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We sat at the back of the funeral home where hundreds of people filed past my grandfather’s open coffin and paid respects to the family. ...

The death of Stephen, the first Christian martyr, had a number of ramifications for the early church. Saul was moved to persecute the church in ...

Shortly after I decided to learn more about Jesus, I started to troll the library and book shops for information about him. I wanted something ...

John Sundara is in his second year of the Master of Divinity program in the Pioneer track, specializing in fresh expressions of church, at Wycliffe ...

Over the past few years, parishes in the city of Peterborough have discovered a new way of working together through a covenant. At the earliest ...

Paul, the Apostle to the Gentiles. This title was given to Paul by the early church and it continues to describe his ministry to this ...

Mia Biondi, a registered nurse, is the coordinator of the PROS program (Providing Resources, Offering Support) at All Saints Church, Sherbourne Street in Toronto. PROS ...

I begin this article by quoting Rosemary Sadlier, who is the president of the Ontario Black History Society. She wrote, “When the contributions of people ...

This year marks the 40th anniversary of my father’s election as a Member of Provincial Parliament. On that election night, I was interviewed by a ...

This column will bring to an end my survey of the Hebrew Bible. This project started almost three years ago. It has been an interesting ...

Brother Reginald Crenshaw, a member of the Order of the Holy Cross, is an honorary pastoral assistant at St. Paul the Apostle, Rexdale, and a ...

Over the past few years, we have covered a myriad of topics related to generosity, including personal commitment, discipleship, time and talent, outreach, proportionate giving, ...

One morning in August, I realized, with great pleasure, that I could lift and carry a glass of orange juice from point A to point ...

When I go to parishes for confirmations, sometimes with baptisms, I find that many services have not yet included the newest baptismal promise. It was ...

It was Oct. 28, 35 years ago. Our first daughter was just weeks away from her birth. They had arrived in Sutton – mother, father, ...

Do you like to sing Christmas carols? I think most people do. One of the major complaints I have heard over my 50 years in ...

It has been a year of comings and goings in my family. Just before Easter, we welcomed a new granddaughter into our family. Baby Verity ...

The third section of the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible) is called the Ketuvim or “the Writings.” This was the last section to be added to ...

The way some televangelists and certain denominations tell it, all one has to do is “accept Jesus” and one’s life will be perfect from then ...

At this time each year, many parishes embark on intentional-giving pledge drives. It is a time of great anticipation, as volunteers take stock of their ...

Archbishop Colin Johnson sent this letter to Premier Kathleen Wynne in September, in response to the government’s second phase of its Poverty Reduction Strategy. The ...

One of the problems with a monotheistic worldview is the problem of evil. In polytheism, people simply assign the presence of evil to one or ...

The Rev. Riscylla Walsh Shaw is the incumbent of Christ Church, Bolton, and an Ambassador of Reconciliation for the Diocese of Toronto. As an Ambassador ...

What’s in your wallet? It might be fun to see what’s in there right now. When I tried it, my wallet contained two twenty dollar ...

At first glance, the Bible has a rather limited view of people who are blind. We don’t see them successfully employed. They are usually pictured ...

Respect for others, and in particular for those who differ from us, is of utmost importance. It is all right to be different. God has ...

I presided at the wedding of a wonderful couple last weekend. I first met the bridegroom the week he was born and baptized him not ...