Commentary

A large tree and river with Church of the Ascension in the distance

Church of the Ascension, Ottawa — Deanery of Central Ottawa

Glenn J Lockwood May 23, 2025

It is a truth universally acknowledged that if context in most situations is everything, setting may also reveal a great deal. It is no accident ...

Listening to and following the Holy Spirit

The Rev. Margo Whittaker May 23, 2025

In what the Rev. Dr. Jesse Zink, principal of Montreal Dio College, calls this time of polycrisis, we are still called to rejoice in the ...

close view of The Thinker statue by August Rodin

Qui suis-je ?

Le révérend chanoine Kevin Flynn May 23, 2025

À la fin de mon adolescence, j’ai participé à un programme d’été organisé par l’Ordre of the Holy Cross, la Society of St John the ...

The Reverend Al Budzin, Katherine Shadbolt Parker and Bishop at a recent parish visit in St Paul’s Osgoode.

An abiding sense of thanksgiving

Bishop Shane Parker May 23, 2025

In the early weeks following my consecration as your bishop on the Feast of Pentecost in 2020, we were in lockdown, and I was limited ...

Interior view of St. George's - black and white phooe

Saint George, Ottawa — Deanery of Central Ottawa

Glenn J Lockwood April 25, 2025

Saint George’s Church in downtown Ottawa seemed almost fated to be a centre of controversy. To begin with, this house of worship was built as ...

Cross of Nails at Christ Church Cathedral Ottawa.

Pardon

Le révérend chanoine Kevin Flynn April 25, 2025

L’algorithme qui détermine les vidéos qui s’affichent dans mon flux YouTube me réserve parfois de très bonnes surprises. Je viens de voir cette vidéo d’une ...

Gardening in step with nature

Nandy Heule April 25, 2025

In a recent worship service at Trinity Anglican in Ottawa, Bishop Shane Parker in his homily highlighted the promises Anglicans make within the Baptismal Covenant. ...

Exterior view of St. John Innisville, black and white photo

Saint John, Innisville — Deanery of the Southwest

Glenn J Lockwood March 20, 2025

The former Saint John’s Church, Innisville looks almost timeless in its rural setting, at least when viewed in daytime. This photograph from fifty years ago ...

The Nicene Creed: Unity in diversity

The Rev. Canon Kevin Flynn March 20, 2025

With the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea falling this year, I tried in my last piece to account for the Creed’s place in ...