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Dairy cows at sunset

Listening for God’s voice and following

August 22, 2024
When I was young, I worked for several summers on my Uncle George’s farm. It was a dairy farm which meant that every morning we ...
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Northern lights over Gatineau

Northern lights dazzle in Canadian night skies

August 22, 2024
The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims his handiwork.  Psalm 19:1 Ottawa and Gatineau were treated to a glorious display of ...
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Rock and shovel

Encountering the rock of our faith

August 22, 2024
In a gently rounded bay on the northwest shore of the Lake of Galilee is a place called Tabgah. There, nestled close to the water, ...
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Cover of Joan Chittister's book "The Gift of the Years"

“Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be.”

May 20, 2024
By The Ven. Peter Crosby Some books read like a good visit with a trusted soul friend. The Gift of Years, Growing Old Gracefully by ...
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interior of altar space in a church - black and white

St. John the Evangelist, Lancaster— Deanery of East Ontario

May 20, 2024
At first, we do not see that we are being watched.  But sooner or later we notice the clergyman staring directly at us. He is ...
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Deborah Tagornak translates for Bishop Shane Parker at St Margaret’s. Photo: Philippe Owen

The path of reconciliation continues to beckon us

May 20, 2024
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

April 22, 2024
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

April 22, 2024
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

April 22, 2024
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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