Commentary

Banner with names of children who died at Residential School

Remembering the Children

Mike and Colleen Hoyer were at the ceremony on Parliament Hill on Sept. 30 and helped to carry the 50 metre-long red banner cloth with ...
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Storm over the North Sea

When storm clouds come your way

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 ...
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exterior view of St. James, Wright

Wright in the Laurentian Hills

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 ...
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Julian of No

Using our senses to learn about and experience God

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 ...
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A view of the horizon from Masada, Israel

Stepping out toward a new horizon

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 ...
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Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa – Cathedral Deanery

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 ...
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Using our senses to learn about and experience God

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 ...
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Purple wild flowers among fall foliage

Paying attention to the layers all around us

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 ...
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15. Archives - March 2023

Clapboard buttresses

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, ...
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