In last week’s sermon, “Do You Not Care That We Are Perishing?” [Mark 4:38] Jean-Daniel Williams described Jesus’ shift from a so-necessary nap to loving action. The examples he chose… the storms that are shaking our little boat right now… include the killings in Charleston SC, and our churches’ promise to...
The Montreal Mission Internship has already reached the half-way point and the interns are well into their exploration of mission. Projects are underway, challenges encountered, questions asked. And, as part of their work, each intern has been sharing their reflections in weekly blog entries on the website of the Montreal...
Beth Adams gave this talk on 9 June 2015 at Christ Church Cathedral We’ve been talking for several months about masters of contemplation and their teachings, which has been fairly intellectual. Today I want to go back to the physical, to our bodies, and talk about the posture we try...
This week’s spiritual practice is a suggestion from Lee Greyfeather’s sermon last Sunday (June 7, 2015). Lee, who is Mi’kmaq, is both a traditional shaman and an Anglican. “Before I go to bed, I look in the mirror and I think of all the things I’ve done that day. I ask myself, ‘is...
The most exciting news this week is the election last Saturday of the first woman bishop of Montreal. In his Purple Prose newsletter Bishop Barry writes: “The Very Reverend Mary Irwin-Gibson, Rector of St. George’s Cathedral, Kingston, Ontario and Dean of the Diocese of Ontario, was elected the 12th Bishop of...
I leave my home to go to work before the sun rises, and most of the people I encounter are huddled against the wind or trying to drink coffee without either missing the bus or spilling it all over themselves. For the most part, we look at the ground, we...
This week, your prayers can make an enormous difference. Please pray for the Electoral Synod being held Saturday, June 6, 2015. Take time to pray for the candidates and their families, for the synod delegates, for our diocese as a whole. One way to do this can be found here. Here...
This week, your prayers can make an enormous difference. Please pray for the Electoral Synod that will take place on Saturday: for the candidates and their families, for the synod delegates, for our diocese as a whole. Details regarding the synod, including vision statements and responses from the candidates may be...
…there is a challenge from Christ to the goodness of humankind. It is not enough to be good. It is not enough to not do evil. My Christianity is something more positive; it is not a negative. There are many who say, “But I don’t kill, I don’t steal, I...
The first theologians struggled with unity and diversity, inclusivity and individuality. There is only one God, and although the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit all share the same substance (ousia) they are three independent persons (hypostases). The theological struggle we have understanding unity and diversity in the mystery...
It’s no coincidence that as we celebrate Trinity Sunday May 31, we also prepare to receive the findings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and to move forward in a new relationship with the First Peoples of Canada. That’s why the bells of the Cathedral and of other churches throughout our...
This week’s spiritual practice, suggested by Vivian: It’s no coincidence that as we celebrate Trinity Sunday May 31, we also prepare to receive the findings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and to move forward in a new relationship with First Nations people. That’s why the bells of the Cathedral...