Sour Grapes
By James Harbeck Sermon, Holy Trinity, October 1, 2017 Readings: Ezekiel 18:1–4, 25–32; Psalm 25:1–10; Philippians 2:1–13; Matthew 21: 23–32 I’m going to tell a little story today. I don’t know whether I’d call it a parable. It’s not quite a literal history. But it’s close enough. There was, once, a place that was very […]
Walking With Our Sisters
Walking With Our Sisters Website: www.walkingwithoursisters.ca Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WWOSTO/ Twitter @wwos1 #wwos Instagram: wwos_to This October in Toronto, there is a very special opportunity to honour and remember the more than a thousand, Indigenous women, girls and Two Spirit people who have been murdered or remain missing. Walking With Our Sisters is a commemorative art installation […]
Celebrating Canada’s Long History
July 2, 10:30 am. We gather with each other and with Treaty Canoe. ربح فلوس We will sing together, hear readings from Ryan McMahon, Christi Belcourt and the Gospel. We will reflect on our country, history and ourselves and respond as we are called and able. We will share the gifts of the land and […]
Canada By Treaty: Histories of a Negotiated Place
April 28 – May 25, Hart House Map Room Exhibit The exhibit explores treaties, those legal agreements with Indigenous peoples that allowed non-Indigenous people to live on and own land in what is now Canada. The four-week exhibit responds to the 150th anniversary of Confederation by explaining in accessible language the long history of treaty making, […]
Canada and First Nations – Our Shared History – Aug 11
Before there can be reconciliation, there must be truth. The Treaty People group is hosting a pair of Kairos Blanket Exercises on August 11. One at noon and again at 5:30pm. The Blanket Exercise is a visceral way to hear and enter into the history of indigenous peoples and settlers in North America. It provides […]
Intergenerational Blanket Exercise 2 PM Sunday, February 21
The Treaty People group at Holy Trinity is hosting an Intergenerational Blanket Exercise on February 21 at 2pm using the KAIROS process. The Blanket Exercise is a visceral way to hear and enter into the history of indigenous peoples and settlers in North America. It provides a starting point for doing the work the Truth […]
a long walk to freedom
On February 21 at 10:30am we will reprise a powerful theme from last year: “Freedom”. We’ve been digging the roots of african-american spirituals. We were particularly moved by an interview and song sharing with Joe Carter you can listen to here. I would encourage you to listen, whether you are going to attend this service or […]
Feast – reflecting on community and intimacy
Our liturgy this morning was on the theme of feast. I am including the reflection I shared, in both text and video forms as well as the bulletin which has most of the service text. There are a few bits missing from the bulletin, but the most exciting bit was that the Fallen Angles played […]