Commentary

Black and white image of Saint Mark's church being built.

Ottawa, Saint Mark

Glenn J Lockwood September 1, 2021

On a summer evening just before dusk in 1955, in a part of the City of Ottawa that had not yet quite fully adjusted to ...

Who are we?

Heather Mallett September 1, 2021

I am not a racist. At least, that’s what I thought, until I read the book, Waking Up White by Debby Irving. The author writes as ...

Aboriginal singers in front of the Canadian Parliament

Listening to Indigenous voices and hard truths

Leigh Anne Williams September 1, 2021

At a loss about what to write or how to address the shock, grief and shame felt across the country as news of the unmarked ...

collage of photos of a rainbow from a kayak

Paddling out of the storm

Bishop Shane Parker September 1, 2021

Last summer I took myself up to a large lake in Algonquin Park for an annual three-day silent, solo, retreat. Like all of you, I ...

Orléans, Saint Helen

Glenn J Lockwood June 1, 2021

Planners for the national capital were concerned by the 1990s that growth in the urban core was getting increasingly lopsided. Two generations earlier, in the ...

Companions on the Journey

Paul Dumbrille June 1, 2021

One of my favourite contemporary Christian songs is “Companions on the Journey” by Carey Landry. As I listen to that song my mind goes to ...

Coping with the pandemic at home and work

Jennifer Omoike June 1, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many hardships for everyone, whether it is affecting people directly or they are empathizing with the pain a loved one ...

Letter to the editor

Perspective June 1, 2021

Dear Editor February’s Anglican Journal article, ‘Rethinking darkness and light; Leaders in the Lutheran and United churches on language and anti-Blackness’, describes the damaging impact ...

Bishop Shane praying in front of Christ Church Cathedral

As summer begins and we seek rest…

Bishop Shane Parker June 1, 2021

It is very hard to believe that one year ago, on May 31, 2020, the day of Pentecost, I was consecrated to be your bishop. ...