Author: The Rev'd Monique Taylor

Image by 8aKs_phOtOs8 from 8Pixabay The last time I wrote a blog for this section of our website we were ten months into the pandemic.  Who imagined that 26 months after our churches were first closed, we would only now be carefully coming out of that situation?  During that timeRead more

Advent has arrived; in fact, we are about to begin the second week. It seems like so long ago since we first had to close our churches, our schools, our businesses; and yet, it also seems as though the time has gone by very quickly. Each Sunday during Advent we lightRead more

The summer of 2020. How will we remember it? Will we remember day after day of clear blue skies and bright sunshine? Will we remember the warmth we long for during the cold and snowy months of the year? Will we remember the time we spent perhaps trying new recipes,Read more

The unusual thing about many of the things I am noticing, in this strange time, is that I am noticing them at all. I think that might be true for a lot of people. When we go into the grocery stores, we notice that many of the shelves seem thinlyRead more

Verses from Scripture and lines from literature have been coming to my mind in the past few weeks.  From Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times,” is one from literature that occurs to me on occasion.  From Scripture,Read more

As the turn of the calendar not only brings in the new year but a new decade, many people will have considered making a resolution: for example, one might resolve to change a less than-healthy habit, to be more active, less wasteful or more frugal. It is true that oftenRead more

There are so many things I love about the autumn. The beautiful colours of the trees; the hardy winter birds like the cedar waxwings, the juncos, the black-capped chickadees and the northern cardinal; the cooler weather and settling into the after-summer routine. That might explain, to some degree, why, ofRead more