Commentary

Deborah Tagornak translates for Bishop Shane Parker at St Margaret’s. Photo: Philippe Owen

The path of reconciliation continues to beckon us

Our church has consciously chosen to walk the path of reconciliation, enabling Indigenous and non-Indigenous people to form relationships based on mutual respect. Reconciliation is ...
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Wooden church in the forest

St. Leonard, Rockingham — Deanery of the Northwest

In the late 1850s, Canada West (now Ontario) decided to push a series of colonization roads through the southern portion of the Canadian Shield to ...
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Plants flourish in the hall at Ascension.

Creating fields of love and new life as followers of Jesus

The hall at the Church of the Ascension (pictured below) is a testament to my love of things green and growing. The whisper of ferns, ...
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The path forward as we change, learn and thrive

I have written before of how the people and clergy of our diocesan church joined me in a three-year long journey of honestly assessing where ...
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All Saints, Petawawa — Deanery of the Northwest

Petawawa is first mentioned in 1887 as a station of the Anglican Upper Ottawa Mission, based at Pembroke. A cornerstone for a church at Petawawa ...
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Stock photo of person kayaking in rapids

Abide in my love

Sadly, the truth of it is that it is hard enough for me to love those who love me, let alone those who do not.  ...
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The Edicule, covering the site of Christ’s tomb

There is always more than we can see

The Risen Christ first appeared to women—as attested by the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. This striking placement of women in the very ...
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Church of the Epiphany, Gloucester, East Ottawa Deanery

A funny thing happened to the architecture of Anglican churches in the 1960s. It got religion. Or, to put it another way, people began thinking ...
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Paul Mugarura

Prayerfully rising to the challenge

As Bishop Shane outlined in his column on p. 2, the most recent Synod set two goals or challenges for every parish and congregation in ...
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