A Sermon originally preached on Good Friday 2013 This Fourth Word from the Cross takes us into much deeper, darker places. As we have...

A Sermon originally preached on Good Friday 2013 ‘Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign...

A Sermon originally preached on Good Friday 2013 There was a certain irony in the First Word from the Cross: unless Jesus spread out his...

I had been reading about people using Artificial Intelligence (or AI) to write text for them. You can enter a prompt like ‘write a poem...

A Sermon originally preached on Good Friday 2013 There is something profoundly scandalous about this First Word from the Cross. Come to...

Three years later, I'm seeing lots of church friends posting memories of the innovative work we were all doing at the beginning of the...

The hardest part of my struggles with anxiety was learning how to live with it. My therapist used to regularly remind me that my surges...

Last year, I wrote about how we need to stop talking about people working for the church as if they were ‘volunteers’ and start talking...

Taking time off for mental health leave was one of the hardest things I’ve had to do in twenty years of ordained ministry. I was...

The Prayer of the Venerable Aelred, Abbot of Rielvaux. Meant for Prelates and Especially Abbots Composed and Used by Him VI. Indeed, O my...

As I started writing this column, people were up in arms about Memorial University’s decision not to include the Ode to Newfoundland as...

The Prayer of the Venerable Aelred, Abbot of Rielvaux. Meant for Prelates and Especially Abbots Composed and Used by Him IV. But in...

The Prayer of the Venerable Aelred, Abbot of Rielvaux. Meant for Prelates and Especially Abbots Composed and Used by Him III. And so I...

Heath Ledger's Joker said 'If you're good at something, never give it away for free.' My wife also keeps telling me not to give away my...

One of the problems with doing a ‘new thing’ is when it is not recognized, or even perceived. As nearly every parish in the diocese is...

Conversations about mental health are important conversations to have. We’re getting better about having them and treating them as...

Anxiety is actually one of our bodies’ natural responses to stressful situations, and can be a very healthy one. Anxiety is part of the...

In February, I had a mental health crisis: what we used to call a ‘mental breakdown’. As far as crises go, mine was pretty minor, but it...

It’s time for the church to stop relying on volunteers. That sounds like a harsh thing to say. More than ever before, the work of the...

As I write, we have returned to a season of enhanced precautions and online worship. To say that we’re starting to get tired of the...