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“When you are in pastoral leadership, the business of the church demands so much of your attention,” says the Rev. Canon Stephen Peake. “I just ...

This past summer my wife, our three kids and I visited Great Britain. It was, first and foremost, a vacation. Over the course of three ...

In Luke 2:11 we read, “to you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is the Messiah, the Lord.” We ...

Fall brings a new term of Sunday School to my parish. We use a lectionary-based curriculum and have a good cadre of dedicated men and ...

William Temple – an Archbishop of Canterbury in the ’40s – once famously remarked that the Church is the only institution that exists primarily for ...

This is a pastoral statement on the commitment to diverse theological positions in the Diocese of Toronto, written by Archbishop Colin Johnson and endorsed by ...

One and a half years on from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s release of its 94 recommendations, the term “reconciliation” often feels like ...

Sister Deborah Stewart is a member of The Worker Sisters and Brothers of the Holy Spirit. My position is that of Canadian director, president of ...

Most Christians would agree that we are called to care for the vulnerable in our midst. Whether directly through food banks, Out of the Cold, ...

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 ...

I stood on a street corner in London, Ontario after the morning service at St. Paul’s Cathedral. Mass had just ended at St. Peter’s Basilica ...

What does it mean to have a generous spirit? Webster’s dictionary provides many definitions that are helpful: characterized by a noble and kindly attitude; giving ...

I don’t often get butterflies in my stomach when I head out the door to church. But this time I did. I wasn’t going to ...

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, ...

Did you know that a giraffe’s tongue is about a foot-and-a-half long, is black, and like a human hand, is prehensile, able to curl around ...

Wendy Thornton has volunteered for the diocese and in her home parish of Nativity, Malvern for many years. She was born and raised in Barbados. ...

If a picture is worth a thousand words, how many words is a video worth? Well, a video on Facebook receives, on average, 135 per cent ...

A broad inviting smile, firm handshake and the word “welcome” are the memories we have when Angela and I first met Terence Finlay, Bishop of ...

I came across a pastoral letter from the Bishop of Toronto to the clergy and laity proposing a significant fundraising effort. In it he proposed ...

The Rev. Dr. Pearce Carefoote is the interim head of rare books and special collections at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto. ...

This past year, the diocese’s Social Justice and Advocacy Committee was forced to confront its complicity in systemic racism. As we were planning our fall ...

I was privileged but deeply saddened to participate in the funeral of Archbishop Terry Finlay in March.  He was my mentor and friend. Twenty-five years ...

The Fifth Mark of Mission for the Anglican Communion calls us “to strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and renew the life ...

Beck Schaefer is a member of St. Stephen-in-the-Fields, Toronto, where he is the treasurer and a reader. He co-facilitates workshops in the diocese on trans ...

I want to share some exciting, promising news. We have all heard, time and again, that the church is in crisis, that attendance is down ...

Lenten greetings everyone! As a parish priest, I value the richness of our Anglican tradition. One of the ways that rich tradition is expressed is ...

I am writing this shortly after Ash Wednesday, a day when we acknowledge to one another that we need God’s mercy far more than we ...