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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 ...

Bishop Asbil delivered his Charge to Synod during the opening worship service.  O God, take our lips and speak through them. Take our minds and ...

There’s a story about a wealthy businessperson who attended church one Sunday and heard a sermon about humility and generosity. Moved by the message, he ...

For many of us in the Diocese of Toronto, 2025 was the year the climate crisis came to our doorsteps. In late March, the ice ...

In the first article of this series, we explored what I called the anthropoterminal impulse: our habit of imagining that the story of the universe ...

Imagine the scene, some nine months prior. A messenger comes to Mary, a strange greeting: hail, favoured one, the Lord is with you. And then ...

“Love came down at Christmas” by Christina Rosetti calls to mind childhood memories of our little country church, singing this anthem with the choir, Mom ...

This past May I visited Durham Cathedral as a pilgrim. I had just finished walking St. Cuthbert’s Way from Melrose Abbey to the Holy Island ...

Love your neighbour. It’s such an ingrained element of our faith, of our Christian DNA, that it’s all too easy to let it slide over ...

In the first article of this series, we looked at the anthropoterminal impulse, our habit of imagining that the story of the universe ends when ...

Like many charitable organizations, Mission to Seafarers Southern Ontario operates with a cadre of volunteers who provide a variety of help, from greeting and hosting ...

There are more options to create wills than ever before. There is also a lot less inertia around creating wills these days. Like many other ...

Advocating for the creation and preservation of affordable housing has long been a priority for the Diocese of Toronto, even before the hiring of Murray ...

This special edition of Beyond the Bricks is dedicated to one of the most pressing questions before our diocese today: how we steward our land ...

I have been fully retired since the end of April. I am living in both contented, buoyant creativity and a happy discovering of a new ...

If there is one thing human beings are remarkably consistent at, it is imagining ourselves at the centre of everything. We have done this in ...

When you hear the phrase “spiritual renewal,” what images come to mind for you? Perhaps it’s a picture of people gathered and offering passionate praise ...

As you read this column, the trees are aflame in their annual transition into vibrant reds and gold. Mornings and evenings are crisp and invigorating. ...

It was late July, and I was at a small reception around the corner from St. Stephen in-the-Fields to celebrate a couple of community awards ...

Ten years ago, Pope Francis released Laudato si’, an encyclical exhorting all people of good will to care for the Earth, our common home. Grounded ...

Hiking solo in the Adirondacks, I hit a sweet, gentle downhill section of the trail as it curved to my right. I slowed my pace ...