In the memoir which begins this book, Michael Pitts, retired Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal, looks back over a multi-coloured life in active ministry that took him from England to Finland and Russia, Sweden and France to Canada and the remote north coast of Quebec. And in the forward-looking collection of writings which follow, he looks toward the great challenges facing the institutional Church and Christianity itself in an increasingly secularized world.

In his fifty years of ministry, Michael Pitts has always sought to find a pathway of faith that neither negates the truths of science nor the Christian teachings which contain keys to human harmony with all people and with our planet. In the series of thoughtful and questioning writings presented in this book, he explores these difficult topics with intelligence, unflinching honesty, and clarity that will resonate with laypeople and clergy alike.