Summer Reflection
I remember my first week of classes at Vancouver School of Theology. I was so full of joy and excitement, awed by the privilege of ...
Bread, Beer, and Spiritual Formation
You Are Leaven: Fermenting Cultures of Spiritual Formation” was a conference held in Mississauga this April focused on spiritual formation in local contexts. The conference ...
Getting Older
My dad used to say his favourite time of day was the 20 minutes when he first woke up. He’d lay on his pillow, prop ...
Telling Our Stories
Over the last few months I’ve found myself visiting a variety of parishes across the diocese. As part of the rollout of the “Thriving Communities” process, I’ve ...
A Liturgical Rumble
Sometimes when I write an article I know exactly what I want to say, and then other times I start out with a plan, but ...
Where Everybody Knows Your Name
Holy Week 2002, I invited Ian Dingwall, retired Executive Archdeacon of Niagara to speak to my parish for Holy Week and Easter. Each night he ...
St Hilda of Whitby
Hilda (Hild) of Whitby, also known as “The Abbess of the English People” is one of the most venerated female saints in England. She was ...
Levels of Ministry
In April, I wrote an article about serving the “working poor” and about some of the characteristics needed to carry out a servant ministry in ...
Witness and Dialogue Part 5 of 5 — Scholarship
Finally, we must ask what kind of a relationship is possible between this dialogical witness and academic study. Can believers be fair and accurate observers, ...
