Social and ecological justice

Basic income for Canadians

By Caroline Sharp We wanted a book that reflects a conversation series we are running throughout 2021. The “Conversations with . . .”...

My Valentine: Freedoms built on the lives of those who came before me

By John-Paul Markides   "Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one...

‘I know a change gonna come…’

February is Black History Month By Rev. Steve Greene It’s been a long, a long time coming, but I know a change gonna comeSam Cooke...

A church strives to break down mental illness stigma

By Patrick Ferguson “And the king will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members...

Synod keynote: Despair not an option in caring for this fragile earth

By Rev. Canon Linda Nixon and Nancy Harvey (adapted from a presentation by Rev. Canon Ken Gray to his home parish) Throughout Synod,...

Synod Popular Report: Safeguarding the integrity of creation

By Andrew Rampton  The earth is the Lord’s and all the earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it, the world, and those that live in...

Why we celebrate the Season of Creation?

By Caroline Sharp Did you know that 99% of the time that humans have lived on earth, we have lived as hunter-gatherers? During this...

Playing “peek-a-boo” with God’s creation

By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle There is a period in the life of infants when they seem to believe that anything they cannot see no...

This disease has a theological term: Sin

On a warm June evening, a call was answered. On June 3, over twenty thousand people marched in Kitchener, Ontario with signs raised,...

Diocese of Huron committed to social justice, equity, and anti-racism

Statement from Rt. Rev. Dr. Todd Townshend, Bishop of Huron, on June 2, 2020: As part of our Baptismal Covenant, Anglicans promise to...

Celebrating Pentecost with Pride

By Sydney Brouillard-Coyle Pentecost will be celebrated on Sunday, May 31, but the season of Pentecost will continue for the next...

“I’m Coming Out” – A Celebration of National Coming Out Day

By Sydney Brouillard-Coyle Our world has a beautiful diversity. Throughout creation, we can see God’s hand at play – in sunrise and...

Tolling the bells for Nova Scotia’s victims

By Rev. Greg Little Easter Sunday, I rang the bell at St. James Anglican Church in Parkhill, Ontario at 9:00 a.m.  This was in...

Will our sense of ‘normal’ be transformed by this experience?

By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle I am writing this at the end of a week in which the bulk of my time has been spent trying to find...

A resurgence of the mind of Christ

By Rev. Rosalyn Elm The last two weeks our Canadian news cycle has been blowing up with the Wet’suwet’en Coastal GasLink blockade the...

Lenten reflection: Give it up for the Earth

By Nancy Harvey We are experiencing a Climate Emergency! I am called to ACTION this Season of Lent. This year I will be sharing a...

Friendly and welcoming? Here’s your checklist!

By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle Churches love to say that we are friendly and welcoming. No doubt there is a lot of truth to...

What could we do better: challenging ourselves in a new year

By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle As we enter into a new year, in fact, a new decade, space is created for us to challenge ourselves, to...

Consider your duty as a Mother of the Earth

Women are in tune with the cycles of life.  Even our bodies are in constant flux over the course of a month.  Major changes occur...

Entering Advent with a purple bishop tree

By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle Only a few days after the episcopal election in Huron, a friend posted a picture of a “Purple Bishop...

I believe in God… creator of Heaven and Earth…

Change is coming: Anglican churches in Huron participated in Global Climate Strike on September 20 and 27. On September 27 thousands of...

Church is an ideal place to engage with climate change

By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle Got a package full of wishes,a time machine, a magic wand,a globe made out of gold No instructions or...

Bishop Linda Nicholls calls on the Provincial Government to rethink the cancellation of the tree planting program

The Anglican Diocese of Huron will start off its 178th synod on Sunday, May 26 by planting a tree on the lawn of St. Paul’s Cathedral,...

Bread but no butter: the welfare diet, again

By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle Back in 1995, the Ontario government, under Mike Harris, gutted the social assistance programs and...

'A burning heart, on fire for God'

By Caroline Sharp “The Christian life has three spiritual temperatures: a burning heart, on fire for God, a cold heart, and a...

Transforming the unjust structures of society

By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle An ambulance pulls up to the scene of an accident.  There is a young man lying on the ground.  He has...

The miracle of seeds: Dancing and singing with God

By Caroline Sharp “For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here...

Synod 2021: Video Presentations

A journey to Damascus − a pandemic version

 By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle “Now as (Saul) was going along and approaching Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around...

Church cracked open

By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle At the end May, the story broke that 215 bodies had been located at the site of a residential school...

Good Land: We are meant to be stewards of Creation

By Caroline Sharp Or the anger of the Lord will be kindled against you, and He will shut up the heavens so that there will be no rain...

Church Cracked Open: People's assumptions of you

By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle Take a moment to think about all the attributes that contribute to a first impression of you.  What...

An alabaster jar, broken, open to challenges

By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle While he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came with...

Where would Jesus be?

By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle We, who have been steeped in the tradition and story of Christianity.  We, who have heard the Gospel...

Holistic Christianity: Creation care for a beloved community

By Caroline Sharp As you may have guessed by now, Social and Ecological Justice Huron is knee deep in the book The Church Cracked...

Acknowledging minimum wage workers' struggles

What can we do to better embrace everybody, to better respect the dignity of every human being as we commit to do in our Baptismal...

Nature vs Nature: reshaping our learned behaviours

It takes mental maturity, open-mindedness, and humility to honestly analyze whether the decisions we’ve made in the past were correct...

Provincial election: We can influence decision-makers

To what extent can we use the strength of our faith in Jesus Christ to proclaim with our siblings across faith traditions that it...

How to deal with environmental anxiety

By Caroline Sharp I recently came across a scholarly article titled The Pastoral Challenge of the Environmental Crisis: Environmental...

Plastic plants - oh so easy to tuck them away!

By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle   Does your church have plastic plants? They can provide a useful source of colour in otherwise drab...

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (Orange Shirt Day)

By Caroline Sharp This article contains sensitive content which some people may find offensive or disturbing. Phyllis Webstad has a...

'Waiting for better circumstances': Mary's story

By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle Mary* is looking for a trailer for the winter. The comment popped up as my friend and I were going...

What choices will we make this year?

By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle How many take advantage of ‘Black Friday’ shopping? How many shop on ‘Cyber Monday’? How much effort...

In the beginning: A reflection on creation stories

By Caroline N. Sharp Advent is my favourite liturgical season; it always has been since I was a little girl. The story of Christ’s...

Church and climate crisis: How are we doing?

By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle Leading up to Christmas 2022, a winter storm hit that wreaked havoc throughout Ontario. People were...

Make connections with Jesus’ people!

By Caroline N. Sharp Lent has got to be the most exciting time in Jesus’ ministry. Everything he’s done for the past few years is...

My personal journey of going 'zero waste'

By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle Near the beginning of Lent this year, I was reminded that the Lenten discipline I had chosen back in...

Inclusion and diversity in communities of faith

By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle It is a typical Sunday morning. Worship has started. Loud utterances are heard outside signaling that...

There will be times when... (A note on "banned books")

There will be times when you walk into a room and no one there is quite like you until the day you begin to share your stories. By...

Honouring gifts of Creation: Let justice and peace flow

By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle The Internet can be filled with pearls of wisdom. Recently I came across a story where a farmer tells...

How to decolonize a government?

By Caroline N. Sharp You may or may not have read in the news that a Guatemalan firm has reached out to Canada in support of First...