By REV. MARTHA MARTIN I am privileged to be one of the United Church of Canada’s representatives to the Governing Board of the Canadian Council of Churches. The CCC represents 26 member churches, 85 per cent of the Christians in Canada, and is the broadest and most inclusive ecumenical body in Canada. Founded in 1944, […]
By MICHAEL VAN DUSEN David Miller, former Mayor of Toronto and author of Solved: How the World’s Great Cities Are Fixing the Climate Crisis, will discuss the climate crisis on Wednesday, May 19, in a conversation hosted on Zoom by St. Aidan’s Anglican and Beach United churches. Everyone is welcome to attend. Miller will talk […]
By REV. ANGELA J. CLUNEY Foreign News Correspondent Janine di Giovanni wrote: “Easter is meant to be a symbol of hope, renewal and new life.” I believe this to be true as we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ in our communities of faith and in our lives. As we celebrate the miracle of the […]
REV. KAREN DALE BEACH UNITED CHURCH If ever there was a year to skip over Lent and move right into Easter this would be it. In this time of lockdown and isolation due to a death-dealing virus and made worse by rampant inequality; we long for relief and look for signs of new life. Lent […]
By REV. LUCY REID If you’ve been down to the east end of Queen Street East in the last few months you’ll have seen a construction fence up all around St Aidan’s church, and heavy vehicles working on it. Maybe you’ve had to put up with the sound of their reversing beeps if you live […]
By SHELLEY McVEA Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting. – Hebrew Scripture “Singing is the most dangerous activity you can do during this pandemic.” We started back to our in-service worship meetings in the middle of September. […]
By REV. ANGELA J. CLUNEY The well-known quote: “The church is not a building, the church is a people” has never been more true than during the past months as we have found ourselves living with the COVID-19 pandemic. Churches and our attendees have had to rethink our understanding of what “the church” means to […]
By REV. LUCY REID The most counter-intuitive task I’ve ever had to do in almost 40 years as a minister was locking our church doors in mid-March and putting up a sign saying we were closed and services were cancelled indefinitely. The pandemic has forced us to stay away from each other and cease our […]
By WAYNE WALDER I wonder…..has the angel of death in the story of Passover touched us? In the old story her touch is misfortune, yet her touch is perfectly normal. We all face misfortune, illness and death at one time or another. But in this pandemic, COVID-19 has touched the whole world at the same […]
By SHELLEY McVEA Pick a saint, any saint. Most of us would be hard pressed to name one beyond the big three – Nicholas (my favourite), Valentine, and Patrick. Veneration and celebrating of saints seems to have gone out of fashion not only for secular people, but for many of us religious types as well. […]
