Blog: Spring and Renewal

Together on the Journey:A Weekly Blog  It’s been a solid month since I’ve been on my bike. Between bad weather and a nasty cold that refused to relent, I’ve not ridden since Palm Sunday. But today was the day. I retrieved my green Linus from the shed, checked the...

Blog: Earth Day

Together on the Journey:A Weekly Blog  This coming Wednesday, April 22, is Earth Day, a day devoted to environmental protection and sustainability. It’s a day to participate in community events such as park clean-ups, planting trees, or picking up garbage. What I find...

Blog: The Season of Easter

Together on the Journey:A Weekly Blog  Sometimes, when people ask me why I am a Christian, I like to joke and say, ‘Because I get 12 days of Christmas instead of just one.’ And while this is not my most serious answer to this question, it does get people thinking...

Blog: Holy Oil

Together on the Journey:A Weekly Blog  Every year, on the Tuesday in Holy Week, I make my way down to St. James Cathedral along with every other clergy person in the Diocese of Toronto. We gather every year, on Holy Tuesday, for a service with a very long name: The...

Blog: It Starts

Together on the Journey:A Weekly Blog  This Sunday is Palm Sunday, the day where we mark Jesus’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem. But this happy day has a palpable tension running underneath it, and it all begins with the word ‘hosanna’. When I think of this word...

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