You Are Never Alone
Michael Coren
June 9, 2023
I wasn’t raised in the church, and knew little about Christ or Christianity outside of what were then school assemblies with traditional hymns, and films
I wasn’t raised in the church, and knew little about Christ or Christianity outside of what were then school assemblies with traditional hymns, and films
Amira Elghawaby, the Canadian government’s new Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia, hasn’t been welcomed by everybody. That’s a great shame, because she’s a moderate, intelligent,
It was, according to the roaring headline on journalist Melanie McDonagh’s column in The Times of London, “an assault on Christianity.” Good Lord, could it
There’s a marvelous story explaining the definition of chutzpah, the wonderful Yiddish word that loosely means impudence of gall. A woman gets on a crowded
I spent three weeks in the UK at the end of last year, and during my stay something of a statistical explosion occurred—if such a
I haven’t been back to Britain for more than three years. The pandemic and a minor surgical procedure were the impassable and impossible barriers, and
Along with many of my fellow clergy, and members of our congregations, I work on the front lines of poverty, suffering, and deprivation. It’s always
The time has come and gone, and we’ve moved on. Most, that is. Not those who knew her as a beloved family member, and not
There have been easier times to be the pope. I don’t mean now, with the relatively gentle divisions between conservative and reformer, but during the
I’ve been ordained for three years now, and a priest for almost one year. In that time, I’ve conducted numerous ceremonies, but never before have
I married a Canadian and moved to Toronto in 1987. I spoke to my parents in London by phone every month or so, but calls
The obscene war in Ukraine provided the opportunity for some people to write a lot of nonsense about the religiosity of modern Russia, and about
There was good news from Ottawa in February. Long pause. No, it had nothing to do with protests or convoys, hysteria and shouting. A new
When I was a child, my parents would sometimes leave me in the care of my great auntie, who was like a grandma to me.
Let us say grace, as it were. The 60s are beguiling. I don’t mean the 1960s. I was born in 1959 and couldn’t say “permissive
In late October 2021, in our very own Christ’s Church Cathedral in Hamilton, I was ordained a priest. I’d been made a deacon two years
While nobody ever thought they’d be a serious contender for government, the People’s Party of Canada made a definite impression in the recent election. They
I had a new book published recently, entitled The Rebel Christ. Provocative? I certainly hope so! Because its starting point is a question, based on a