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...

Blog: Noticing Beauty

Together on the Journey:A Weekly Blog  This week has been unexpectedly busy, and many things seem to be pulling at my attention. So when I sat down on Wednesday to reflect on what I was going to talk about at Church by Candlelight that evening, I felt myself feeling...

Blog: Temptation

Together on the Journey:A Weekly Blog  Temptation. It’s one of those things we’re supposed to focus on in Lent. Jesus was tempted in the wilderness, but did not sin, even when he was offered food when he was hungry and power when he felt powerless. During Lent, we...

Blog: Retreat

Together on the Journey:A Weekly Blog  Greetings friends! I’m writing today from the Sisterhood of St. John the Divine (SSJD) in north Toronto. I’m enjoying a few days of retreat time as part of Lent. And I totally admit the timing of this retreat is not great. I...

Blog: St Valentine

Together on the Journey:A Weekly Blog  On February 14, we will mark St. Valentine’s day; but while St. Valentine is a saint, he does not actually have a celebrated feast day in the church. Of course, that shouldn’t stop people from enjoying Valentine’s Day; I’m...

Blog: Prayer

Together on the Journey:A Weekly Blog  This Sunday, we will welcome the Rev. Jo Davies, my dear friend and colleague, as a guest preacher to talk with us about prayer. Jo is the chair of the Bishop’s Committee on Healing Ministry, and I’m sure has much to teach us on...

Blog: Questions

Together on the Journey:A Weekly Blog  On January 28, we celebrated the Dominican Friar Thomas Aquinas. I have to admit, I was not all that familiar with Thomas’s story, but I became more familiar this week when I told his story in chapel. In Godly Play, Thomas...

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