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Grounded in a history of social justice and hospitality, open to Spirit and creativity, mindful of the Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and unwilling to settle for easy answers — the community of the Church of the Holy Trinity has always had a heart for the city in the heart of downtown Toronto.
In
solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en, and in defense of indigenous
sovereignty across Canada, we call upon the government of Canada and
the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to immediately cease their
occupation, arrests, and trespassing on Wet’suwet’en sovereign
territory.
At
Holy Trinity, we have tried, as an urban community, to do what we can
for true reconciliation and renewal of relationship. Our Anglican
denomination has taken responsibility for the harms to indigenous
people of which it has been a part. We wish to believe the
government of Canada when you spoke in response to the Calls to
Action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. And yet, you
seem intent on continuing to aggressively support the destruction of
indigenous communities and sovereignty. This must stop.
Last week Keith and the Fallen Angles led us through reflections on darkness and light and during this fragile and frightening time we hold both in our hearts and in our lives. As we heard last week, in her poem “Blessed Are You” Jan Richardson said “Blessed are you; who bear the light; in unbearable times, who testify to its endurance amid the unendurable, who bear witness to its persistence when everything seems in shadow and grief.” These words rung true for me and helped me focus my words for today. Today we celebrate “the presentation.” I will try to look at “presentation” from a couple of angles, and ask your indulgence as I present some thoughts for your reflection.
Striving to live fully in all the pieces and places we are
Light and dark are often set up as the primary dualism or binary in our lives. And yet we desperately need both and all the space in between.
Our future as a community lies not in dualism, but in embracing ambiguity and multiplicity. We can set boundaries and then transcend them. We can revere the past and let it go. We can be fearful of the future and thrilled at possibility. We can love and be annoyed by the same people. We can be energized by ideas and exhausted by their implications. We can fear the dark and still need the rest it brings, We can exult in the light, but be too dazzled to act.
Let us take 5 minutes in this gentle candlelight to personally reflect on the readings I offered today:
