I’ve had a couple of conversations recently in which I learned that someone was ill, contacted their loved ones, offered to visit, and was told, “Oh, if you came to visit, s/he would think s/he was dying!” This is a common misconception, going back to the days when it was considered essential to fetch a priest to a dying person’s… View Post
Lent 2020!
In Lent 2019 we gathered to discuss and discern the mission and vision of the parish. We had good fellowship and lots of laughter, but the essential goal was quite serious. This year our goal is also serious – to create a set of Stations of the Cross for the parish – but it will be a much more creative… View Post
Salt, light and the cross
All Saints, Dorval Epiphany V, Year A February 9, 2020 (Annual Vestry) First-century Roman oil lamp On Annual Vestry Sunday 2019, I concluded my sermon with these words: We may be a forlorn stump left in the midst of a howling wilderness. But there is life in us yet. Christ walks by the lakeshore, meeting us in the middle of… View Post
Strategy becomes Action
Talking Circles underway on January 25. Annual Vestry is THIS SUNDAY!! We have much to celebrate and much to look forward to! Please plan to come and bring some sandwiches, squares, or other finger foods to share. (And if you know someone who might provide childcare, we’re still looking!) In addition to the usual reports, elections, and so on, the… View Post
Looking Deeper at Purity
All Saints, Dorval The Feast of the Presentation February 2, 2020 This past week, the House of Bishops of the Church of England put out a pastoral letter about human relationships, in which they reiterated their opinion that the only appropriate context for sexual intimacy was heterosexual marriage. It was a shockingly tone-deaf statement and was rapidly repudiated by some… View Post
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