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Living faithfully doesn’t just happen

In early January I went to the Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Ottawa East to donate a number of items left over from a renovation ...
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Saint Peter’s, Purdy

Neither the place name Bangor nor Purdy appears in traditional accounts or maps of the parishes and missions of the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa. It ...
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We have seen a star at its rising

The Feast of Epiphany on Jan. 6 represents the continuation of the Christmas feast as we celebrate the arrival of the Magi to visit the ...
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Young adults shine bright at Synod 2022

This year I was invited to gather a group of young people to be observers at our diocesan Synod. This allowed them to participate as ...
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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 ...
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All Saints, Sandy Hill

Today, courtesy of climbing and photography done by Brian Glenn, we find ourselves in the belfry of the former All Saints Church, Sandy Hill, Ottawa, ...
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The blessing of slowing things down

Sleighbells ringing in the snow, Kissing ‘neath the mistletoe, Out in the barn the cattle low, It’s Christmas in the Valley.” “Christmas in the Valley,” ...
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Looking past distractions to remember what matters most at Christmas

In December, when our minds stretch to imagine the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, be mindful of the many cultural layers that have been placed ...
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All Saints Westboro Ottawa

There could be no more appropriate image to illustrate church architecture in the Diocese of Ottawa in the 1950s than this one.  If the house ...
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