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The two places I feel most fully alive

Michael Burgess is the artistic director of Stage Centre Productions in Toronto and is a priest of the diocese. I am responsible for choosing the ...
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FaithWorks at 20: a brief look back

Archbishop Colin Johnson has often remarked that “FaithWorks is one of the best things we do together as a diocese.” Since 1997, FaithWorks has raised ...
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Pray for and support our new bishops

I look forward to welcoming to the College of Bishops of the Diocese of Toronto our bishops-elect, the Rev. Riscylla Walsh Shaw, Canon Kevin Robertson ...

A success that almost didn’t happen

It almost didn’t happen. And when it did, it was truly providential. Back in the early days of my ministry, almost 40 years ago, the ...
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Paul influences early church

Before we leave the apostle Paul, we need to take a look at his impact on the theology of the early church. Much has been ...
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The church has been called out

The Rev. Leigh Kern is the assistant curate at St. James Cathedral, Toronto. My work is dynamic and fluid. One moment I might be listening ...
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The case of the disappearing Bible

A word to bishops-elect: there is a world of discovery awaiting you on your Sunday episcopal visits. There will be surprises, and some of them ...

A strategic plan for changing times

By the time you read this we will have three new suffragan bishops-elect for the Diocese of Toronto. We have also just approved a new ...
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Did Paul visit Spain?

As we look at Paul’s life, it is difficult to determine what happened in the three- to five-year period between his two imprisonments. We usually ...
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God nudges us into new territory

I immigrated to Canada when I was just 20.  I am no longer the girl I was when I left my family nearly 55 years ...
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Stewardship program achieves results

For many parishes in our diocese, autumn is the time of year when activity flourishes as congregants return after their summer vacation. It is also ...
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Memories – and the next chapter

It’s fascinating how packing up and moving house compels you to visit places in your home you haven’t visited in years. The packing process has ...

We are a big-tent diocese

When I was growing up in small-town Ontario, September was a time of fall fairs – parades, displays of prized local produce, the best of ...
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Paul arrives in Rome – in chains

After his third missionary journey around the Aegean Sea, Paul returned to Jerusalem to report to James and the other leaders and to present the ...
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Gift of the Spirit empowers us all

One of the joys of my ministry is having the privilege of being in a different parish each week. I enjoy the opportunity to visit ...

The roles of a bishop

“Which is your church?” It is a question I’m asked in almost every parish I visit, and my answer is almost always a surprise to ...
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Letter outlines Paul’s theology

Let us begin our discussion about Paul’s theology. The place to start would be with his Epistle to the Romans. This is Paul’s most theological ...
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You give and you receive

The Rev. Liska Stefko serves as pastoral minister to the L’Arche Daybreak community in Richmond Hill and associate priest at St. Timothy, North Toronto.  L’Arche ...
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A Christian legacy can enable new ministry

In the weeks following the birth of our first child, my wife and I had our wills drawn up. Being in our early 30s, we ...
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None of us think we are racist

There is great delight in the church when we come to celebrate Pentecost, as we look for creative ways to honour the power of the ...
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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 ...

A pastoral letter to clergy and people of the Diocese of Toronto

Easter Week, 2016 To the Clergy and People of the Diocese of Toronto, We are in the midst of the Easter season, when the death ...
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Paul writes to the Romans

As we continue our dialogue with the epistles of Paul, we come to his longest and most important letter: the Epistle to the Romans. This ...

I fell in love with the liberation stories

The Rev. Jacqueline Daley is the part-time assistant curate at St. Hilary, Cooksville, Mississauga. I recently went to a local fundraiser to support TC3 (the ...
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Jesus is Lord

Paul sat down in his tiny cell after saying goodbye to his friend and marvelled at the irony of his present circumstance. He resented being ...
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Who are we to choose?

From a very young age, we are taught about “stranger danger” – fear and skepticism of the stranger, the other. They are unknown, unpredictable and ...

Times of discernment are difficult

A proposed change in the Canon on Marriage will come before our General Synod in July. Because statements from the gatherings of the Anglican Primates ...