Commentary

When storm clouds come your way

Bishop Shane Parker November 1, 2023

Late last summer, while walking on a long stretch of beach off the west coast of the Netherlands, I was lulled into deep contemplation by ...

Wright in the Laurentian Hills

Glenn J Lockwood October 1, 2023

Something looks familiar about this rural house of worship, but it is hard to place at first. Wright, of course, is the name of the ...

Using our senses to learn about and experience God

Paul Dumbrille October 1, 2023

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

A view of the horizon from Masada, Israel

Stepping out toward a new horizon

Bishop Shane Parker October 1, 2023

There is a mountain fortress called Masada near the Dead Sea in Israel, on the eastern edge of the Judean Desert. The mountain’s steep cliffs ...

Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa – Cathedral Deanery

Glenn J Lockwood September 1, 2023

Christ Church Cathedral looks timeless and certainly familiar in this undated photograph. Doubtless architect King Arnoldi intended it to be when he was handed the ...

Using our senses to learn about and experience God

Paul Dumbrille September 1, 2023

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

Paying attention to the layers all around us

Bishop Shane Parker September 1, 2023

There are always many layers in nature, seen and unseen. Every human situation has many layers, physically and politically—and certainly emotionally and spiritually. Most of ...

Clapboard buttresses

Glenn J Lockwood March 1, 2023

What are we to make of Saint Mark’s Church, Avonmore, viewed here as photographed in the mid twentieth century? It looks so pristine, so perfect, ...

Following in Jesus’ footsteps through Jerusalem and Galilee

Bishop Shane Parker March 1, 2023

I know only a few words of Arabic, the language spoken by our partners in the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem. One beautiful, frequently used phrase ...