May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be always with you! Tuesday was Remembrance Day, and I suspect that most of us attended services either in-person or on TV/Radio as we honoured the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month that marks the anniversary of the end of the First World War. We name it as the First World War, but at the time and in the years following, it was called The Great War, or sometimes The War to End All Wars....

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be always with you! This past August, the General Council of the United Church of Canada elected our new Moderator, the spiritual head of the denomination - the Rt. Rev. Kimberly Heath. (There was a funny story in Calgary the night after the voting process concluded - she and a friend were taking an Uber, and they were chatting with the driver about why they were in Calgary, and her friend said that...

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be always with you! My apologies for getting this email sent out a day later than usual. I was in Sackville for two days of meetings on Monday/Tuesday this week, which has thrown off the rhythm of the rest of my week. Right now, we are on the threshold of a number of holy days in many different traditions; and in so many traditions, it seems as though the curtain that separates this life from the...