Opinion

December — joyful and challenging

December 1, 2023

We are at the opening of the Christian year, a time of reflection in Advent, of joy and celebration at Christmas and entering into a ...

A human voice — a deacon’s voice

November 1, 2023

For this short reflection, let’s use the word voice to define “a person’s expression of personal experience or opinion.” Humans are born with the ...

“To do things of great courage”

November 1, 2023

Not many of us know what a “collation” is. Even Bishop Anna Greenwood-Lee who presided at such an event, held on Sept. 27 at Christ ...

“And all the company of Heaven…”

November 1, 2023

Our church year set this time aside to honour those who have gone before us — All Hallows Eve on October 31, All Saints ...

“Tusitala” — “Teller of Tales”

November 1, 2023

Not that many years ago (says he defensively), I was assembling some material for a pilgrimage I had been asked to lead. I had decided ...

Breaking bread together — practices for the church in an interreligious era

November 1, 2023

As someone committed to the work of interreligious dialogue, I take it for granted that others walk their own valid paths to ultimate reality. But ...

Do churches deserve queer and racialized people?

October 1, 2023

Those of us in churches often find ourselves asking how we can become more queer-affirming and anti-racist. To put it another way, maybe we need ...

Live gently on the Earth

October 1, 2023

I looked at the earth, and it was formless and empty; and at the heavens, and their light was gone. I looked at the mountains, ...

Lost treasure

October 1, 2023

A tiny incident — a snatch of conversation heard in a city restaurant across an adjoining table. It’s a spot in which you see a ...

A review of Touching Cloth: Confessions and Communions of a Young Priest

October 1, 2023

Perhaps you have found yourself wondering, what is the correct response for an Anglican cleric in street clothes when he or she is offered ketamine ...

Pilgrimage: power, transformation and renewal

October 1, 2023

I don’t take the decision to embark on an international pilgrimage lightly. With climate change, I am aware of the heavy carbon footprint of overseas ...

Both body and soul

October 1, 2023

Someone asked this question a while ago, and I have wondered since what would make a “right” reply. The premise was that if Christians believe ...

God’s call to newness

September 1, 2023

I was heartened by how many of you have responded positively to my charge at synod in which I said that “the future is not ...

In all places and at all times

September 1, 2023

A friend told me that his son, who works with the United Nations in the Middle East, is frequently asked, “Where do you pray,” meaning ...

Will it be God or Mammon? Contesting the religion of market capitalism

September 1, 2023

Self-deception — many in North America engage in it when they claim not to be religious. Many churchgoers also deceive themselves when we say that ...

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