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The Skills We Need Now
What does faith and spirituality have to contribute to solving the biggest issues of our time? I think most of us recognize that there...
Minister
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The inner place of the soul
Greetings to the Friends, Neighbours and Members of Cressy Glenora Church, I have the benefit of speaking to people about their faith and...
Minister
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Ah, Summer!
Greetings to the Friends, Neighbours and Members of Cressy Glenora Church, Ah, it's summer! I marked the day by heading to Sandbanks in...
Minister
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Walking the Aisles
June 15, 2023 Greetings to the Friends, Neighbours and Members of Cressy Glenora Church, When I was studying in Montreal, I often visited...
Minister
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Stop and smell the lilacs
Greetings to the Friends, Neighbours and Members of Cressy Glenora Church, How do we speak about the experiences of life that go beyond...
Minister
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The Mystery of Life Called Spring
Greetings to the Friends, Neighbours and Members of Cressy Glenora Church, What makes a house a home? One of the great spiritual teachers...
Minister
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Happy Easter
"Oh, I could write a sonnet about your Easter bonnet, And of the one I'm taking to the Easter Parade." ~ Bing Crosby Today on Easter...
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I believe you...
I believe you. These are some of the most powerful, life-changing words we can say to another person.For example, how many times has this...
Minister
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Call for Tenders (April Fool's Joke!)
Proposal - Church Sanctuary Building to Be Moved Cressy Glenora Church is seeking tenders to move the sanctuary building from its current...
Minister
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P.I.E. Day
Oh, the earth is slowly waking up from under its blanket of snow. That's been the theme around here this winter: living under a blanket...
Minister
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Checking in...
Warm greetings to the Friends, Neighbours and Members of Cressy Glenora Church, I'm back from vacation and it was wonderful. I went down...
Minister
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The snow shovellin' life
The sanctuary building looked handsome after the snowfall last week. I paused to take a photo in appreciation. Our sanctuary has been...
Minister
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Snow Day
Remember when we used to look forward to "snow days?" We'd get the day off of school. We'd put on our parka and toque. Maybe a parent...
Minister
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Wintering
Here are some words by Donna Ashworth... "You may think yourself lazy, or flawed. Yet your body is made of almost exactly the same...
Minister
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Junk drawer
If you don't have a junk drawer at home, you can stop reading here and I'll see you next week. But if you DO have a junk drawer--like 99%...
Minister
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Sprouts
You may find it surprising that a student minister would recommend a book called Leaving Church! But the book, written by Barbara Brown...
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Nature photo competitions
The beginning of 2023 is a wonderful time to turn our mind's-eye to the year ahead. As a spiritual exercise (no matter your background),...
Minister
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Our minister in local documentary
As many of you may know, I moved here from the big city. Montreal had lots of opportunities... for work, for culture and for being...
Minister
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A difficult conversation: addiction is not a choice
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is Canada's largest mental health teaching hospital and one of the world's leading...
Minister
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