Skip to content

Commentary

Perspective Logo

Le Symbole de Nicée : l’unité dans la diversité

À l’occasion du 1700e  anniversaire du concile de Nicée qui a lieu cette année, j’ai tenté dans mon dernier article de rendre compte de la ...
Read More →
Pussy willow branches in the spring sunshine.

Where does our help come from?

Probably the hardest part of a clergy person’s job is dealing with death. Through the many joys of ministry, we never know when death and ...
Read More →

Alleluia! Christ is risen

The Rev. Canon Stephen Silverthorne’s reflection offers “good news for all who are burdened by the cares of this life.”
Read More →
Black and white photo of the entrance to a grand house.

Hamilton Hall, Hawkesbury — Stormont Deanery

This gracious image, a small snapshot, shows Hamilton Hall—the elegant family home in which Charles Hamilton, the first Bishop of Ottawa, was raised at Hawkesbury, ...
Read More →
Tall evergreen tree reaching above the rest of the forest in Gatineau Park

When the prayers of our hearts cannot be put into words

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 ...
Read More →
T-shirt with inspiring emojis

Love yourself as your neighbour

A few years ago, I was feeling uncertain about a sermon I wrote for the Baptism of Jesus (Matthew 3:13-17). The Gospel reading itself is ...
Read More →

Church of the Epiphany, Barry’s Bay — Deanery of the Northwest

Here is Church of the Epiphany, Barry’s Bay, photographed by Brian Glenn on 23 June 2010.  It appears rather unusual for an Anglican house of ...
Read More →

Le Credo de Nicée

Quelqu’un m’a demandé il n’y a pas longtemps pourquoi nous récitons le Credo ou Symbole de Nicée lors de l’Eucharistie dominicale. Pourquoi introduire dans un ...
Read More →

Seasons and cycles

As each calendar year progresses, we mark time with hours, days, weeks and months. In our diocese we are blessed to experience all four seasons ...
Read More →