Commentary

Saint Paul, Osgoode Station

Glenn J Lockwood March 1, 2022

Dificulties of Definition This postcard from circa 1910 is the only known visual record of the first Saint Paul’s Church, Osgoode. Our momentary impression ...

Resources for Lent

Perspective March 1, 2022

In case you would like your Lenten journey to have an environmental focus, here are a few resources: PWRDF invites you into a Lenten Conversation ...

A detail from a window at St. Matthew’s, Ottawa

Praying the Lord’s Prayer during Lent and beyond

Paul Dumbrille March 1, 2022

Without doubt, the prayer that Christians know the best is what we call the Lord’s Prayer. It appears twice in Scripture, with slight differences, in ...

The ironing board pulpit is still in place at St. Stephen’s

Singing ‘Forty Days and Forty Nights’

The Rev. Canon George Kwari March 1, 2022

Dear friends, As I write this, I wonder how much the world may have changed by the time you read this article. We have lived ...

Editor’s note

Leigh Anne Williams March 1, 2022

Due to an editing error, a version of Julia Thompson’s tribute ”Remembering Archbishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu” (Feb.2022, pp. 8-9) that was not her complete and ...

Listening for God to answer

Bishop Shane Parker March 1, 2022

The photograph accompanying this column was taken on March 13, 2020, a couple of days before everything changed in a heartbeat, and we took up ...

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Saint Mark, Pakenham

Glenn J Lockwood February 1, 2022

Saint Mark’s Church at Pakenham, it could be argued, is the chameleon of churches in the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa. From the top of the ...

Scenes from St. Stephen’s diversity-embracing parish.

Embracing and acknowledging diversity

The Rev. Canon George Kwari February 1, 2022

Following on the success of celebrations of Black History Month last year, we have set Sat. Feb. 19 at 2 p.m. as the day and ...

The task of confronting colonialism

The Rev. E. Julian Campbell February 1, 2022

The Anglican Diocese of Ottawa launched into Project Anti-racism last fall. Before and since then, I reflected on colonialism and its continuing impacts in the ...