January 2020 Issue

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A group of about 50 people stand for a group photo in the Trinity College chapel.

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Youth leaders learn faith, skills

Written by

Stuart Mann

Three people laughh as they sit in the chancel of a church.

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Christian vocation counter-cultural, says theologian

Noted American author and theologian the Rev. Dr. William Willimon spoke at Grace Church on-the-Hill, Toronto, on Nov. 16 on the topic “The Calling of ...

Written by

Elaine Rowe

A pair of hands holds a mound of soil with a green sprout.

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Vestry motion helps us care for creation

It’s time to get serious about creation care. From widespread fires in Australia and the Amazon to the flooding of Venice’s council chambers, the disrupting ...

Written by

Elin Goulden

A notepad its on a desk near a pen, laptop and phone

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What is Jesus calling you to in 2020?

God is good! And so is gracious disruption. In turning over the tables in the temple, teaching that the last shall be first and uplifting ...

Written by

Bishop Riscylla Shaw

Bishop Andrew Asbil in green chasuble gesticulates as he speaks

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This is not a time to be afraid. It is a time to have courage

In the summer between Grade 7 and Grade 8, my older brother and I formed a lawn-cutting business. We borrowed the Gestetner machine at the ...

Written by

Bishop Andrew Asbil

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I am certain God is always with me

Lydia Cordie is a bi-vocational youth minister at St. Peter, Erindale, a member of York-Credit Valley’s Area Council, co-chair of the Children and Youth Ministry ...

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The Anglican

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A tipping point of our own

Here’s a fresh idea: Encouragement Sunday! What’s that, you might ask? It’s a new way of looking at a longstanding idea – of prayerfully making ...

Written by

Peter Misiaszek