Commentary

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 ...

Feeding the multitudes

Bob Weagant February 1, 2023

The Gospel of John reports that Jesus fed the multitudes with five loaves and two fish. We have all been told of that miracle, but ...

Saint James, Perth

Glenn J Lockwood February 1, 2023

Anglican worship at Perth formally dates back to 1819 when the Rev. Michael Harris, a War of 1812 veteran, arrived to minister to a huge ...

My prayer is that the “helpful” sorting out of people will cease

Paul Mugarura February 1, 2023

I am a direct beneficiary of the extraordinary efforts of Anglican missionaries to spread the gospel around the world. The Anglican Church established itself as ...

A new year and another great line up of interns

Donna Rourke February 1, 2023

A new year of the Youth Internship Program (YIP) began in the fall with another great line up of interns, faith formation team members and ...

Living faithfully doesn’t just happen

Bishop Shane Parker February 1, 2023

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 ...

Saint Peter’s, Purdy

Glenn J Lockwood January 1, 2023

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 ...