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Jonathan Turtle

The Rev. Jonathan Turtle is the Incumbent of the Parish of Craighurst and Midhurst, a two-point rural parish in the northern part of the Diocese of Toronto, where he lives and serves with his wife Christina and their four children Charlotte, Grace, Joseph, and Samuel.
Upon completing his divinity studies at Wycliffe College he served his curacy at the Church of St. Mary and St. Martha, a then newly amalgamated church comprised of four parishes. He is an advocate for self-consciously owning the strangeness of the gospel as it relates to the Church’s worship and witness. Otherwise he enjoys being outdoors, strength training, watching British detective shows, and writing bios in the third person.

Parables, Power, and Perseverance

Jonathan Turtle
January 8, 2021
Anglican Church of Canada, Bible, Commentary, Exegesis, Good Book Club
Mark 4:1-6:29 By Jonathan Turtle In chapters four through six of Mark’s Gospel, the reader is introduced to the purpose of Christ’s parables, the nature of Christ’s power, and the perseverance required of C... Read More...

Confronted by the Word

Jonathan Turtle
December 4, 2020
Anglican Church of Canada, Bible, Commentary, Lay Voices on Preaching
By Jonathan Turtle It is undoubtedly the case that exposure to the Bible — hearing it, reading it, praying it, meditating upon it — is central to the Christian life. Anglicans, of all people, heirs to the Th... Read More...

The Sixth Commandment: Thou Shalt not Murder

Jonathan Turtle
September 9, 2020
Anglican Church of Canada, Bible, Catechesis, Commentary, Ethics, Ten Commandments
Part of a series on the Ten Commandments. By Jonathan Turtle At face value the prohibition against murder is perhaps the easiest one to keep. As a moral law that is written on our hearts and that can be a... Read More...

Reflections on Praying from Home

Jonathan Turtle
August 12, 2020
Anglican Church of Canada, Commentary, Liturgy, Ministry
By Jonathan Turtle It’s Sunday morning and I am on holiday. My family (wife plus four children aged 9, 7, 4, and 2) and I have just finished saying Mass in the oratory I have erected in the modestly sized st... Read More...

Wholly to this One Thing

Jonathan Turtle
June 9, 2020
Anglican Church of Canada, Commentary, Ministry
By Jonathan Turtle Christian priests and ministers of the gospel are called with precision and urgency to a single burning passion. Yes, particular individuals may have many and varied interests but the offi... Read More...

The Genesis of the World by the Word

Jonathan Turtle
January 6, 2020
Anglican Church of Canada, Bible, Commentary, Contributors, Good Book Club
John begins his Gospel with a recapitulation of the creation account in Genesis.

How to Save a Dying Church

Jonathan Turtle
November 22, 2019
Anglican Church of Canada, Commentary, Contributors, Humor
If you’re a Christian in the West chances are your church is in decline. And if you are a mainline Christian in the West well, you had a good run.

Love, but Not Like That

Jonathan Turtle
October 10, 2019
Anglican Church of Canada, Commentary, Contributors
If we want to understand what Christian love is, we must begin not by talking about ourselves but by talking about the God who loves and whose love looks like Jesus Christ and him crucified for the remission of our sins.
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