Practicing resurrection
Bishop Kevin Robertson
April 2, 2024
One of my favourite biblical stories is the account of the raising of Lazarus in the eleventh chapter of John’s gospel. According to John, Jesus
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One of my favourite biblical stories is the account of the raising of Lazarus in the eleventh chapter of John’s gospel. According to John, Jesus
This is the College of Bishops’ pastoral letter to vestries, to be read or circulated on the Sunday of the parish’s annual vestry meeting.
The arrival of November signals the beginning of a season of remembrance in our Church. On Nov. 1 – All Saints Day – we remember
One of the joys of being a bishop is presiding at the ordinations of deacons and priests. Ordinations are full of joy and promise, and
The following is the College of Bishops’ pastoral letter to vestries, to be read or circulated on the Sunday of the parish’s annual vestry meeting.
As a kid, I remember sitting down in mid-November each year to write two Christmas lists. The first was for Santa, to be sent away
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your
On a recent walk through the Entertainment District in Toronto with my family, my eyes were drawn to a maple leaf-like star embedded in the
When American congressman John Lewis died last summer, he was honoured by leaders across the political spectrum and around the world. In various tributes that
I recently attended a virtual retreat led by Brother James Koester of the Society of St. John the Evangelist in Boston. Normally I like to
What would Christmas be without traditions? For some families, Christmas just wouldn’t be Christmas without decorating the tree together, or hanging the mistletoe in the
“Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” (1 Thessalonians 5:18). We all know how easy it is
“There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you
On their first day of school in September, our children were asked to share with the class how they had spent the summer. At the
Programs for new bishops are sometimes referred to with some cheek as “Baby Bishops’ Schools.” Since my consecration, I have had the opportunity to attend
“Make some room!” That’s the cry of our six-year-old twins when they crawl into our bed at 6 o’clock in the morning. Those of you
Twenty-five minutes seemed like an eternity on that warm, spring day in North York. Ordinary people were out doing ordinary things in the afternoon sunshine
It’s never too late to go back to school, as the three not-so-new suffragan bishops in our diocese can attest. Since our consecration as bishops
As a boy growing up in the parish of Holy Trinity, Thornhill, there was a rule that you had to be 10 years old before
Over the past two years, Anglicans across Canada have stepped up to sponsor hundreds of refugees, mainly from war-torn Syria. Many parishes across our diocese
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