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Rev Michael Coren

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Priest and author. 20 books - 12 languages, 7 bestsellers. Writes for Toronto Star, Globe & Mail, The Oldie, Daily Telegraph, Premier Magazine, ipaper, The Times, Church Times, The Spectator. www.michaelcoren.com

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05.03.2026 15:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Notebook: Michael Coren Changing sides ASH WEDNESDAY went off very well this year. Morning and evening services at the church, and then to a care home in the afternoon β€” though I must admit that telling particularly elderly people that to dust they shall return always ma...

"We have to ask whether, in our sacrifices, we can come closer to Christ."

In this week's Notebook, @revmichaelcoren.bsky.social ✍️ on Ash Wednesday, William Tyndale, years of dieting, receiving abuse on social media, and Lenten fasts

01.03.2026 22:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Notebook: Michael Coren Michael CorenΒ on Ash Wednesday, William Tyndale, years of dieting, and receiving abuse on social media

My latest for @churchtimes.bsky.social
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...

27.02.2026 02:21 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Viewpoint with Michael Coren: Anti-Semitism has never quite left β€˜I am acutely aware that, whether I am a Christian priest or not, there are still people who detest me simply for my heritage’

My latest for @churchtimes.bsky.social
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...

13.02.2026 00:59 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Please delete this. Thanks.

07.02.2026 21:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Like the Bible?

07.02.2026 20:41 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Just booked our flight and hotel for New York in late March. It's the opening of Giant on Broadway. The play, cast, writer won countless awards in London. John Lithgow continues as Roald Dahl but the actor who plays me is new. Never had this on my list of predictions!

03.02.2026 11:21 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion: I’ve been a priest for seven years. How do I do this job when the world looks so grim? It’s because, and not in spite of this, that the church and its people have more relevance and significance than ever

My latest @theglobeandmail.com column
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31.01.2026 11:17 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks!!

27.01.2026 22:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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NEW RELEASE β€” Diary of a Low-Born Cleric by Michael Coren (@revmichaelcoren.bsky.social)

β€œThis godless heathen was enchanted, amused, and wholly engaged by Michael Coren's delightful book.” β€” Stephen Fry

Order today: buff.ly/w10I7PJ

#DiaryofaLowBornCleric #MichaelCoren #memoir

27.01.2026 19:54 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Michael Coren: I’m celebrating my first birthday, but not how you may think "I always comforted myself that drink was a wonderful servant but a terrible master and that I would always be the one in charge. But that relationship began to flip,

My latest for @torontostar.bsky.social
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27.01.2026 10:57 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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This is causing such pain and division. I regard myself as an orthodox Christian, even quite theologically conservative, but I've seen so much authentic Christian love, sacrifice, and commitment in same-sex unions. I pray to God that the Church of England can move forward.

16.01.2026 16:03 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I'll be presiding and preaching today at St. Luke's, Burlington at 8.15 and 10am - all are welcome.

11.01.2026 09:00 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Reading numerous comments from Christians about Philip Yancey and far too many seem to be almost enjoying the situation and rejoicing in judgement. They'll deny this of course but not the first time I've seen such behaviour.

09.01.2026 14:32 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Notebook: Michael Coren Michael Coren on the gift of grandparenting, the expectation of Advent, the dedication of care workers, and fast news

My latest in @churchtimes.bsky.social
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...

02.01.2026 12:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Notebook: Michael Coren Michael Coren on the gift of grandparenting, the expectation of Advent, the dedication of care workers, and fast news

In this week's Notebook, @revmichaelcoren.bsky.social ✍️ on the gift of grandparenting, the expectation of Advent, the dedication of care workers, and fast news

02.01.2026 10:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Reading about Waterloo and discover that Prussian leader Field Marshal von BlΓΌcher believed he'd been impregnated by a French infantrymen and was about to give birth to an elephant. I wonder if it was African or Indian?

29.12.2025 11:47 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Santa was kind to me. But I can't find the question "Why are we so bloody awful?"

26.12.2025 14:10 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Michael Coren: A lesson from 1914: Living as if every day is Christmas Every day is Christmas. It could be. No trees, gifts, or family dinners but a world distended with joy, soaked in grace, where we regard everyone we see as precious

Me in @torontostar.bsky.social
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24.12.2025 10:37 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion: The only thing that will save Christianity is Christianity: humility, gentleness, mercy and forgiveness Christmas is more than just a cultural expression. But Christian nationalists on the one side and the Christian left on the other have sapped genuine spiritual meaning of the faith

Me in @theglobeandmail.com
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

23.12.2025 12:35 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Haha. Oh dear. I'm a bit of a Lewis nerd, and and was close to Walter Hooper, but have never found the source of the quote. But it's generally accepted. One of life's mysteries! Have a wonderful Christmas.

22.12.2025 12:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Not sure there is one. Sometimes happens with quotations.

22.12.2025 12:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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How to live by true Christmas values every day Within every other person, whoever and whatever they are, is the reflection of God

Me in @thetimes.com
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22.12.2025 11:23 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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My new book arrived today! Published in January.
www.amazon.ca/Diary-Low-Bo...

13.12.2025 20:31 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My son and I both have books published next year. His is an academic work about free will - he's a philosophy professor - and mine a diary of a year as a priest. Very different and his much more profound. It's also my 19th and his first. So, so proud of him.

04.12.2025 02:26 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Anti-Semitism still lurks in the shadows of Christianity It doesn’t matter, apparently, that Jesus and Paul were Jews and often speaking specifically to a Jewish audience.

My latest for @thespectator1828.bsky.social
www.spectator.co.uk/article/anti...

30.11.2025 07:17 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Anti-Semitism still lurks in the shadows of Christianity It doesn’t matter, apparently, that Jesus and Paul were Jews and often speaking specifically to a Jewish audience.

My latest for @thespectator1828.bsky.social
www.spectator.co.uk/article/anti...

30.11.2025 07:17 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Celebrity vicars do a great job. But if we think it’s about us, we’ve lost the plot Following The Spectator's critique of "funky vicars", Michael Coren pushes back, defending his fellow clergy in the public eye and questioning a culture that he says is quicker to sneer than to suppor...

My latest for Premier magazine.
www.premierchristianity.com/opinion/cele...

28.11.2025 12:16 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Giant Broadway Tickets : Music Box Theatre : Broadway Show : New York City : Schedules and Showtimes : Buy Your Tickets Now! NYC.com offers great prices and tickets for Giant at the Music Box Theatre Broadway New York. Complete show information, maps, directions and reviews. Save more with the trusted New York City experts,...

Giant opens on Broadway in March. John Lithgow still plays Roald Dahl of course but many of the cast have changed from the British run, including the actor playing me.
www.nyc.com/broadway_tic...

22.11.2025 00:46 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy birthday to The Chronicles of Narnia. It planted the first seeds of my Christian faith A childhood encounter with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe changed Michael Coren's life long before he understood its Christian meaning. On the book's 75th anniversary, he reflects on the seed th...

My latest for Premier Christianity magazine.
www.premierchristianity.com/opinion/happ...

21.11.2025 17:22 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0