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Here’s the amazing story of how one man’s generosity and another’s insight and perseverance resulted in a gift to my parish, the Church of St. ...

I have heard many Elders say, “Children are the center of our bundle.” In Anishnawbe culture, the bundle holds ceremonial items and is greatly revered. ...

“I don’t think we’ll understand Advent correctly until we see it as a preparation for a revolution.” The Rt. Rev. Robert Barron Advent and Christmas ...

Ryan Ramsden is a churchwarden at Grace Church in Scarborough and a member of the diocese’s Synod and General Synod. He is a member of ...

One statistic stands out for me more than any other when assessing the health of stewardship in a parish: the total number of donors who ...

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 ...

With the arrival of autumn comes the departure of the heat and humidity of summer. Short sleeves are changed out for sweaters. The days become ...

First, the good news: 28 per cent of the parishes in the diocese are experiencing growth in attendance, number of givers or both. That means ...

“There are many who say, ‘O that we might see some good!’” – Psalm 4:6 Climate change, worsening inequality, the rise of hate groups, racist ...

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, ...

We are familiar with the term “doubting Thomas,” which is derived from the story of Thomas’s unwillingness to believe his friends who told him that ...

We had seen the trailer a few times and said to ourselves, maybe we should watch that movie sometime. And then, the sometime came. Free ...

Dave Carley is a Canadian playwright. His plays have had over 450 productions across Canada and the United States, and in many countries around the ...

One of the things that Anglicans typically are not inclined to do is speak about their faith. The Natural Church Development program indicates that “passionate ...

In February, Bishop Andrew Asbil met with the diocese’s Creation Matters committee as it was finalizing the Diocesan Policy Paper on Environmental Issues. The paper ...

“Prayer is where the action is” – John Wesley My 16-year-old daughter Kate and I visited southern India in January, at the invitation of the ...

Ranil Mendis is a member of the Anglican Church Cricket Festival’s organizing committee and a parishioner of St. Thomas a Becket, Erin Mills South. This ...

Lent is traditionally a time for turning to God in self-examination and repentance. It is a time for adopting practices that draw us closer to ...

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 ...

Things tend to happen in the garden. Our story of faith begins in the garden. The garden was verdant, luscious, brimming with life. The soil, ...

The Ven. Kyn Barker is the Archdeacon of Toronto and coordinator of the diocese’s Community of Deacons. He is a deacon at St. Matthew the ...

Like many others, I’ve made my fair share of donations over the years. One gift stands out from all the others. The amount was rather ...

This is the executive summary of “A Budget for the People,” a brief submitted to the Provincial Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs by ...

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; ...

We are en route now. For almost 30 years, I have had the joy of holding the keys and serving as the incumbent of a ...

Ginnie Wong is the children and youth coordinator at St. John, Willowdale. She also participates in various ministries with the church’s English-speaking congregation. I’m really ...

“The medium is the message,” Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan famously said. By which he meant that any new medium (or “extension of ourselves,” as he ...