REV. ANGELA J. CLUNEY I recently finished the TV show Ted Lasso. For those of you who have not had the chance to watch it, I highly recommend you take the time. The series is about an American football coach who gets hired to coach a British soccer team. Between the less than winning team […]
By MICHAEL VAN DUSEN ST. AIDAN’S IN THE BEACH In August 2015, the shocking front-page picture of a three-year-old Syrian child named Alain Kurdi, whose body washed up on a beach in Turkey, galvanized action about the plight of Syrian refugees around the world. Several sponsorship groups sprang up in the Beach to respond. These […]
By REV. RUTH BARTLETT As I sit down to write this column I’m trying to think of what’s important for us to be ponder at this time and in this season, but my mind is elsewhere. In just a few hours, I’ll be hopping on a plane to be reunited with some dear friends who […]
By REV. YOHAN DUMPALA What a year it’s been so far! Here at St. John’s Norway, located at 470 Woodbine Ave, we’ve been busy doing new things and exploring creative ways of doing ministry. In February of 2023, after putting our ears to the ground, we offered parents of our parish and our neighbourhood an […]
By REV. KATHERINE McCLOSKEY When I first arrived at Beaches Presbyterian Church, I was not sure of what to expect. I knew what I wanted to find there beginning with the fact that Beaches Presbyterian is in my favourite Toronto neighbourhood and wondered if it might become my home congregation. Beaches reputation for being a […]
By REV. GREG DALY Anticipation…it’s making me wait. In 1979 Heinz created a message that still rattles around in the heads of Gen X’ers and Baby Boomers alike, calling us all to wait for the good things to come. Ketchup aside, we are once again in a time of waiting. Our yearly journey into winter, […]
By IMAM IRSHAD OSMAN September 30 marks the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation known as Orange Shirt Day. Although it is declared as a statutory holiday by the federal government, the day cannot be treated as another day off from work to enjoy a long weekend. Orange Shirt Day carries dark memories from our […]
By REV. MARTHA MARTIN Perhaps you have heard the saying … “if you want to make God laugh, tell her your plans.” I have thought of that phrase often in the past few years since becoming the minister at Kingston Road United Church. Here’s why I think God is amused at me being in a […]
By REV. MOLLY FINLAY In case anyone was checking, it’s been a crazy couple of years for everyone—but try shifting an institution that is thousands of years old into the 21st Century! No wonder your ministers, imams, rabbis and priests look like Lloyd Christmas after he’s gone through the wind tunnel in Dumb and Dumber. […]
By REV. RUTH BARTLETT I know, I know…it’s so cliché. But it’s so true!! What we dream, what we imagine, is far more plausible when there are others working alongside us to get it done. Without teamwork I wouldn’t be writing an article a couple of weeks after the reopening of the Grace Pascoe Care […]
