clergy reflection

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Approaching holiness

The celebration of Easter fills our churches with joyous music and with the ringing words, “He is risen indeed, alleluia!” At Easter, we celebrate Jesus’ ...
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He is risen, Alleluia!

Many times over the course of my life and ministry, I have tried to imagine what that first Easter morning must have been like, standing ...
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La repentance : le chemin du salut

English Le mercredi des Cendres, juste après avoir reçu le signe des cendres sur notre front, nous prions : « Accomplis en nous, ô Dieu, ...
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Jerusalem Photo Canva/ Anglican Diocese of Toronto

Looking to the past for a vision of peace in the Holy Land

By the Rev. Canon Dr. Christopher Brittain Editor’s Note: Bishop Andrew Asbil of the Anglican Diocese of Toronto led a Canadian group on a pilgrimage ...
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Green northern lights over a snowy forest

Some Advent thoughts on time

Time is a creation of God, just like the moon or the mountains or or the birds or our own selves. Time did not exist ...
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Listening for God’s voice in a time of change

It is a great honour and privilege for me to serve as the Diocesan Administrator and to journey with the people and parishes of our ...
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Sun shining through a huge three with golden leaves in a cemetery

Se préparer à la mort

C’est un peu un cliché de dire que nous vivons dans une culture qui nie la mort. Le contraire, c’est-à-dire la conscience de la mort, ...
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The blessing of thanksgiving

During this fall season my thoughts keep coming back to gratitude and blessings, particularly as we celebrate Thanksgiving in October reading a familiar passage of ...
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Book and other elements of church carried into the forest.

Creating church in the forest

There is something sacred, imperfect and beautiful when you take church into the forest. To walk along a path with a group of people, who ...
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