January 2021 Issue

Paper doll chain with various skin tones
News

Diocese to address racism, bias

A woman stands near a field, holding pieces of paper
News

Petition aims to protect farmland

Early in 2020, in a pastoral letter to vestries, Bishop Andrew Asbil challenged the diocese to take climate action. “We are asking you to consider ...
Bishop Asbil sits a table with microphones, with tents visible behind him
News

Bishop Asbil speaks out on housing crisis

On Nov. 18, in anticipation of National Housing Day, Bishop Andrew Asbil spoke to members of the media and others outside Holy Trinity, Trinity Square ...
Comment

I pray we will not lose our 2020 vision

At 6:31 a.m. on Dec. 8, 2020, 90-year-old Margaret Keenan received the first of two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine at University Hospital in Coventry, ...
Progressively bigger stacks of coins grow plant shoots.
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Take the New Year’s stewardship quiz

I’m a maker of lists, a setter of schedules, a taker of tests. I love online quizzes – IQ scores, Myers-Briggs, history, geography, the bible ...
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God’s richest blessings for the year ahead

Happy New Year! 2020 was certainly a year for the history books, if not for the dustbin, and by time you are reading this article, ...
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Resolve to make 2021 a truly Happy New Year

New Year’s resolutions. Mention the topic and the responses will likely be an enthusiastic, “I don’t make resolutions anymore because I always break them… Life ...
Feature

‘Peter, we are grateful beyond words for you.’

On Nov. 20, about 200 people gathered online to thank Bishop Peter Fenty and his spouse Annie as he headed into retirement after 45 years ...
Parish News

‘Elves’ spread Christmas cheer

COVID-shmovid! It would take a whole lot more than a pandemic to dampen the 2020 Christmas spirit at the St. Stephen’s church plant in Maple, ...
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Called to journey in the way of faith

The normal point of departure for an article about pilgrimage would be the beginning. But it’s 2020, so let’s shake things up and start at ...
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