Earlier this year, The Reverend Cherry Vann was elected archbishop of Wales, becoming the church’s 15th archbishop and the first woman and the first openly
A few weeks ago, the world just became a bigger, more gorgeous, and much more exciting place. Because our granddaughter was born. At a time
He was the great radical of history, the rebel who sang the world a new and perfect song, the revolutionary who told us that all
These days, the musical Jesus Christ Superstar is seen as rather safe. Nothing shocking, nothing to worry about, and there’s much more provocative stuff even
There’s one film that I recommend to anybody who wants to learn something about Easter. I refer to Monty Python’s Life of Brian. Confusion, extremism,
Not very long ago I was riding the subway in Toronto and, as is usually the case, was wearing my clerical collar. I’m a big
Has there ever been a less appropriate time to write about the relevance of Christian pacifism? The horrors of Israel and Gaza, the Russian onslaught
Of all the things I thought might happen in my life, my name being spoken by a film star on stage at the Royal Court
Back in September, The Meeting House, one of the largest churches in Canada, announced that it was closing down. “It is with sadness that we
Earlier this year playing cricket in, of all things, an Anglican cricket tournament, I pulled my right hamstring. Never happened before—wasn’t even aware I had
Earlier this year yet another street-preaching Christian was confronted by the police, this time in England on London’s Uxbridge High Street, not exactly renowned as
Late February was not kind. Within the space of 24 hours two of my friends died, both with a suddenness that chilled me. One was
I was first aware of my Jewish heritage when I was seven- years-old. I was at the home of a new friend I’d met in
I serve a community in Burlington that is considered a comfortable and attractive place to live, and for the most part that’s certainly true. St.
I may be a Christian priest but I have three Jewish grandparents,so, to an anti-Semite I’m a Jew. Even worse, I’m an infiltrator, trying to
A new and major British survey in which 1,200 priests were asked a set of questions about faith and the church has concluded that the
I’ve been ordained less than four years but have conducted almost fifty funerals. When I tell people that they look at me in disbelief. No
This year is the 60th anniversary of the death of C. S. Lewis, author of the Narnia stories, Miracles, Till We have Faces, Surprised by
