There are times when I'm paralyzed in my Groundling blogging because there is so much bleak news about the state of the planet. How do we celebrate the beauty of Creation in the midst of this? Who wants to hear bad news all the time?
At the end of the year I noticed a tweet from Hakai magazine noting that an article about Father Charles Brandt was a favourite from 2018. I've written about visiting Father Brandt at his hermitage on Vancouver Island at least 25 years ago after seeing an episode of CBC's Man Alive featuring this gentle, wise man. He seemed old then, yet he's still there at age 95, although he will be moving soon.
Here is the excellent Hakai article by Brian Payton, well worth reading about an inspiring Christian.
https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/the-oracle-of-oyster-river/
Here's another by James Wood while you're here
https://www.mycampbellrivernow.com/29382/oyster-river-hermit-priest-explains-decision-to-preserve-land-in-will/
In 2008, Brandt was in his 80s
and still fishing for steelhead on the Upper Islands Pool in the Campbell River,
British Columbia. Photo by George Reid
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