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We had a beautiful baptism last Sunday at our 10 a.m. service! Baptisms are always joyful occasions, but this one felt especially warm and energetic, with full pews and lots of children running around. It was interesting to me that even with all that activity, the baby being baptized slept through the entire thing! In…
Message from the Curate In the Lunar calendar, we celebrated New Year on 22nd of January. It is one of the biggest holidays in many Asian countries influenced by Chinese culture. And Chinese community will celebrate lantern festival on 5th of February. I am not quite sure about the exact connection between the way we…
Is our Christian faith a matter of evidence? A matter of learned analysis? In his discourse on wisdom in 1st Corinthians, Paul suggests otherwise. Paul depicts the faith expectations of his time as driven by signs and wisdom – “Jews require signs and Greeks seek wisdom.” This challenges us in our time to consider our…
As some of you may know, my son, James, was diagnosed with autism in April. He will be three years old at the end of November, but he is very much on his own developmental timeline. He is particularly behind in communications skills. The last couple of weeks, though, we have seen amazing growth in…
“As for you, always be sober, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, carry out your ministry fully.” – 2 Timothy 4:5 With autumn come a number of predictable things—beautiful leaves, the sudden urge to make soup, and pumpkin spice everything. In the life of the Church in this time of the year, we have…
“All things come of thee, O Lord, and of thine own have we given thee.” I have always loved this verse, which we say every Sunday at our 8:00 service from the Book of Common Prayer. It is part of our prayer after the altar has been prepared for Eucharist, as we offer our gifts…
Today is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. It is a time for us to pause and reflect, to remember the children who died while forced to attend residential schools, as well as the survivors and the communities who have suffered trauma as a result. It is a day to commit ourselves, again, to the…
Last Sunday evening, I set my alarm for 1:55 a.m. so that I could get up to watch the coverage of the queen’s funeral. It seemed like such a great idea, until I was awoken in the middle of a very deep sleep. I almost turned the alarm off and kept resting, but I’m so…
I’ve had a few ‘pandemic’ hobbies. Like others I started baking bread from my own sourdough starter: Bob. Bob lasted about 8months until my family grew bored with homemade sourdough and Bob turned red. I started doing yoga each morning (that lasted longer and I still try to do it), and I started knitting. I…
This weekend, Joe is headed to Portland for a wedding reception for our niece, who was married during Covid. (If you’re wondering where I am, I will be taking vacation for the coming week, as I care for the little ones in his absence and then spend time with family who will visit us up…