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We are free to make our path into the possibilities we see before us

October 1, 2022
After the Lambeth Conference ended in early August, I travelled up to Edinburgh for a vacation in the County of Sutherland in northwest Scotland. The ...
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Bishops gather outside at Lambeth

Lambeth 2022: Walking together for the sake of the world God loves

September 1, 2022
I write this column from Canterbury, England, as the 15th Lambeth Conference ends. The Conference drew together more than 600 bishops representing dioceses and Christian ...
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Several Inuit boys fishing on an icy shore.

From the High Arctic to the national capital

June 1, 2022
In 1996, the Right Reverend Paul Idlout became the first Inuk bishop in the world. Paul, with his father Joseph and four other traditional Inuit hunters, were famously ...
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May 31, 2020. In the midst of the uncertainties of the pandemic, we walked out of our cathedral into the late afternoon sunshine, ready to face the future together.

Telling our story, listening for new possibilities

May 1, 2022
When my children were little, a cherished routine was to “tell the story of the day” at bedtime. It was a lovely way to connect ...
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The Sea of Galilee from the Mount of Beatitudes

Standing with those who seek peace and reconciliation

April 1, 2022
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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Listening for God to answer

March 1, 2022
The photograph accompanying this column was taken on March 13, 2020, a couple of days before everything changed in a heartbeat, and we took up ...
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Keeping one another’s spirits up on a long trek

February 1, 2022
I have written before about my snowshoe travels in the snow-laden forests of Algonquin Park—trips that lasted several days between destinations, by way of frozen creeks, ...
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Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa

Comforting those who mourn in this difficult time

January 1, 2022
I write this column in early Advent, as the “New Year” of the church has just begun. When you read this column, the new calendar year ...
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Evergreen tree in winter

Holding on to holy simplicity at Christmas

December 1, 2021
For a number of years, just before and after the turn of the millennium, I wrote for the Ottawa Citizen in a weekly feature called ...
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