Farmers and shepherds know the patience needed to tend the land or animals, knowing that they cannot control many of the factors they depend on—the sun or rain, the predators or growth. They have endurance and perseverance in the face of uncertainties and also have capacity to see beauty in the world around them in the most ordinary moments.
Of all the topics that we might talk about in the church, our relationship with money is the one that will raise the most comment
Some years ago, a group in the diocese of Toronto sought to develop a healing centre similar to that of Burrswood in England. I was
As complexity increases, the desire for simple answers polarizes communities, making the other “side” an enemy. We live in the midst of the pressures to choose a side and ignore the nuances and complexity of human life in our decisions. Such pressures raise a question: What is our call as Christians?
In a world that increasingly seeks to polarize people into rigid camps, marked by hatred or rejection of the other, we are called to be a community in which love is stronger than hate.
Over the past 50 years, we have been challenged to realize our share in the devastation of our planet.
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