OUR COUNTRY IS IN THE MIDST OF AN EXISTENTIAL CRISIS
There are times when what is happening in the Political World must be addressed by the Theological Community. Our flock needs guidance. This is one of those times. The World … Continue Reading
Author: frbrian
DO YOU WANT YOUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN TO COME TO CHURCH OR NOT?
Some years ago, when I was in seminary, I came across a flyer posted outside the Trinity College Chapel, advertising a seminar, in Burlington, on Church renewal offered by someone … Continue Reading
The Middle Class Dream is Fading in Toronto
Toronto has become an unaffordable city for the average Canadian. There are still many reasons to live here, but unless one comes from money, or has a significant income, to … Continue Reading
COVID 19 – AFTER 2 YEARS, WHAT NOW?
It’s Been 2 Years, Near Enough… We have endured two years of fear, self-isolation, social-distancing, masking, vaccination and lockdowns, plural. Covid has now morphed into its nth variant. It doesn’t … Continue Reading
What Can We Do Now?
When the people of Jerusalem were exiled to Babylon they needed to come to terms with their loss. Everything that was familiar, their very way of life, just disappeared. Their … Continue Reading
An Existential Crisis
We are now in the ninth month of Coronavirus, an event that the philosopher Andrew Harvey has called “a defining crisis of human evolution, an apocalyptic situation: Apocalypse is a word that turns … Continue Reading
Ministry Opportunities at Work
Many Anglican Churches throughout the GTA, and the surrounding 905 area code, are experiencing decline. Congregations are aging. Churches have been closed as congregations have grown old and tired, and … Continue Reading
Ministry Opportunities on Campus
Young adults, between ages 17 and 30, are significantly under-represented – if not absent – in many Anglican congregations. That is a troubling fact; particularly given the greying of the … Continue Reading
Traditional versus New Monasticism
Those of us who are not Roman Catholic have little direct experience of monastics – either monks or nuns. Our impressions of them have, therefore been conditioned by what we … Continue Reading
Intentional Community
Many of us have come to the City from somewhere else, leaving our friends and family behind to make a new life and seek new opportunities. While life in the … Continue Reading