In-Between

During the pandemic, the membrane between work and life became more permeable. Was that the reason for the exhaustion?

My Little Old Lady

I wanted to be kind and generous—but I always hoped my neighbour wouldn’t impose.

Look Up

Were they foolish or were they faithful

who looked for light in darkness?

I am with you on Thursdays

“I’m still here for you whenever you need me.”

Eye to Eye

As an ophthalmologist, I have had the privilege—and the pandemic risk—of seeing eye to eye with my patients. Did this proximity with strangers have something to teach me?

Dear Toronto

In this encounter and many more, I have come to experience the immense beauty, freedom, and safety within diversity—a glimpse of the new Jerusalem.

Dear Appa

I took it for granted then that I could call you and you would know what to do. I didn’t realize that it wouldn’t always be so.

Dear Gabe

Your mamma was not mad at the doctors for telling her that her situation would likely never change and that you were not possible. Doctors are trained to look at circumstances for what they are. They tend to look at norms and facts.

A Liturgy of Hiraeth

O God, God of Adam and Eve, God of humanity. We are homesick.

Homesick for a place we have never been, and yet long for deep in our souls.

Kioshkokwi Lake, Algonquin Park

Across the water, the deciduous put on their green.

Broken Together

We can’t be ashamed to reach out for help. We’re never as alone as we think.

Living in the And: Experiencing Lament and Grace in Pregnancy Loss

The way that the people of Israel collectively plead with God in the book of Lamentations also reminds us that grief can be felt corporately, in the communal body of the church.

The Unmasking

As through a dark glass. See how you are formed

By the Spirit’s subtlety, like dawn,

Which shines new light upon that face once more.

Re-membering the Body of Christ

We asked Grace Toronto congregants what life together looked like in our pandemic year.

Searching for Community at the Yonge Street Mission

Katie Cooper interviews Arleen Gomez about the organization’s efforts to serve the homeless during the pandemic.

What It Takes

It’s clear it takes some parents and a Walmart.

You Can Be Our Brother

Built on a robust theology of sexuality, Beyond Awkward Side Hugs casts a vision for strong, gendered relationships inside the church.

Thursday Night

In the circle of Oxford writers known as the “Inklings,” friendship was a boon to art.

The Coming Day

The following is a work of fiction based on a real situation which occurred in Toronto on Easter Sunday, 2020, at a downtown grocery store.

On Parting Well

Come now, you holy ones

who have tasted sweet honey,

who have spoken and were spoken to,

who have loved one another