PENTECOST SUNDAY | The Descent of the Holy Spirit

Even though most of us think of heaven and earth as distinct places, we also believe there can be “thin places” where the two are very close, overlapping even.

AND WE DANCE | Ascension Continued

The Feast of the Ascension of our Lord has traditionally been celebrated on a Thursday, the fortieth day after Easter.

Biblical Echoes in the Fight for Indigenous Rights Bill C-262.

Christians have a foundational story that for thousands of years has fashioned our social ethic towards vigorous compassion and social engagement in solidarity with marginalized and oppressed peoples…

Orthodox Icon of the Ascension of Christ

THE FEAST OF THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD | Forty Days after Easter

From a young age, I was taught that the ascension of Jesus meant that Jesus was the first human to ascend to heaven, and that we, his followers, would one day go to be with him there.

Engraving of "The Vision of The Valley of The Dry Bones" by Gustave Doré

DEAD BONES AND SHINING CITIES

In Ezekiel’s dream, the breath of God awakens and reconnects the bones of the fragmented selves, renews their flesh and returns to them their own life’s breath before placing them back on their own soil.