Grace and peace to you, With the announcement that the Province on Ontario is moving into a shutdown as of we will have to...
Grace and peace to you, I’m Todd Townshend, Bishop of Huron. It’s Thanksgiving weekend in Canada, a time when our gratitude to God...
We come now to the end of our series on the book of Genesis with a look at Joseph, son of Jacob and Rachel. Starting in chapter...
After two weeks of focus on these stories through the lens of the women, the matriarchs, of the stories in Genesis, the last two...
Last week we had a closer look at Eve and Sarah. This week we’re paying closer attention to Hagar and then we’ll shift to the next...
As I mentioned two weeks ago, I hoped to stop and briefly take a look at these Genesis stories from the perspective of three women. I...
The first eleven chapters of the book of Genesis are so loaded with meaningful images that “it’s taking forever!” you might say,...
For three weeks in a row, the Sunday lectionary epistle readings are from Paul’s letter to the Romans, Chapter 8. There, Paul turns...
The Lord be with you, I’m Todd Townshend, Bishop of Huron. By this Sunday, July 12, those following the lectionary readings will have...
The Lord be with you, I’m Todd Townshend, Bishop of Huron. For the next nine weeks we’re going to read our way through the book...
I’m speaking to you today from my office in downtown London, near the Cathedral, where not too many people are today because...
This is from the letter to the Romans, chapter 6. Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ...
Among many other things this week, while living in the time of a global pandemic, the wave of protests against racism continued, and...
Grace and peace to you. I’m Todd Townshend, Bishop of Huron. I’d like to start with this: We’re going to: oppose structural...
Grace and peace to you. I have a short update to begin this weekly video along with parts of a letter to read, from Bishop Marinez of...
Grace and peace be with you. My guess is that by the time I record this video next week, there will be more to say regarding updates...
Well, we’re coming into the fourth week of Easter in the Western Christian calendar, the beginning of May, and seven weeks since we...
Happy Easter! I’m glad that people are still tuning in and I will do my best to support your life of faith in a time of very different...
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Bishop of Huron: weekly video message amidst COVID-19 crisis, March 28, 2020
Recorded at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, Ontario on Saturday, March 14, 2020 The Right Reverend Todd Townshend, Bishop of Huron,...
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...
By Bishop Todd Townshend Centuries before Jesus’ time, perhaps the most devastating experience for God's people Israel was “The...
By Bishop Todd Townshend From June 27 to July 2 the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada met in Calgary, Alberta. The...
By Bishop Todd Townshend After the season of Advent with its poetic focus on God’s future and God’s merciful promises, and through...
As we continue to pray for peace, we join our voices with the words of Archbishop Hosam. A Prayer from The Most Reverend Hosam...
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