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Celebrate Pentecost joyfully and abundantly

“Pentecost is a celebration of the gift of the Holy Spirit to the Church,” Archbishop Shane Parker, primate of the…

In a divided world, faith points to path of unity

In his May column, National Indigenous Anglican Archbishop Chris Harper calls for the church to be an instrument of healing…

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April 2026 letter to the editor

Coverage of primate’s visit to the Holy Land a welcome window into painful circumstances, a reader says.

Walking on holy ground

Sacred or holy ground has been at the centre of our belief systems since ancient times.

Beauty heralds the new season

National Indigenous Archbishop Chris Harper meditates on the resurrection, the return of beauty to the church after the Lenten season…

The Aedicule, a chapel in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, holds the remnant of Jesus’ tomb. Photo: Shane Parker

The hope we need can never be destroyed

In his Easter message, Archbishop Shane Parker, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, calls the resurrection of Jesus the…

A ray of light appeared in this photograph taken by the author, who says that signs like these are simply moments of grace. Photo: Shane Parker

Pray with deep trust, then listen to the spirit

Six years ago in March, we suddenly had to take up masking, distancing and sanitizing as weapons of choice in…

In scripture, the wilderness is a place of silence, a hollow or valley wherein the sound of the world is hushed, where one might fi nd a place of refuge and comfort, a place where truth and peace abound, emanating from our Creator God, writes the author. Photo: Darya Ponomaryova

Find God’s truth and peace in silence

The Lenten season has an important aspect of listening, of prayerful opening of our ears to seek what the Almighty…

The Rev. Cynthia Bourgeault (right) with the Rev. Richard Rohr OFM at a retreat at The Contemplative Centre on Salt Spring Island in 2001. Photo: Mary-Clare Carder

Drinking from our own well: How a Salt Spring Island experiment recovered Christian contemplation

Nurtured by Margaret Haines’ founding vision for The Contemplative Society, this initiative used a parish setting as a laboratory to…

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February 2026 letter to the editor

As a former Diocese of Toronto social justice and advocacy consultant, I was delighted to learn of the Primate’s support…