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 […]
Our Father Ground of The World, May your name come alive in us. Carry us… For Your life awakening in all that we do on earth- this is our heart’s deepest longing. May we feel Your being in our being, nourishing us in every moment. May we feel Your love even as we fail to love. We know […]
All parents know what it is like when a child says; me, me! No daddy, I want to do it myself! You go away! And this universal parental experience, points to something that we all know; human souls strive for independence. And this is good. We begin by wanting to pour our own glass of […]
Going to the Service Every Day A report on the life giving effect of going to The Act of Consecration, by a member, Richard Chomko Following the start of the Seminary I thought I’d take advantage of the opportunity to attend the Act of Consecration of Man service every day it was celebrated, just because […]
