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Getting reacquainted and reaching out

As we come to a respite in the pandemic, I’m back at one of the nagging questions we have had all along. Who will come ...
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Let’s put gender equity and housing at the forefront of our recovery

Ottawa, March 8, 2022—This year on International Women’s Day, I can’t help but reflect on the disproportionate impact of the last two years on women. ...
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Rev. Blair Dixon with Bishop of Ottawa Ernest Reed.

Changemaker: Reverend Blair Dixon

On St. Andrew’s Saint Day 2021, I reflected on how much has changed in my life since my ordination as priest nine years ago. November ...
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The Sea of Galilee from the Mount of Beatitudes

Standing with those who seek peace and reconciliation

A number of years ago, I was privileged to represent the Anglican Church of Canada at an awards ceremony in Rideau Hall. The Imagine a Canada ...
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Saint Paul, Osgoode Station

  Dificulties of Definition This postcard from circa 1910 is the only known visual record of the first Saint Paul’s Church, Osgoode. Our momentary impression ...
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Resources for Lent

In case you would like your Lenten journey to have an environmental focus, here are a few resources:  PWRDF invites you into a Lenten Conversation  ...
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A detail from a window at St. Matthew’s, Ottawa

Praying the Lord’s Prayer during Lent and beyond

Without doubt, the prayer that Christians know the best is what we call the Lord’s Prayer. It appears twice in Scripture, with slight differences, in ...
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The ironing board pulpit is still in place at St. Stephen’s

Singing ‘Forty Days and Forty Nights’

Dear friends, As I write this, I wonder how much the world may have changed by the time you read this article. We have lived ...
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Editor’s note

Due to an editing error, a version of Julia Thompson’s tribute ”Remembering Archbishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu” (Feb.2022, pp. 8-9) that was not her complete and ...
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