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The Ven. Dr. Michael Thompson

The Ven. Dr. Michael Thompson has served in parishes in Edmonton, Toronto, and Niagara, as well as at Trinity College and as principal secretary to the Primate. He currently serves in the ministry of St. Jude’s Church in Oakville, where he lives with his family.

Deacons: proclaiming the alternative kingdom

Deacons: proclaiming the alternative kingdom

Diaconal ministry points to our lives’ purpose.

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Tending communion with croziers

Tending communion with croziers

How bishops are more than just church celebrities.

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A witness to the holy in a bleared, smeared world

A witness to the holy in a bleared, smeared world

The world is charged with the grandeur of God.

It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;

It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil

Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?

Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;

And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;

And wears man’s smudge & shares [...]

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Becoming bread

Becoming bread

The young man joins the crowd at the edge of the water. He hears the preacher’s words, abrasive words made harsher by the shouting that makes the baptist audible above the rumble of a thousand murmurs.

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Questions that pull beyond the horizon

“Why can’t reason give us greater answers? Why can we throw a question further than we can pull in an answer?” — Piscine Molitor Patel, narrator of The Life of Pi
With respect to the author, Pi’s question isn’t really a child’s question. The child’s question would be more like, “When I throw this question over [...]

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Setting Sail: Conversations before General Synod

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