A wayside marker on the Olavsleden (St. Olav’s Way) in Norway This week, I sent a formal letter of application to Executive Archdeacon Robert Camara to take a three-month renewal leave in June through August of 2023, with my annual vacation following in September. You will probably hear me slip up and call this a “sabbatical,” but technically, that… View Post
A long post about the Strategic Plan
WRITEUP OF STRATEGIC PLAN BRAINSTORMING MEETING, NOVEMBER 12, 2022 Dion at the meeting with a paper crane made from a sheet of flip-chart paper Laura Hill was sadly absent due to having strained her back, so we do not have complete minutes. The schedule was as follows: 1:00 gather 1:15 groundwork 1:30 Bible study on Mark 2:18-22 2:00 small… View Post
What is our testimony?
All Saints by the Lake, Dorval Proper 33, Year C (Remembrance Sunday) November 13, 2022 James Tissot, “Prophecy of the Destruction of the Temple,” c. 1890. Brooklyn Museum. This will give you an opportunity to testify. So make up your minds not to prepare your defence in advance; for I will give you words and a wisdom that none of… View Post
The saints across time and space
All Saints by the Lake, Dorval All Saints’ Sunday, Year C November 6, 2022 Almost three years ago now, as the world shut down in the face of COVID-19, a small group of people began to meet every day on Zoom at 5:00 PM to pray the service of Evening Prayer out of the Book of Alternative Services. In the… View Post
The persistent (and cranky) widow
All Saints by the Lake, Dorval Proper 29, Year C October 16, 2022 I confess: I’m feeling cranky these days. It’s not just having finally come down with COVID after avoiding it for almost three years – though that certainly hasn’t improved my mood over the past couple of weeks! It’s that everything just seems so hard these days…. View Post
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