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The Very Rev’d Catherine Short (left) and her friend and fellow priest, the Rev’d Tanya White, with the rafts and “one paddle each” that they had on their journey down the Humber River this past September.

The Very Rev'd Catherine Short December 2021

Lessons Learned on The Humber River

The Very Rev'd Catherine Short December 1, 2021

We often speak of the difference between ‘religion’ and ‘spirituality.’ As an individual ordained to serve the Lord and the Church, it is impossible to ...

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Bishop John Organ December 2021

Christmas—Both Spiritual and Cultural

Bishop John Organ December 1, 2021

Christmas is a word that has cultural as well as spiritual meaning. Store shelves are beginning to fill with toys and other items marketed around ...

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Faith

Ronald Clarke, Melanie Clarke November 1, 2021

When I was growing up in Chance Cove, Trinity Bay, I decided I wanted to become a doctor. At the age of ten, I broke ...

The Rev’d Michael Li Columns

In The Beginning God

The Rev’d Michael Li November 1, 2021

The simple statement: “In the beginning God” (Genesis 1:1a) suggests at least three negative statements. First, it denies atheism. Atheism is the view that God does ...

Two wooden cups, used by Fr. Jonathan's paternal grandparents in the Holy Lands

The Rev'd Jonathan Rowe Columns

Generation to Generation

The Rev'd Jonathan Rowe November 1, 2021

Over the years, I have watched a lot of grandparents take their grandchildren to church with them. Often, they do so apologetically, saying, “If I ...

Kevin Smith Columns

22 Points For Consideration

Kevin Smith November 1, 2021

How did it get so late so soon? It’s night before it’s afternoon. December is here before it’s June. My goodness, how the time has ...

The Rev’d Cynthia Haines-Turner Columns

No Person Should Be Homeless

The Rev’d Cynthia Haines-Turner November 1, 2021

The season of winter doesn’t officially begin until December 21st, but by late October or early November, we are beginning to feel the bite of ...

Emily Rowe Columns

What Am I Doing?

Emily Rowe November 1, 2021

That’s something that I often wonder: what am I doing as the editor of a tri-diocesan newspaper? I’m especially thinking about it right now because ...

Generations of travellers, historians, and pilgrims have worn these two parallel tracks into the ground on the way to Mistaken Point, NL, to see the fossils there, where you are able to stand on what was an ocean floor almost 600 million years ago.

Bishop John Organ November 2021

An Extraodinary Pilgrimage

Bishop John Organ November 1, 2021

In August of this year, my wife and I made our way to Trepassey. We checked in to the local hotel and settled in for ...

The Rev’d James Spencer Columns

Church Cannot Be Just Sunday Mornings

The Rev’d James Spencer October 1, 2021

When I was a kid I remember watching sitcoms on Friday night. The original “Full House” was on in those days. I remember the first ...