Commentary

Bishop Shane Parker 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 ...

Glenn J Lockwood March 25, 2024

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 ...

The Rev. Rob Davis March 25, 2024

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. ...

Bishop Shane Parker March 25, 2024

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 ...

Glenn J Lockwood January 26, 2024

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 ...

Paul Mugarura January 26, 2024

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 ...

Glenn J Lockwood December 27, 2023

Here we are in downtown Ottawa in the mid to late 1870s in the upper storey of a building on Rideau Street, looking north along ...

Bishop Shane Parker December 27, 2023

As we begin a new calendar year, having begun a new liturgical year a month ago in Advent season, many of us will reflect on ...

Paul Dumbrille November 29, 2023

This is the fourth of a series of articles exploring the use of our senses in connecting with God. If we restrict our understanding and ...