Spending more time in God’s time
As we begin a new calendar year, having begun a new liturgical year a month ago in Advent season, many of us will reflect on
The Rt. Rev. Shane Parker is the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa.
View all posts [email protected]As we begin a new calendar year, having begun a new liturgical year a month ago in Advent season, many of us will reflect on
Late last summer, while walking on a long stretch of beach off the west coast of the Netherlands, I was lulled into deep contemplation by
There is a mountain fortress called Masada near the Dead Sea in Israel, on the eastern edge of the Judean Desert. The mountain’s steep cliffs
There are always many layers in nature, seen and unseen. Every human situation has many layers, physically and politically—and certainly emotionally and spiritually. Most of
I know only a few words of Arabic, the language spoken by our partners in the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem. One beautiful, frequently used phrase
In early January I went to the Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Ottawa East to donate a number of items left over from a renovation
There are 800 hectares of forest in the Gatineau Hills that are very familiar to me. I lived on the edge of this forest for
In December, when our minds stretch to imagine the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, be mindful of the many cultural layers that have been placed
I am fond of November, a month when nature shifts from the richness of autumn, with its pungent smells, colourful leaves, golden days, and temperate
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