Attending COP-15 was an overwhelming experience; with people from all over the world, extensive security and bureaucracy, electronic billboards and screens flashing information, mandatory daily covid tests. And yet, it was all so organized and smooth, with information kept up-to-date with monitors that showed vital information about meeting times and...
Our Plastic Problem – written by Gabrielle Boyd, illustrated by Chris Emeleus and read by Edward Yankie (click the link above to go to YouTube and see the video) We have created this video to increase awareness of the plastic pollution in the oceans and the affect this is having...
The movement to create a Guaranteed Basic Income for all Canadians draws together all the concerns in which we have been involved as a parish. Research shows that this initiative would have a direct and very significant impact on the lives of the homeless, and for indigenous peoples, and those...
Each year, as we come to the end of Lent, we have to decide how much of our Lenten discipline we will now cast aside with a sigh of relief, and how much we are willing to take with us into our new life in the risen Christ. During this...
On the 4th Sunday of Lent, Dean Bertrand led us through a very moving meditative visualization of the Earth, in all its beauty and it woundedness. He invited us to pray for our planet, and also to become actively involved in its healing, through advocacy and through direct action, as...
“A Lent like no other.” This how my friend the Rev Doctor Alexandra Caverly-Lowery described the Earth-based soul-searching that has characterised Lent 2021. She was speaking not just in her own parish, but of churches of all denominations across the country, as the For the Love of Creation initiative begins...
This morning after the 10:30 service, we were invited to participate in a time of silent prayer. For many of us, it was a time of refreshment and renewal, in which, by contemplating the ever-changing beauty of the Earth, we encountered the healing power of the divine. And yet, for...
Ecological Repentance: Reflections to ponder as you follow our Lenten Calendar “Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the Earth” (Psalm 104) On Ash Wednesday we are reminded that we are created by God from the clay of the Earth. Despite being made in the image of...
Take-home Messages from our Presenters Michele Rattray-Huish, Professors Meg Graham and Peter G Brown, and Stephanie (Taddy) Stringer