From our Bishop

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The path forward as we change, learn and thrive

Bishop Shane Parker April 22, 2024

I have written before of how the people and clergy of our diocesan church joined me in a three-year long journey of honestly assessing where ...

The Edicule, covering the site of Christ’s tomb

There is always more than we can see

Bishop Shane Parker March 25, 2024

The Risen Christ first appeared to women—as attested by the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. This striking placement of women in the very ...

Friends gathered in Jerusalem making palm crosses

“We are the living stones….Do not forget us”

Bishop Shane Parker February 22, 2024

This year I celebrate the twentieth anniversary of my relationship with our companion Diocese of Jerusalem. My first pilgrimage the land of the Holy One ...

Gaining perspective, stepping into prayerfulness

Bishop Shane Parker January 26, 2024

I love almost any kind of vista. A compelling vista has details which become apparent as you gaze over it. The accompanying photograph captures a ...

Variety of calendars and a novelty clock where the numbers have fallen off

Spending more time in God’s time

Bishop Shane Parker December 27, 2023

As we begin a new calendar year, having begun a new liturgical year a month ago in Advent season, many of us will reflect on ...

Bishop’s Charge speaks to a thriving church that is well-equipped to serve the world

The Right Reverend Dr. Shane A. D. Parker, Bishop of Ottawa November 20, 2023

As for you, always be sober, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, carry out your ministry fully. 2 Timothy 4:5 The first reading ...

When storm clouds come your way

Bishop Shane Parker November 1, 2023

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 ...

A view of the horizon from Masada, Israel

Stepping out toward a new horizon

Bishop Shane Parker October 1, 2023

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 ...

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 ...