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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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Photo of an icy scene with a sun ray

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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A stone wall

The encompassing communion of “all my relations”

November 1, 2021
As the child of Irish immigrants, I grew up with the expression “back home.” We moved frequently as a military family and, without a permanent ...
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Bishop Shane and Albert Dumont walking on a path under a tree canopy

Reconciliation is not a spectator sport

October 1, 2021
In 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada called upon the federal government, in collaboration with Indigenous Peoples, “to establish, as a statutory holiday, ...
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Paddling out of the storm

September 1, 2021
Last summer I took myself up to a large lake in Algonquin Park for an annual three-day silent, solo, retreat. Like all of you, I ...
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Perspective is a publication of the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa, and is published 10 times a year (September to June) and is mailed as a section of the Anglican Journal.

Perspective acknowledges that we publish on the unceded traditional territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabe Nation.

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