Bishop’s Opinion

One of my favourite biblical stories is the account of the raising of Lazarus in the eleventh chapter of John’s gospel. According to John, Jesus ...

This is the College of Bishops’ pastoral letter to vestries, to be read or circulated on the Sunday of the parish’s annual vestry meeting.   ...

O God, take our lips and speak through them. Take our minds and think through them. Take our hearts and fill them with love for ...

The arrival of November signals the beginning of a season of remembrance in our Church. On Nov. 1 – All Saints Day – we remember ...

God is good! In the context of being faithful, courageous, wise and generous, how can we be influenced by the holy call for transformation, evolution ...

One of the joys of being a bishop is presiding at the ordinations of deacons and priests. Ordinations are full of joy and promise, and ...

The following is the College of Bishops’ pastoral letter to vestries, to be read or circulated on the Sunday of the parish’s annual vestry meeting. ...

As a kid, I remember sitting down in mid-November each year to write two Christmas lists. The first was for Santa, to be sent away ...

God is good! I went to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan for the first time in October 2021, to witness the ordination of deacons. One of the ...

For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your ...

God is good. As we lean into Lent, we all have been changed by this desert experience. Two years of pandemic living have alternately trudged ...

God is good! As we set our faces towards the Star of Bethlehem, let us recall that we are created and infused with love from ...

On a recent walk through the Entertainment District in Toronto with my family, my eyes were drawn to a maple leaf-like star embedded in the ...

In October of 1851 the Anglican bishops of North America convened a meeting in Quebec to develop some common policies on a number of issues. ...

God is good! The air is heavy and sweet this morning, with gentle birdsong and cicadas chirping. It is near the end of a long, ...

When American congressman John Lewis died last summer, he was honoured by leaders across the political spectrum and around the world. In various tributes that ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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, ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...