Apr 20, 2017 | Bishop's Blog, Featured, News
There are times in our lives when we are ‘between’, when we are caught between and the past and the future. This can be a joyful time, like the in’-between’ time of a pregnancy as about-to-be parents remember their past freedom and anticipate the responsibility and...
Mar 8, 2017 | Bishop's Blog, Featured, News
From the earliest days of human existence we have protected those of our own ‘tribe’ against those who are different, whatever that difference may be. To push away, denigrate or harm the ‘other’ is seen as to protect one’s own. Throughout history cultures and...
Jan 18, 2017 | Bishop's Blog, Featured, News
Last Sunday evening I joined parishioners from Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, United, Lutheran and Anglican churches at a prayer service at St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church in London to mark the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Despite the differences between us...
Dec 28, 2016 | Bishop's Blog, Featured, News
As I travel around our diocese visiting parishes and meeting our Anglican family in Huron I am aware of one fact that is inescapable. We are an aging community. Many Anglicans see the lack of young people in the pews and know that we are missing several generations in...
Dec 12, 2016 | Bishop's Blog, Featured, News
At the end of November women priests from across Canada gathered in Stratford to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the ordination of women to the priesthood. We heard the stories of women pioneers in ministry and society and honoured those in our midst who had endured...
Nov 23, 2016 | Bishop's Blog, Featured, News
Although I am a cradle Anglican and love my Church, my life has been enriched through many ecumenical opportunities. I discovered the joys of everything from alternative musical settings for hymns through two years as a pianist for a Presbyterian Church to insights...
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