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Forgiveness stretches far and wide

Forgiveness: it’s a quality drilled into us as essential for our Christian faith. It’s at the heart of our relationship with God and with others. ...
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Parishes respond to anti-racism vestry motion

Last November, the College of Bishops approved the Social Justice Vestry Motion “Committing Ourselves to Anti-Racism.” While in most years the Social Justice & Advocacy ...
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I’ve been schooled in the ‘Book of Creation’

Shannon Frank-Epp is the communications and Companions coordinator at the Sisterhood of St. John the Divine (SSJD).   My main duties include overseeing and maintaining ...
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FaithWorks: how it all began

“What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but do not have works? Can faith save you? If a brother ...
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Getting out of our boxes – or letting each other out?

God is good! Genesis 1:27: “Humankind was created as God’s reflection: in the divine image God created them…” from the Inclusive Bible. What categories do ...
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Only believe, all things are possible

The Rev. Canon Judy Allen is a deacon at Holy Family, Heart Lake in Brampton and is involved in the church’s liturgical, pastoral, outreach and ...
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Many students feeling strain, financial hardship

The chapel at Trinity College is quiet these days – except for a few weeks in the fall, all services since March have been on ...
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Seven stewardship myths, revised

What motivates people to be generous? Throughout my career as a stewardship educator, I have encountered countless people who have made a priority of giving ...

Our story begins again

Are we there yet? I have vivid memories of our family hitting the road for vacation in July each year. The old blue Pontiac station ...
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Parish websites offer inspiration, resources

Churches have responded to the pandemic with exciting worship innovation and adaptation. They have found new ways to maintain contact with congregants, to socialize and ...
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I see a new heaven and a new earth

The Rev. Don Downer, OSE, was asked to speak on the healing of Creation by the Bishop’s Committee on Healing at a refresher day for the diocese’s ...
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This year, our Lenten journey can take on deeper meaning

I gaze out my living room picture window at a snowy landscape. The frigid scene seems to mirror my spirit. It has been a long ...
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Jesus is our peace in the midst of the storm

I recently attended a virtual retreat led by Brother James Koester of the Society of St. John the Evangelist in Boston. Normally I like to ...

We must do our part – together

On Ash Wednesday, the presiding celebrant invites us to step into Lent with these words: I invite you, therefore, in the name of the Lord, ...
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I know the Lord is watching over me

Peter Mentis is the diocese’s FaithWorks campaign manager. FaithWorks is a charitable program of the Diocese of Toronto. We offer support to our ministry partners ...
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For seafarers, a bit of Christmas cheer goes a long way

2020 provided new perspectives on the work that we do at the Mission to Seafarers, none of which we could have predicted or even expected. ...
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Prisoners need our help as healthcare deteriorates

Surviving this pandemic is difficult, but can you imagine being locked into a white room a little larger than your cot, with no window, no ...
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Letting go of certainty

God is good and hope is a gift from God. As we enter the one-year mark of this global pandemic, I encourage you to take ...
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Called to journey in the way of faith

The normal point of departure for an article about pilgrimage would be the beginning. But it’s 2020, so let’s shake things up and start at ...
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Resolve to make 2021 a truly Happy New Year

New Year’s resolutions. Mention the topic and the responses will likely be an enthusiastic, “I don’t make resolutions anymore because I always break them… Life ...
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God’s richest blessings for the year ahead

Happy New Year! 2020 was certainly a year for the history books, if not for the dustbin, and by time you are reading this article, ...
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Take the New Year’s stewardship quiz

I’m a maker of lists, a setter of schedules, a taker of tests. I love online quizzes – IQ scores, Myers-Briggs, history, geography, the bible ...

I pray we will not lose our 2020 vision

At 6:31 a.m. on Dec. 8, 2020, 90-year-old Margaret Keenan received the first of two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine at University Hospital in Coventry, ...
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Consider this year-end stewardship checklist

It has been a tumultuous year. Despite its wild uncertainty, 2020 – the year of the pandemic – will go down as one that forced ...
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Perhaps we can rise to this moment

Nights in Advent are dark and very long. In a drafty old church in Kensington Market, people sit below the dim stained glass, six feet ...
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‘I will never leave thee nor forsake thee’

When I was invited to be the speaker for this event, I had visions of the past dinners I had attended during my ministry in ...
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God is with us

What would Christmas be without traditions? For some families, Christmas just wouldn’t be Christmas without decorating the tree together, or hanging the mistletoe in the ...
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