By Bishop Todd Townshend Sometimes we go about our work in the church and everything seems to be withering on the vine. Other times,...
By Laurel Pattenden As we journey through Advent and get nearer to Christmas, I am hearing more and more comments like “This Christmas...
MOSTLY ABOUT RELIGION Rev. Canon Keith Nethery As we begin the final month of 2020, people are, no doubt, still touting this as the...
The seasons of Advent and Christmas remind us that we probably should not try to explain and define exactly what’s going on in the...
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt One of my favourite Christmas hymns is a thoughtful and meditative...
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt The view from the dome car as the train left Churchill, kept changing...
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt In the waning days of summer each year, I get a notice that it is time...
By Rev. Steve Greene We have journeyed through the seasons of Advent, which bears a new liturgical year, with new thoughts, new...
By Rev. Canon Dr. Todd Townshend, Bishop-Elect Grace to You, and Peace! To the church of God that is in Huron, grace to you and peace...
Holy Trinity Parish in Lucan hosted a nativity exhibit with 76 scenes of various sizes, materials and designs all contributed by the...
Advent defined: arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous). The Messiah, the Saviour, will finally arrive. For...
By Rev. Canon Val Kenyon Have you ever stopped to think just how many times you have recited the Lord’s Prayer during your lifetime?...
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt There is a certain expectation that a December article being written...
The Christmas I want is the one with a full church, thunderous Carols, palpable joy, and celebration in every moment. MOSTLY ABOUT...
This Christmas, let us be in the cold with the shepherds, flying in the heavens with the angels, peering into the manger in the dark...
Wow! This year with all of its uncertainty has flown by. Once again it is time to celebrate Advent and the most Holy Day of Christ’s...
The advent of Christmas is overflowing with reminders that Love, not Hate, conquers all. The most obvious of these are the festive...
By Sharon Frank Wishing everyone a blessed 2022 full of wonder and expectations! As we enter this new year, we must be mindful that...
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt “Five hundred twenty- five thousand six hundred minutes…so dear. How...
Grace and peace to you as we transition from this holy season of Advent to the celebration of the Christmas season. I’m Todd...
By Rev. Matthew Kieswetter This past December the Deanery of Waterloo engaged with a four-part video and book study program called...
By Rev. Kimberly Myer As I ponder the Advent stories, we will hear over the next couple of weeks leading to Christmas, I think about...
By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle How many take advantage of ‘Black Friday’ shopping? How many shop on ‘Cyber Monday’? How much effort...
Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your...
By Laurel Pattenden Have you started to watch Christmas movies yet? There are so many genres within themed Christmas movies. Romance,...
As we read the stories of the Birth of Jesus it is difficult to think of Mary and Joseph without a donkey being a part of the...
MOSTLY ABOUT RELIGION By Rev. Canon Keith Nethery This is my next to last column in the Huron Church News. As the Farewell Tour...
By Ven. Megan Collings-Moore ‘I’ll be home for Christmas…' When the carols start playing, with their sentimental images of happy...
By Bishop Todd Townshend After the season of Advent with its poetic focus on God’s future and God’s merciful promises, and through...
By Rev. Aidan Armstrong January 1 2023 will mark the start of a new and fresh year on the secular calendar. We will have just...
By Laurel Pattenden Just as Advent brings out my desire to get decorating (actually my husband’s), January brings the desire to take...
Across the diocese, the inclement weather has impacted us differently. With road closures and potential dangerous driving conditions in...
By Caroline N. Sharp Advent is my favourite liturgical season; it always has been since I was a little girl. The story of Christ’s...
From left to right: Cathy Burghardt-Jesson, Mark Chortos, Jacob Shaw, Gail Lewis, Don Hiscox, Leigh Robinson and Friedhelm...