…the Mount, so special this year. We thank each deacon for their contributions in leading us through Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, not only by opening up the central teachings…
…shocked. At St. Simon’s Oakville, Rector Darcey Lazerte tried to comfort his parish community with a sermon focusing on understanding and taking action to support the Muslim congregations. It only…
…comfort, as we gathered for worship with our bishop each week in the safety of our own homes. It has brought about great creativity as we figured out ways to…
…reveal their origin, memories which come unbidden, ‘to do” lists assuming a disproportionate authority, unnamed hungers, and fears threaten to drown out our prayer. At particular times, these contingent realities…
…Groombridge The morning consists of trivia followed by a complimentary hot meal. “It is open to the wider community,” wrote Churchwarden Bev Groombridge, and “there is much fun and laughter.”…
…to gather was upon us: “By Ash Wednesday, every parish will be open across the diocese so that we can begin our pilgrimage of grace through Lent and toward Easter…
…for lumping together all religious people, regardless of what they believe. Again, it’s rather like saying “Indigenous people” while forgetting that they comprise 634 First Nations in Canada alone and…
…Belize (Niagara Anglican, March 2019). We are parishioners of St. Matthew’s Anglican Church in St. Albert, Alberta and my wife, Heather, was the very first volunteer there, helping to open…
…occasion they tried to kill her. They finally set her adrift at sea in an open boat, hoping that would be the last of her and her unwanted child. However,…
…the living, breathing narrative of our existence, in all of its fragility and beauty. The precious borders of our lives should open us up, revealing intimacy and vulnerability, leading us…
As I stood before the withering fire of her spoken history a cavern of loneliness opened up within me. She stood eye to eye with me just beyond my reach….
…through a God that resides in the world with us – in the soil, the water, the sky, in our homes and neighbourhoods and in the global community. “God is…
by Mary Mellish Trumpeter Stuart Laughton will perform a recital with organist Dr. Chris Teeuwsen following Evensong on October 22 at 4:00 p.m. at St. John’s Ancaster. The renowned classical…
…to be transformational and relationship building; transforming me by opening the eyes of my heart to the actual truth of who I am, and therefore to the truth of God’s…
…the death of a common criminal. Having overheard Joseph and his friend Nicodemus (both Jesus’ followers) make plans to obtain formal permission to remove Jesus’ body and place it in…
…the liturgical wheel for such a service. Along with a song, start with an opening prayer, or your readings can creatively reflect the thrust for civil rights locally and around…
The call of God comes to you as the primary hunger of your heart. All our primary hungers originate in God’s hunger for our happiness. Our longings are but echoes…
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