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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This summer was marked by heightened visibility of police violence in the United States and Canada, leading to an eruption of protest, prayer, and public ...

Greg Lane is the lay pastoral care coordinator at St. Philip, Etobicoke, coordinating and helping to train a team of eight lay pastoral care members ...

In the weeks following the birth of our first child, my wife and I had our will drawn up. Being in our early 30s, we ...

April 6, 2013 was an historic day in the life of the Anglican Church of Canada. On that day, the then Ven. Peter DeCourcy Fenty, ...

God is good! It is a privilege and an honour for me to be serving God, in this time, in this place. Recently having been ...

The annual commemoration of the American atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki usually focuses on the overwhelming statistics. I used to think about the horror ...

How do 25 Sisters, three Companions, one retired priest and a few employees get along in close quarters for almost six months at the Sisterhood ...

The Rev. Canon Joanne Davies is the chaplain and spiritual care coordinator at St. John’s Rehab, part of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto. St. ...

This column is the second of two parts. In his letter to the diocese in July, Bishop Andrew Asbil made a statement that should become ...

If you have ever spent time in the emergency department, you know well what it means to wait. And more than wait, you know what ...

We are living in troubling times that are being played out before us on television, radio and social media. Some of our communities are facing ...

The lockdown began in the third week of March. That week resonates strongly for many of us, as it brought in a period of unprecedented ...

Penny Nutbrown is the Sunday School teacher and Vacation Bible School leader at St. John the Evangelist, Port Hope. She is chair of the church’s ...

We Canadians are quick to sing the refrain, “We are not like the Americans.” Some 25 years ago, I heard that line repeated by Black ...

Picture this: after a long 14-hour flight from Sydney, Australia, a huge aircraft lands in Vancouver, full of passengers and crew. The passengers happily deplane, ...

Lament is the prayer language for hurting Christians. Lament is a biblical way to share our grief, pain, anger and frustration with God, rooted in ...

Over the past several weeks, we’ve seen an impressive burst of creativity as we learn new ways to worship, pray, teach and share the gospel ...

When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly… (Acts 2:1) These words will be read in most ...

As I went up to my computer to pray Studying about that good ol’ way And who shall show up on the screen Good Lord, ...

For years I’ve had a fantasy that the world would shut down and I could just stay at home and read books. For weeks on ...

“Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” (1 Thessalonians 5:18). We all know how easy it is ...

Deacon Elizabeth Cummings is the coordinator of the Open Hours Program at Holy Trinity, Trinity Square in Toronto. This interview took place on April 29. ...

It didn’t take long for the novelty of living in self-isolation to wear off. While the idea of working from home seemed appealing at first, ...

Carlynn Reed is a dancer and teacher. Twenty-five years ago, I was teaching academic subjects and drama at a private high school in Toronto. Then ...