Are you spending more time at home in this bitter cold weather?  Why not use your prayer time to connect with your world and your community? As a refresher or an introduction to go deeper, here’s a lovely short “how-to” on personal intercessory prayer by the well-known teacher Anthony de Mello....

Take a moment to SIT. Breathe calmly. Ask for light on the past day. What SURPRISED you? (That’s the S in S-I-T.) What INSPIRED you? What TOUCHED you? Give thanks. Repeat daily. And have a wonderful summer.   This fresh take on the traditional Daily Examen comes from Phillip Chircop...

Blessing the home on or near the feast of Epiphany (January 6th) is a tradition that dates from the middle ages. Using chalk, we mark our doorways with the inscription 20+C+M+B+16, calling to mind the magi, traditionally named Caspar, Melchior, and Balthazar, who journeyed far from their homes to Bethlehem...

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...

Here’s a meditation offered by Sally Harrington Philippo during last weekend’s retreat, LIVING THE LIFE OF PRAYER. A teacher gave this homework: “Find an unnoticed flower somewhere outdoors and study it. Look carefully at its petals.  Its leaves. Its colours. Turn it over and observe the underside of it.  As...

Blessing the home on or near the feast of Epiphany is a tradition that dates from the middle ages. Using chalk, we mark our doorways with the inscription 20+C+M+B+15, calling to mind the magi, traditionally named Caspar, Melchior, and Balthazar, who journeyed far from their homes to Bethlehem in search...

by Rhonda Waters, Associate Priest Advent is my favourite season of the church year. I love the themes of hope and light, the way the promise of Christ and the promise of the Kingdom intertwine, the way that past becomes present becomes future. Perhaps most of all, I love the...