By Bishop Todd Townshend Sometimes we go about our work in the church and everything seems to be withering on the vine. Other times,...
About a year ago, we knew of the novel coronavirus that would cause COVID-19 but we didn’t know much about what it would do to life...
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...
By Bishop Todd Townshend Philippians 1: 3-6 I thank my God every time I remember you, constantly praying with joy in every...
Bishop Todd on the theme of Huron Synod gathering for 2020 By Bishop Todd Townshend The year of our Lord 2020 is going to stay in our...
Transcript of Bishop Todd Townshend’s video message for the week of June 14, 2020 By Bishop Todd Townshend Among many other things...
By Bishop Todd Townshend It is possible that you are reading this issue of the Huron Church News in “Ascensiontide”—that ten-day...
By Bishop Todd Townshend We have been through an unsettling time and we are still going through it. This battle against “COVID-19” has...
By Bishop Todd Townshend In Part One of this reflection on Christian mission in our time, I suggested that we are right to focus on...
By Bishop Todd Townshend Thanksgiving and praise. This was my first response to our celebration on January 25 at St. Paul’s Cathedral...
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...
By Bishop Todd Townshend One year ago, when the phrase “novel coronavirus” was fairly new to us, it had already begun its reign of...
By Bishop Todd Townshend On Good Friday, a public intellectual and scientist in the UK tweeted a short comment making fun of those who...
June 6, 2021 Dear friends, It has been just over a week since the discovery of the bodies of 215 Indigenous children at the site of...
June 8, 2021 Dear people of God in the Diocese of Huron, After fifteen months of loss due to a new virus (SARS-CoV-2), after a...
By Bishop Todd Townshend The book of Acts is like the book of Genesis. “following Willi James Jennings’ commentary on Acts, WJK,...
By Bishop Todd Townshend Like everyone else, I am constantly learning as I walk with God as a disciple of Jesus. A Christian disciple...
By Bishop Todd Townshend By now, the COVID-19 pandemic has frayed the last nerves of most of the population. If it hasn’t brought...
By Bishop Todd Townshend In the first week of November, the clergy of our diocese gathered in Stratford for the first “Bishop’s Clergy...
By Bishop Todd Townshend Many organizations, including Anglican churches, spend part of January planning for the future. Part of our...
I do not worry about communities in our diocese where the planning is being done one way or the other. The danger comes when...
By Bishop Todd Townshend This year, the beginning of April sees the end of the season of Lent and the beginning of our holiest time of...
SYNOD 2022 - WHERE WE ARE By Bishop Todd Townshend Each annual Synod is, among other things, like a snapshot in time of where we are...
By Bishop Todd Townshend Peter saw a vision: “I was praying . . . and there was something like a large sheet coming down from heaven,...
By Bishop Todd Townshend From July 25 to August 8 of this year, I was honoured to attend the Lambeth Conference in Canterbury, UK,...
By Bishop Todd Townshend Following on the Lambeth Conference this summer, I am encouraged by many of the outcomes. Perhaps the best...
By Bishop Todd Townshend Sometimes we need to be reminded to remember. On September 30, a National Day for Truth and Reconciliation...
By Bishop Todd Townshend “Be steadfast in faith, joyful in hope, and untiring in love all the days of your life . . .” These words...
By Bishop Todd Townshend Despite the promise of a new year, many of us are already feeling exhausted. It’s nothing new to feel a...
By Bishop Todd Townshend The season of Lent is often taken as an opportunity to grow more deeply into a life of faith. As the...
By Bishop Todd Townshend In the celebrations of Holy Week and Easter, God reveals the deep love that is continually poured out for us...
By Bishop Todd Townshend At the end of this month, delegates from across the Diocese of Huron will gather in London for our annual...