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The Most Rev. Hosam Nauom, Anglican Archbishop in Jerusalem and Primate of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East, wrote this pastoral letter ...

In the spring of 2023, I was working as a high school Civics teacher in Whitby. I loved my job, but I couldn’t shake the ...

We stand at a threshold that may be as momentous as any in human history. For centuries, our spiritual life has been tethered to the ...

“We’re in a good place with technology. We’re not trying to force some tech plan to work, or some media that we’re intent on making ...

People give for many reasons. Some are drawn to a compelling mission. Others are moved by a tangible, immediate impact. Some give because of trust ...

Compassion is like a garden; it starts with a seed. Something small, a smile at a stranger, a “good morning” or a little conversation with ...

In the materials for the diocese’s 2026 social justice vestry motion, the commitment to creation care was described as “rooted in our baptismal covenant.” In ...

One of my favourite moments in John’s gospel is the conversation between Mary Magdalene and the Risen Jesus in the garden on that first Easter ...

I write this from my home country of Sri Lanka, having watched a remarkable 50-over match between Sri Lanka and England in Colombo yesterday, where ...

In our last reflection, we began sketching a theology that could live beyond the human horizon; a faith spacious enough to welcome other forms of ...

At one of the fall meetings of the Bishop’s Committee on Creation Care, we discussed how we might connect our Lenten disciplines with our concern ...

I’m attempting to follow a different kind of diet these days, one far more demanding than anything involving food: a diet of slowing down. After ...

Today, Ontario faces a deepening crisis. Food bank use and homelessness are at record highs. Unsheltered homelessness is growing everywhere in the province. Too many ...

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. Beloved ...

Daoud Nassar and his family live on a hill-top farm near Bethlehem called Tent of Nations. Their terraced land produces abundant harvests of olives, grapes ...

What does it look like to live with constant fear and never have a peaceful night’s sleep? How do you play outside with your small ...

On day seven of our pilgrimage – Sunday – our trustworthy driver Zuzu picked us up after breakfast to drive us to Ramallah, where we ...

What’s happening in Israel/Palestine? Admittedly, if I was asked this question before our pilgrimage to the Holy Land, my answer would have probably been vague ...

At Dar Al Kaima University in Bethlehem, resistance to the Occupation is played out in visual arts, film, performing arts and other creative fields of ...

The first time I saw a bullet wound was when I was a chaplain in a children’s hospital in Atlanta. It was on the arm ...

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children ...

The first full day of the diocesan delegation’s visit to the Holy Land began, fittingly, on the Mount of Olives, where we visited the Princess ...

With cold nights that fall fast and weeks of little sun, winter challenges us with her relentlessness. By February, many of us sigh a breath ...

A pilgrimage is both a holy journey and a powerful metaphor. Whether metaphorical or physical, it takes the pilgrim away from their normal context, and ...

The new year has begun, but 2026 is nonetheless young. There’s still time to make resolutions for the year ahead. How about this one: resolving ...

The word “stewardship” often makes us think immediately about money, budgets and commitments. Those things matter, but if we begin there, we miss the heart ...

Bishop Asbil and a group of clergy and laity from the diocese travelled to the Holy Land in early December. Their reflections can all be ...