What are we “worth?” Sometimes people measure their worth by the size of their income or investments, although we know there are many ways we cannot measure our worth to others in terms of dollars or euros… But it is deeply ingrained in our economic life that income is compensation for labour or merit. Effort, […]
On Becoming a Member of The Christian Community-by Richard Chomko I’ve been coming to services at the Christian Community in Toronto since before the turn of the century. I was even married in The Christian Community, brought our children to Sunday school and had them confirmed there. However, officially, I was not a member. My […]
The Weekly Word At Epiphany, not only do we celebrate the kings, we also celebrate the great baptism of Jesus. We celebrate the reception of Gods light and warmth coming down. We celebrate the Cosmic Sun-star of Grace gradually descending more and more into Jesus, more and more into the world, more and more into our hearts. […]
The winter solstice brings us the longest night, the shortest day of the year—around here about 8 hours of daylight. In Nunavut 2000 kilometers to the north, the last sunrise of the decade was in mid-November, the next sunrise will be the end of January. The darkness is very present in our lives…outside and inside, […]
Let us imagine for a moment that we are Peter in our gospel last week, John 21. Christ Jesus is standing before and He asks, ‘Do you love me?’ What would we say? For Christ is not demanding our love, he is not saying ‘you must love me.’ He asks us in freedom, do you love […]
On Christmas at dawn we enter a hushed and holy time. In our imaginations we could feel ourselves with the shepherds on the fields, watching their sheep under the starry heavens. All the intensity of daily life, which has occupied and distracted us until now, could be represented as a great sphere connected with a […]
Rev. Evans asked Lidia Marie G. to share with us about what The Act of Consecration means to her. This is what she wrote: “I woke up empty (this is not a first as it is mostly a lifelong story in this life of mine). So, I opt for the first aid kit -verses, prayers, […]
The opening celebration of The Seminary here in Toronto will not soon be forgotten. And one of the most significant moments at that special happening was, as we all sang Amazing Grace, most everyone stood up, standing to recognizing something holy…it was like a modern-day revival here in this building! Also, every time we celebrate The Act of […]
The Christian year begins with three festivals that belong together: Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. They come together out of the realm of the Father God. We consider the Father’s working in the past, leading the world and the human being to the present, which we have heard described in the epistle of the Trinitarian weeks: […]
We have around us a touching picture in nature: the leaves on the trees have fallen. At first, we mourn the loss of the canopy of leaves, and then we notice what is revealed by this loss: the bare, expressive branches of the trees reaching up and out, as dramatic gestures to “read.” And suddenly […]
