Kimberlynn McNabb

Called to be a courageous and passionate expression of God's grace.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

In the 1990s, Canadian ecologist Suzanne Simard made a groundbreaking discovery that challenged everything we thought we knew about how forests work. While studying managed forests in British Columbia, she noticed something puzzling: when birch trees were removed to promote the growth of valuable Douglas firs, the firs did not flourish as expected, they actually struggled and grew more slowly.

Determined to understand why, Simard traced the movement of nutrients using radioactive carbon isotopes. What she found was astonishing. Trees were actively sharing resources through vast underground fungal networks known as mycorrhizae. These delicate, thread-like fungi connect the roots of different trees across the forest floor, forming a complex web that allows the exchange of carbon, water, nutrients, and even chemical signals, sometimes between entirely different species.

She discovered that older, larger trees often serve as central "hubs" or "mother trees," supporting younger saplings by redistributing vital resources and helping the entire ecosystem remain resilient. When these key trees are removed, the underground network weakens, and the health of the remaining forest declines.

Simard’s research overturned the traditional Darwinian view of forests as battlegrounds of ruthless competition. Instead, she revealed a far more sophisticated reality: forests operate as highly cooperative systems where trees communicate, support one another, and even warn neighboring trees about threats like drought, disease, or insect attacks.

What appears to the human eye as a silent, still forest is, in truth, a vibrant, interconnected living network, built not on isolation and rivalry, but on deep connection and mutual aid.

[Catholic Sat @CatholicSat]

The Pope’s Prayer intention for the month of June is to pray “for the values of sports”, that all sport may promote peace, fraternity and communion.

“Lord of life, we thank you for the gift of sport, for those who glorify God through the exercise of their bodies, for the friendships born on the field and the joy of playing as a team.

You teach us that in life, as in the game, no one is saved alone. We need others to grow, to learn respect, to overcome our limits, and to celebrate together the victories we achieve.”

[Kimberlynn McNabb @revkimber]

@fgrazz Amazing! I was at birding this am with the Halifax Friends of the Public Garden ... he sounds more like a bird than some birds

[Kimberlynn McNabb @revkimber]

Amazing!

[O’Shea Jackson Jr @OsheaJacksonJr]

I saw it. Now you have to see it. His name is Samuel. And he…is a king.

[ELCIC @ELCICinfo]

From neighbourhood clean-ups and community barbecues to fundraisers, food donations and acts of service, congregations across the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) came together on May 31 for the first ever #ELCICDayOfAction

Learn more below!

https://t.co/ItA038GSkh

[ELCIC @ELCICinfo]

Tomorrow is ELCIC Day of Action!

Across the country, ELCIC congregations and members will be putting faith into action through service, care, advocacy and community-building: https://t.co/jOmr23Nhfp

Taking part? Share your photos and stories using #ELCICDayOfAction #myELCIC

[ELCIC @ELCICinfo]

Read about the celebratory month of June, find your last minute resources for this week's ELCIC Day of Action and sign up for a webinar with the ELCJHL's Bishop Imad Haddad, in this week's ELCIC News.

https://t.co/Sbt0Pq40lL

[ELCIC @ELCICinfo]

Share your stories! Congregations across the church are celebrating the ELCIC Day of Action this Sunday, May 31.

On Sunday, be sure to tag the ELCIC in your photos online and officially submit your content through the submissions Jotform found here:

https://t.co/XAlQIopS36

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

Today at noon thousands of red rose petals will flutter down through the oculus of the Pantheon in Rome. This spectacular tradition is held each year on the feast of Pentecost.

[Kimberlynn McNabb @revkimber]

@fgrazz Wow!

[ELCIC @ELCICinfo]

On Sunday, May 24, we will gather as a church online for the next Conversations Across the Church event.

This time together will include a brief time of worship, grounding us in prayer and community as we listen, learn and reflect together.

Register:

https://t.co/xxkNFH3PGZ

[Kimberlynn McNabb @revkimber]

@fgrazz @MikeTheNavyGuy1 50 was good at a party because no one else drank your beer.

[Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder]

"You will never be able to experience everything. So please, do poetical justice to your soul and simply experience yourself."
~ Albert Camus

[maddie rune🪰 @themaddierune]

Literature is humanity’s longest conversation with itself about what it means to be alive. It has been going on for thousands of years. You are not late, you are not unqualified, you are not too much or too little or too broken. Pull up a chair. This conversation was always about you.

[Arlene Christie @HighwayOfTearz]

Wear red on May 5th!

May 5th is the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
(MMIWG), also known as MMIWR (Relatives) or Red
Dress Day.

[The Lutheran World Federation @lutheranworld]

As momentum builds on a timeline to transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy, LWF joined faith communities discussing the ethical dimensions of a just transition.

Read more: https://t.co/1XkQRluPP6

#LutheranWorld #ClimateJustice

[Mark Carney @MarkJCarney]

Today, His Majesty the King visited the Canadian Cross of Sacrifice at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, USA.

This monument honours the Americans who, moved by a sense of duty to fight for freedom, joined the Canadian Armed Forces in the years before the United States officially entered the First World War. It was later rededicated to all Americans who joined Canadian forces in the Second World War and the Korean War.

His Majesty’s act of remembrance is a powerful reminder of the bonds between our countries.

[The Royal Family @RoyalFamily]

“The first Americans I knew and loved were the characters I met in my treasured children’s novels: Little Women, What Katy Did, Charlotte’s Web… I knew, even then, that books are the best friend you can have.”

📚 At the New York Public Library, The Queen addressed friends and supporters of The Queen’s Reading Room and shared her love of reading.

[Hike Nova Scotia @HikeNS]

Be tick safe when hiking! Check all these spots after your hike. https://t.co/5gkwGWELjR

[Gurdeep Pandher of the Yukon @GurdeepPandher]

In the middle of any struggle, there is also the question of light. Not the blinding kind that pretends everything is fine, but the steady kind that helps you keep going. Joy, hope, and positivity are not decorations you hang only in good seasons. They are tools. They are the small lamps you carry when the road narrows.

About the video: you may be wondering why I am not using my arms in this video. I once had shoulder surgery at Whitehorse General, and I could not use my arms for a full month for any task.
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By 2026, digital media had engulfed everyday life, and many print outlets were closing their doors. In 2026, I created an experience through the tactile, quiet, unhurried act of reading on paper. Inside The Gurdeep Magazine, you’ll find essays crafted for slow, quiet reading, all centered on joy, hope, and positivity. If you'd like to hold printed words that warm your hands, heart and mind, visit https://t.co/rehEMdIORw.