Dance With Me

Dance With Me

During Advent we look forward to the Word of God, incarnate, coming into the world—to the True Light coming into the darkness. Like John the Baptist, we “bear witness to the light, that all might believe” through us. This week we will continue sharing stories of lives...
This Ground is Holy

This Ground is Holy

Years before CTR was launched, I felt God was calling me in a new direction. I had been attending a non-liturgical church for some time before moving to Christ Church Hamilton, and within the first few months Fr. Liias began talking about planting a new church. I knew...

Reflections on Rocky Places

It was March 2016 when my large family timidly entered the sanctuary at CTR for the first time. We were a family on the rocks. One of our children had been suffering ongoing acute effects of early trauma in the foster care system. I had believed that I was responsible...

Halloween, All Saints, and All Souls

We have entered a full and potentially confusing week in the Church’s year. Halloween Today our communities are celebrating Halloween. I find Christians have ambivalent feelings about the day, as observances can range anywhere from innocent costume parties with...
Forming Children at CTR

Forming Children at CTR

Three little inquisitive sets of eyes stare up at the well-loved brass crucifix I am holding. The other five sets of eyes are engaged in various activities around the room such as block building, puzzles, trying on fuzzy socks, and various forms of chewing. “Who is...
Confessions of Your Senior Warden

Confessions of Your Senior Warden

We were out in God’s creation on a spectacularly beautiful day, hiking Cadillac Mountain in Maine. The weather was cool and crisp. We could see all the boats below in Bar Harbor. It was the kind of day that made me never want to live anyplace else besides New England....