My Buddy Oden

A few months after moving to London our neighours - the Spellers - told us they had a dog. I was very surprised. In the five or six months we had been living next door we had never heard so much as a whimper, let along a barking dog. All I could do was take... Continue Reading →

January 21, 2017 5

The Difference a Year Makes

A year ago today, a team of folks from St Aidan's Refugee Resettlement Team (SARRT) made a trip Ea st on Hwy 401 to meet the Mokayed family. Ahmad, Alaa, Abdulkader, and Sara had arrived in Canada the night before and would be moving to London to make a new life. The SARRT had already... Continue Reading →

January 14, 2017 1

Are you Vexed?

We have sanitised the story of Jesus of Nazareth. We have painted Jesus meek and mild, serene and perfect. We have done so in our worship, our prayers, our hymnary, our theology and indeed in paintings themselves. But we now from the gospel stories themselves that the life of this Jewish cynic was not the life of Beaver Cleaver.

January 12, 2017 0

When I Survey that Wonderous Cross

Our Church building is now it's it's 50th year. There are so many stories to be shared when it comes to our worship space and how it come to be. I hope to share some of those stories, from time to time, on this blog, throughout 2017. Ever survey the large cross over the Altar... Continue Reading →

January 8, 2017 1

God, The-Chance-for-Something-Absolutely-New

I sometimes feel like the church relies far too much upon rational management techniques, and far too little on God, The-Chance-for-Something-Absolutely-New. If we are able to access this God of new chances, even at our dimmest moments we might remember that as God's beloved, we indeed can bring some Light, some Hope, some Love, and some Possibility to the people around us.... and if we are not careful - to the church. I hope we can all hear the voice of that God.