September 2023 Issue

Diocesan Communications

“Stewarding God’s Gifts for Mission” is the theme for the 149th Synod of the Diocese of Niagara, aptly chosen by ...

Bill Mous

These days we have a myriad of streaming services, but a long time ago, in Ancient Greece, people had epic ...

Susie Kim

For whenever I am weak, then I am strong. (2 Corinthians 12:10) I was recently asked how I deal with ...

Martha Tatarnic

“There’s a lot to love about our Church and the experience of gathering Christian Anglicans from across the country to ...

Diocesan Communications

The major highlight happened on the last night of business when the Anglican Council of Indigenous People (ACIP) presented a ...

Susan Little

I am deeply grateful for the trust this wonderful diocese placed in those of us elected as delegates to General ...

Tim Dobbin

Consider Synod as a blind delegate—a 670 page convening circular, countless handouts, complex motions and amendments on the screen, faces ...

Jodey Porter

The highlight of Assembly/General Synod 2023 for me was threefold, two of them being intertwined—the human interactions and the three ...

Andrew Clinkard

In the 1991 film “City Slickers,” a crusty old cowboy named Curly supervises three New York city dwellers as they ...

Drew MacDonald

This past Spring, as part of our 55th Anniversary celebrations, the Ecumenical CampusMinistry at the University of Guelph gathered students ...

Andrew Hyde

I have a small yard in the front of my house under a huge maple tree. The shade impedes the ...

Krista Hilton

This year is the 60th anniversary of the death of C. S. Lewis, author of the Narnia stories, Miracles, Till ...

Michael Coren

If you were to walk into my kitchen on any given day, you would likely find a jigsaw puzzle in ...

Nancy McBride

Sometimes young people heading for ministry ask my advice. Some of what I say is obvious, but there is one ...

John Bowen

September always brings the memory of 9/11, an event more than 20 years ago that raised fears for the future ...

Diocesan Communications