Commentary

Anglican priest. Family man.  Anti-apartheid and human rights activist.  Nobel peace prize laureate.  An icon of South African and Christian leadership. Through it all, a ...

I have written before about my snowshoe travels in the snow-laden forests of Algonquin Park—trips that lasted several days between destinations, by way of frozen creeks, ...

Such was the verticality of the design of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Plantagenet, shown here, that the length of this frame house of ...

I write this column in early Advent, as the “New Year” of the church has just begun. When you read this column, the new calendar year ...

What are we to make of Saint John’s Church, VanKleek Hill?  It is one of those rare houses of worship that defies all the categories ...

Some time ago, in a place I can no longer recall, I came across a helpful reflection on Chapter 6 of the Gospel of Matthew ...

One of the most intriguing traditions that surrounds the celebration of Christmas is that of nativity scenes that are found in our homes, churches and ...

For a number of years, just before and after the turn of the millennium, I wrote for the Ottawa Citizen in a weekly feature called ...

Saint Anthony as patron for this church stands out among Anglican patron saints.  If there is a simple explanation, there may be a more complicated ...