Camping might be the quintessential Canadian vacation. In a country with fewer than five people for every square kilometre and most of us enjoying easy access to nature, sleeping outdoors in the summer is a simple pleasure. Parks Canada even has a section of its website dedicated to learning to camp, with videos, instructions, recipes,…
At a recent outdoor church service, I asked the children if they knew any of God’s commandments. They mentioned quite a few from the Old Testament such as don’t kill, don’t steal, don’t swear, obey your parents and so on. I asked if they remembered the one about where you should go to the bathroom…
The water is cool. It always is. I hesitate on the second rung with my feet submerged. The air is cool, too, but the colour of the light convinced me to swim. Silver ripples on the water, golden light on the trees. This swim will last me all winter. My family’s church is connected to…
My childhood memories include camping trips in July, as my pastor-father sought renewal in the wilderness of different provincial parks. In the early years of our relationship, Ralph and I enjoyed exploring parts of the country with a tent. We adapted when our older two were born and became skilled at packing the trunk of…
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