another wild week in the world, so it's time to see what’s been been lighting me up and lighting my way. The biggest highlight for me this week was wrapping up the writing for my Lenten series, Ways of the Saints. In particular, I got to spend a lot of time with Mother … Continue reading What’s Lighting Me Up (April 12, 2025)
It's that time again to see what’s been been lighting me up and lighting my way this week. The biggest local story here this week has been the weather, with the city being under severe weather warnings of one kind or another (wind, freezing rain, heavy rain, flooding) five of the past seven days. Fortunately, … Continue reading What’s Lighting Me Up (April 5, 2025)
It's that time of the week again to see what’s been been lighting me up and lighting my way this week. Fingers crossed and knock on wood, but it's been a pretty quiet week for me overall. Once again, my time hanging out with some of the great saints of the Christian tradition has been … Continue reading What’s Lighting Me Up (March 29, 2025)
Matthew Root 