December 2020

hands hold a candle next to a flyr that reads "talking about social justice"

Conference affirms value of everyone

Murray MacAdam December 1, 2020

“No one is disposable” was the theme of the diocese’s outreach conference, held Oct. 24. The conference underscored that message by tackling the feeling of ...

Progressively bigger stacks of coins grow plant shoots.

Consider this year-end stewardship checklist

Peter Misiaszek December 1, 2020

It has been a tumultuous year. Despite its wild uncertainty, 2020 – the year of the pandemic – will go down as one that forced ...

A statue of a panhandler representing Jesus in the snow.

Perhaps we can rise to this moment

The Rev. Canon Maggie Helwig December 1, 2020

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 ...

‘I will never leave thee nor forsake thee’

Archbishop Linda Nicholls December 1, 2020

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 ...

Cabaret brings ray of hope

Stuart Mann December 1, 2020

At the end of a gloomy week in October due to COVID-19, the Bishop’s Company provided a ray of warmth and hope. Instead of its ...

Bishop Andison going to St. Paul’s

Stuart Mann December 1, 2020

Bishop Jenny Andison, the area bishop of York-Credit Valley, will be the next rector of St. Paul, Bloor Street, effective Feb. 28, 2021. In a ...

A hand holds a small candle lit, with many other candles in the background

God is with us

Bishop Kevin Robertson December 1, 2020

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 ...