I think that it goes almost without saying that there are lot of vulnerable people in the world today.

We might think about the undocumented migrants in the US

who are caught up in the waves of ICE incarcerations and deportations.

We might remember that there are over  

one hundred million displaced persons globally  

due to conflicts,...

On this last Sunday of the Church Year,  

the final Sunday of the three-year Lectionary cycle,

We get a text straight from Good Friday.

It seems strange to be hearing about the Crucifixion at a time other than Holy Week,

It almost seems to come out of left field.

But today, on a day where we ponder the Reign of Christ, or how Christ is King...

This is my first time leading a Remembrance Sunday service,  

although I’ve participated in many in Montreal.  

Growing up in the Anglican Cathedral,  

we were the regimental church of the Grenadier Guards  

(You know the ones with the crimson outfit  

and the tall bearskin hats),  

and we celebrated every...

In my early teens, a favourite hip-hop artist of mine was MC Hammer.

Nowadays he’s remembered for  

His “Hammer pants” which were super baggy pants made of parachute material,

Which might be worn by the female dancers of an Arabian nights harem.

As is common with many US American pop singers

Every so often they record a Christian-themed...

Gospel 6:25-35

The people ask of Jesus,

What must we do to perform the good works of God?

What signs will you give us to confirm that we are on the right path?

Deepening questions from the followers of Jesus.   The feeding of the thousands where leftovers turned into abundance was obvious. A crowd. No physical hunger. A moment that...

Today we celebrate Truth and Reconciliation Sunday.

The TRC’s report was published 10 years ago in 2015 on  

Canada’s residential schools.

The system lasted over a century, about 150,000 First Nations, Métis and Inuit children attended  

about 139 institutions.

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission documented at least 3,200 student...

Today (Sept 21) we celebrate the Feast Day of St. Matthew.

Not much is known directly about Matthew.

He was probably born in Galilee, northern Israel, into a Jewish family.

The name Matthew means= “gift of God”

Matthew was a tax collector for the Roman government in Capernaum,  

on the shores of the Sea of Galilee.  

Tax collectors...

There’s an old joke you might have heard:

A man and his wife were having an argument  

about who should brew the coffee each morning.  

The wife said, "You should do it, because you get up first,  

and then we don't have to wait as long to get our coffee."  

The husband said,  

"You are in charge of the cooking around...

Genesis 18:1–10a

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So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, “After I have grown old, and my husband is old, shall I be fruitful?”

These verses which follow our first reading from Genesis this morning, highlight the absurdity of it all…a woman who is in her 90s, who has been barren her whole life, who has long passed her menopause years…all of a...

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2 months ago, I took part in a street protest  

against the Catholic School Board motion  

to ban the Pride Flag.

It was my first time at a protest,  

and there were a few things I didn’t understand.

People were all joining in one chant, and I just couldn’t understand what they were chanting.

What I heard was:

Queer kids forever

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