All Saints’, Dorval Feast of the Creator, Year A September 6, 2026 Aidan Hart, “Creation to Jerusalem” icon Happy New Year! If you’ve been around the Anglican Church – or any Western liturgical church, for that matter – for any length of time, you would expect to hear that said from the pulpit on the first Sunday of Advent, which… View Post
Two women who taught God
All Saints’, Dorval Proper 20, Year A August 16, 2026 If you were at our Christmas pageant last December, you remember the scene in which Dion, playing the Angel of the Lord, brought to Layla, playing Mary, the news that she would be the mother of God’s Son. As the passage describing the angel’s visit was read out from the… View Post
Boats on a stormy sea
All Saints’, Dorval Proper 19, Year A August 9, 2026 Me, Ariel, and Arike aboard the Janet May on the first day of Schooner camp, circa 1990 It’s been occurring to me over the past few weeks that Canadians, and especially Canadian church people, seem to be disproportionately obsessed with boats. Yes, today’s Gospel reading is about boats – and we’ll… View Post
Nourishing each other
All Saints’, Dorval Proper 18, Year A August 2, 2026 Peter admiring the cinnamon rolls during quarantine, July 2020. *** I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. You who have no money, come, buy and eat! They replied, “We have nothing here but five loaves and two fish.” Today’s readings begin in grief, exhaustion, and scarcity…. View Post
What it means to fly the flag
All Saints’, Dorval Proper 12, Year A (National Indigenous Day of Prayer) June 21, 2026 The Indigenous participants at General Synod 2025. One of the things about Scripture – one of the reasons that Scripture is Scripture – is that its meaning is multivalent and inexhaustible. Or, to use plain English: it means a lot of things, and it never… View Post
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