A sermon from Su McLeod, Director of supporter relations, Alongside Hope (formerly the Canadian Anglican Primateโs World Relief and Development Fund) on Sunday June 1, 2025 at St. John the Divine Anglican Church, Victoria BC [Ken Gray] OUR UNPLANNED VISIT to my childhood church, St. Johnโs Iin Victoria brought to life so many fond memories... Continue Reading →
โAsk not what the climate is doing to your country, but what your country can do for the climateโ โ Prime Minister Mark Carney
[Ken Gray] It was a pleasure to visit the church of my childhood and later years, St. John the Divine in Victoria this past Sunday. I attended in order to co-sign a letter to Canadian Minister Mark Carney asking him to honour his previous commitments (Value(s), p. xv) to create policy which protects the environment... Continue Reading →
Sabotage Disguised as Stewardship: Why the Damage May Be Irreversible
How a calculated campaign of cuts, tariffs, and institutional erosion is dismantling the American futureโone budget line at a time. Re-post from James B. Greenberg May 20, 2025 You can kill a country without firing a shot. All it takes is dismantling the systems that make collective life possibleโeducation, science, public health, infrastructureโand calling it... Continue Reading →
Pedalling pilgrims for the planet includes Anglicans
Posted by James Morgan | May 11, 2025 | TheReview.ca -- UPDATED [Ken Gray] Many have found the spiritual discipline of pilgrimage helpful as a way to integrate physical exercise with respect for creation and as a way to advocate for a healthy world. In other posts I have focused on these themes, not less... Continue Reading →
The promise of protests in Panama
[Ken Gray writes] We donโt hear much about Panama these days given other media priorities. During a meeting of Anglicans including one Anglican Archbishop I was concerned to learn of mass protests in Panama, three in particular, that will influence the quality of life and exercise of freedom going forward. The cruelty of the Trump... Continue Reading →
Lamb
A sermon for the congregation of St. Stephen, Summerland on the 4th Sunday of Easter Season, May 11, 2025 โ The Very Rev. Ken Gray Every once in a while a hymn arrests me; it makes me stop in my tracks, and I go WOW. This happened last week when I presided at St. Saviourโs... Continue Reading →
The Real Hoax: Why Climate Denial Persistsโand Who Profits from the Delay
How Climate Denial Fuels Profit, Power, and the Politics of Collapse James B. Greenberg May 06, 2025 Trumpโs climate denial isnโt a lapse in judgment. Itโs a calculated defense of an industry that knows exactly what itโs doing. His โdrill baby drillโ mantra, his war on renewables, his rollbacks of environmental safeguardsโthey all serve one... Continue Reading →
Pope Francis and Our Common Home
Left: Bishop Duque at a Methodist assembly in Medellรญn in 2012. Right: Pope Francis meets representatives of social movements in 2024. With thanks to Jim Hodgson whose post is here. As the world remembers the late Pope, I join with others who reflect on his legacy. Commenters identify his work as a church reformer, some... Continue Reading →
Thatโs the way it is โ Wednesday April 16, 2025
AKA What happens when grown-ups leave the room A reader recently directed me to Oregonโs Bay Area on Facebook, a most interesting connection. While I had another project in development I thought this marvellous summary of whatโs happening in the US deserved my, and your attention today. I am reminded of CBS News anchor Walter... Continue Reading →
Democracy is not a spectator sport โ Advice to Americans from one Canadian
[Ken Gray] Today, I have joined the ranks of the disheartened. FAKE NEWS, though I am stymied by the number and severity of the many horror stories I discover daily. With so many different fronts on which to report, attacks on the leadership of the National Security Agency, potential threats to peaceful protest, the destruction... Continue Reading →