Opinion

A Colourful Lent

Bishop Samuel Rose February 1, 2023

One of the most intimidating moments for a painter is staring at a blank canvas. Devoid of colour, line, or shape, the blank canvas represents ...

Melanie Clarke Columns

A New Year’s Suggestion

Melanie Clarke January 1, 2023

My career was as a teacher. Like my father before me, I taught English. I had the opportunity to teach many poems, plays, essays, novels ...

The Rev’d Cynthia Haines-Turner Columns

Week of Christian Unity—Why Bother?

The Rev’d Cynthia Haines-Turner January 1, 2023

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, an initiative of the World Council of Churches, takes place each year from January 18-25, between the feats ...

The Rev’d Michael Li Columns

Formed From the Dust

The Rev’d Michael Li January 1, 2023

The cosmos is not eternal because it is slowly dying. It is running out of usable energy. Matter is not eternal. Indeed, most stars take millions of years ...

Kevin Smith Columns

Power of Attorney

Kevin Smith January 1, 2023

Happy New Year! Let’s hope that 2023 is a good year and it finds you all full of good health and with lots of optimism ...

Ford Matchim Columns

Reasonable and Probable Grounds to Believe

Ford Matchim January 1, 2023

Around 40 CE, as the good news of Jesus spread and was being preached and welcomed among people who were not Jews, the question arose ...

The Rev'd Jonathan Rowe Columns

When You’re Irreplaceable

The Rev'd Jonathan Rowe January 1, 2023

Taking time off for mental health leave was one of the hardest things I’ve had to do in twenty years of ordained ministry. I was ...

Bishop John Watton Central Newfoundland

Reconciliation

Bishop John Watton January 1, 2023

Prior to attending the Lambeth conference this year, one of the many books I read in preparation was “Walking Together, Global Perspectives on Reconciliation,” published ...

child decorates Chrsitmas tree in cathedral

Ellen Reid December 2022

Together To Gather

Ellen Reid December 1, 2022

This Christmas will be different. We’ll congregate once more inside a warm beautiful stone Church and we’ll do all that we haven’t when we were ...

Melanie Clarke Columns

The Spirit of Christmas

Melanie Clarke December 1, 2022

Every year around the end of November, there seems to be something in the air. A feeling comes over most people in December that isn’t ...