Columns

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

It is the custom in many of our churches to have a renewal of the baptismal covenant at Easter, particularly if we hold the Easter ...

Ronald Clarke, Melanie Clarke April 1, 2021

When my children were small, and we had recently moved to St. John’s, our family became members of the church of St. Mary the Virgin ...

Matthew Townsend April 1, 2021

Back in 2016, on the eve of our marriage, Kate and I considered where we might take a honeymoon. We lived in Rochester, New York, ...

Archdeacon Gerald Westcott April 1, 2021

Living life, even on a good day, is hard. Suffering is a non-negotiable component of the human condition. Too many people spend too much of ...

The Rev'd Jonathan Rowe April 1, 2021

At the end of February, I caught a cold. I didn’t have a cough or a fever, but I had a runny nose and felt ...

The Rev’d James Spencer April 1, 2021

That is a question I have had come up in Bible study several times, and it is always fascinating to hear the debate around the ...

Emily Rowe April 1, 2021

The title for this column is hardly original; it’s a phrase that has been used for a long time, often quoted from the Roman writer ...

Kevin Smith April 1, 2021

It’s April and most of us have finished, or are in the process of completing, our annual tax returns for CRA. That includes putting together ...

The Rev'd Jonathan Rowe March 1, 2021

Later this month, the shutdown in Newfoundland will be a year old. Many of the extreme restrictions of the early days have long since been ...

Dr. David Morgan March 1, 2021

“Oppressing the poor in order to enrich oneself, and giving to the rich, will lead only to loss.” Proverbs 22:16 NRSV In the first few ...