Category Archives: This Week

WHEREVER THE SPIRIT LEADS US Pentecost is about new life. And not simply life unfolding before us, as we witness in our gardens every springtime. But life unfolding within us, as we feel the rejuvenation of new directions and new … Continue reading →

“ONWARD, CHRISTIAN PILGRIMS!” After years of dreaming, it’s suddenly happening all around us: construction has begun!  The tiles are coming up, the pews are coming down, and asbestos is coming out, and we are going out of the Sanctuary today, … Continue reading →

Cantaré Children’s Choir While church renovations begin to disrupt daily life all around us, we are already beginning to harvest the anticipated results. This summer the Cantaré Children’s Choir will be taking up residence in our midst. Cantaré  is a … Continue reading →

“BRANDING” ST. STEPHEN’S This week, following our 10:30 service, we will talk about “selling” St. Stephen’s. No, we’re not going anywhere. But we are considering how best to present ourselves to the wider community and therefore, in that sense alone, … Continue reading →

“BECOMING PUBLIC SERVANTS” There was a time, not so very long ago, when church and politics mingled as easily as a glass of port and a good cigar. The Anglican Church in particular was so embedded in Canada’s political life … Continue reading →

TO SIP OR TO DIP, THAT IS THE QUESTION As we used to pray in the service of Morning Prayer, “We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep, we have followed too much the devices and desires … Continue reading →

REJUVENATING OUR TIRED BODIES AND SOULS For those of us who worked through Holy Week, right up to the words of dismissal at the Easter morning service, we might have thought a rest would be in order. But that’s the thing … Continue reading →

ALIVE AND GROWING IN FAITH Our theme throughout Lent has been growth. On Sundays, at the 10:30 service, we have witnessed the weekly progress of delicate plants whose seeds we planted way back in early February. We have looked over … Continue reading →

GROWING IN GOD’S LOVE Have you noticed the first signs of spring yet?  On poplar trees around the city, you can see the first signs of new buds, and the branches of the willows at River Park are turning yellow … Continue reading →