clergy reflection

Listening to and following the Holy Spirit

The Rev. Margo Whittaker May 23, 2025

In what the Rev. Dr. Jesse Zink, principal of Montreal Dio College, calls this time of polycrisis, we are still called to rejoice in the ...

close view of The Thinker statue by August Rodin

Qui suis-je ?

Le révérend chanoine Kevin Flynn May 23, 2025

À la fin de mon adolescence, j’ai participé à un programme d’été organisé par l’Ordre of the Holy Cross, la Society of St John the ...

Le Symbole de Nicée : l’unité dans la diversité

Le révérend chanoine Kevin Flynn March 20, 2025

À l’occasion du 1700e anniversaire du concile de Nicée qui a lieu cette année, j’ai tenté dans mon dernier article de rendre compte de la ...

Pussy willow branches in the spring sunshine.

Where does our help come from?

The Rev. Canon Stephen Silverthorne March 20, 2025

Probably the hardest part of a clergy person’s job is dealing with death. Through the many joys of ministry, we never know when death and ...

Nativity window from St. Bartholomew's Ottawa

Waiting for the light that shines in the darkness

The Rev. Canon Catherine Ascah November 21, 2024

Susan Wojciechowski’s book The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey is about a lonely, brooding wood carver, haunted by the loss of his wife and child. ...

Cover of Joan Chittister's book "The Gift of the Years"

“Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be.”

The Ven. Peter Crosby May 20, 2024

By The Ven. Peter Crosby Some books read like a good visit with a trusted soul friend. The Gift of Years, Growing Old Gracefully by ...

Plants flourish in the hall at Ascension.

Creating fields of love and new life as followers of Jesus

The Rev. Victoria Scott April 22, 2024

The hall at the Church of the Ascension (pictured below) is a testament to my love of things green and growing. The whisper of ferns, ...

Statue of Jesus sleeping on a bench in front of Christ Church Cathedral

The state of the streets

The Reverend Canon Dr. Peter John Hobbs December 27, 2023

As director general of the Anglican Community Ministries, Canon Hobbs spoke to Synod in October and offered this view of the dire situation many vulnerable ...

Advent candles in Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa

Reclaiming Advent, living Christmas

The Reverend Canon John Wilker-Blakley November 20, 2023

I have always loved Advent. It offers a rich time of reflection in which we read some of our most profound, inspiring and challenging scriptures, ...