Hope Mission’s 80 Anniversary Gala
( Chris, one of our Breakout Grads, who now works for Hope Mission) A gala it was. The Premier, the Housing Minister, handshakes all-round, the best food prepar...
Category: Spirituality
Everything is bullshit but the open hand
What has a decade of monastic retreats taught me? Reception. I believe. Not much else. I’m still a tin-man carrying my suitcase full of aluminum siding br...
Remembering Father James Gray
A couple weeks ago, the last time we had tea with James, he dropped his cup–the lip broke on the floor and tea splashed over the tile. The three of us, De...
Easter is about a wrath-free God
May you have a blessed and bloom filled Easter! Just realized it’s been exactly three years (and 500 plus posts) since Grow Mercy hit the blogosphere with...