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We are here to support you

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.  

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Reconnect with the holy

“Christ’s love moves the world to reconciliation and unity.” As a member of the central committee of the World Council of Churches, and our Canadian

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Putting our faith into action

God is good! In the context of being faithful, courageous, wise and generous, how can we be influenced by the holy call for transformation, evolution

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We look ahead with great hope

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.

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Resilience and hope in perilous times

God is good! I went to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan for the first time in October 2021, to witness the ordination of deacons. One of the

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A gift of love

God is good! As we set our faces towards the Star of Bethlehem, let us recall that we are created and infused with love from

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A song of hope and healing

God is good! The air is heavy and sweet this morning, with gentle birdsong and cicadas chirping. It is near the end of a long,

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Letting go of certainty

God is good and hope is a gift from God. As we enter the one-year mark of this global pandemic, I encourage you to take

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Raise up your head, look, listen

God is good! It is a privilege and an honour for me to be serving God, in this time, in this place. Recently having been

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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

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We have failed the Church again

God is good. People make mistakes. In Inuvik in 2012, at the Northern National Event of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Indian Residential Schools,

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Does it spark joy?

God is good. Very often we think “stuff” is good, too. Sometimes we like our stuff better than people and relationships. People can be difficult;

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We need to talk

God is love. God is good. Not all people behave well all the time, even though we are all formed in the image of God.

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Our work is resurrection work

God is good. When I was about 15 years old, there was “the incident of the running cows” that is forever seared on my mind,

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Lean into reverence in 2018

God is good. I have met the peace and beauty of God in living colour. By early January, we will have made it through the

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Serving in the name of Jesus

God is good. I have seen God at work through our vocational deacons in Trent-Durham. We can see them wearing their stoles over their hearts,

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Window speaks a thousand words

God is good. In preparation for our ordination, we had the privilege of spending retreat time at the Community of the Transfiguration – the Episcopal

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Listen with an ear to change

“Inspiring reconciliation requires going far beyond our reach.” For this teaching, I am grateful to Commissioner Marie Wilson of our national Truth and Reconciliation Commission

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It is a new day for all of us

In late May, people from all over the land made their way – by foot, rail, car, plane and in spirit – to Ottawa for

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