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My husband Jim runs his own organic garden seed business 
along with our daughter Rachelle. Reading their online seed catalogue 
will give you an impression of the other side of my life -- 
25 years of country living on the farm on the shores of Murray Lake,
and now living close to St. Peter’s Abbey with the monks 
as our neighbours, business partners and friends.

For the most recent Family Christmas Letter, click here.

I am currently quite involved with the following organizations:
Queen's House of Retreats in Saskatoon 
Catholic Health Association of Saskatchewan 
 

Dear friends and freelance co-workers in the Lord's vineyard:
Jodi Kozan -- www.jodikozan.com 
Connie Cavanaugh -- www.conniecavanaugh.com
Sarah Donnelly -- www.sarahdonnelly.ca 
Gisele Bauche -- www.spiritualityandart.ca 

I have had a long-standing relationship with Novalis, the Canadian 
Catholic publisher. Besides having written for several of their periodicals, they have also published my books: www.novalis.ca

I enjoyed my theological studies at a number of different colleges:
Lutheran Theological Seminary – www.usask.ca/stu/luther 
College of Emmanuel & St. Chad – www.usask.ca/stu/emmanuel 
Newman Theological College – www.newman.edu

Resources on all things pertaining to Spiritual Direction are the following:
Spiritual Direction 101 -- www.patheos.com/blogs/spiritualdirection101
Spiritual Directors International -- www.sdiworld.org 

It may not come as a surprise to know that I have a special passion for all things ecumenical. Through regular visits to a number of ecumenical websites, I stay in touch with the latest publications and events: 
Ecumenism in Canada -- www.ecumenism.net 
World Council of Churches -- wcc-coe.org/wcc/english.html 
Women's Interchurch Council -- www.wicc.org 
Kairos: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives -- www.kairoscanada.org

Preaching is one of my passion and something I do quite regularly. 
There are a lot of websites on preaching to assist in sermon preparation. The danger is more that there is often too much information and background to process on a given Scripture text, so you have to learn to be selective. Eventually I gravitated towards the sites that I like. Here are a few of my favourite preaching websites. 
Each one will take you to other sites and so on: 
www.rockies.net/~spirit/sermon.html 
www.word-sunday.com 
www.textweek.com