Thanks Lisa Vaughan who joined Neil Mancor and me this past week for a great conversation around Anglican parishes, leadership, community and outreach. Our Facebook Live broadcast brought together folks from Spiritual Formation for Discipleship: A Network for Canadian Anglicans and connected with others from all across our Canadian Church. Pew and Beyond is a... Continue Reading →
To say that my recent blog concerning the future of Anglican parish ministry in Canada has attracted much interest and attention is no exaggeration. To date, almost 900 viewers have read all or part of the essay, some leaving comments and others (laity and all orders of clergy) requesting conversations. In order to moderate my... Continue Reading →
Photo Credit: Loretta Cooper “Consider the ministry. You will have lots of time for reading, and will be able to run your own show by thirty.” Such was the claim made by the Rev. David Ashforth, coordinator of the West London Chaplaincy, an ecumenical student ministry at various colleges in West London (UK), including my... Continue Reading →
It is commonly suggested that in North America at least, size matters! The larger the number, the longer the length, the heavier the tonnage, large is lovely. The more the merrier in our neoliberal economic world. So how do you react to the number 20,000? Is this a truly large number? With most people I... Continue Reading →
A photo of Ellie Johnson talking with Bishop Willie Pwaisiho in the Solomon Islands in May 1996 On bookstore shelves it is the biographies which interest me most. The great stories of great people both entertain and inspire me, and I don’t think I am alone. When I say “great” people I don’t mean those... Continue Reading →
I play with my feet; true story. No I am not twiddling with my toes or trimming my nails during boring meetings or conversing with friends and colleagues; that would be rude. When I play the organ however, I play with my hands and in equal measure I play with my feet. People know that... Continue Reading →
At a time when poets and poetic enthusiasts are more easily look outward, bursting with resolutions, memories and convictions, W H Auden (1907 – 1973) has us look inward, to the miraculous biology within our very bodies, a liveliness which continues unabated and under-appreciated, until life flows from it. Of Auden’s sumptuous expression, itself informed and... Continue Reading →
It was the 13th century Saint Francis who started the tradition of the Crèche, a practice continuing to inspire the faithful today. In order to excite the inhabitants of Grecio in Central Italy, to commemorate the nativity of the Infant Jesus he was determined to keep it, with all possible solemnity without falling into the... Continue Reading →
We sing them every year, over and over again. We start singing sometime after Remembrance Day, in public and in private, sometimes loud and with confidence, and at other times in tones barely audible. We sing many from memory; for others we need lyric sheets. But admit it, we all sing, though this year with... Continue Reading →
The GRAY FAMILY NEWS It is my distinct pleasure to compose this year’s Gray family Christmas letter. Admittedly others were asked first, but they demurred. So I present here my low level, nose to the ground summary accounting for the Gray family during 2022, who join me in wishing all readers, near and far, the... Continue Reading →
Take Note - Reflections on life, music, politics, retirement and more by Ken Gray 