Jeffrey Metcalfe

Who am I? Maybe where is a better question. Landscapes, after all, shape our meaning. I dwell at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and St. Charles rivers, within the territory of the Huron-Wendat, near the littoral zone of Quebec City, in the heart of French North America. Here, Where the River Narrows, I find myself reflecting on the many in-between spaces: sacred and secular, world and spirit, faith and doubt.

I stand here as an Anglican theologian and priest, whose PhD research explored belonging, race, and place in the Quebec context—a theology worked out not only in the streets, but also in the marshes, mountains, boreal forests, and the fleuve, with which we, and all our creaturely kin, ebb and flow.

Littorally Speaking is a collection of my fieldnotes from the sacred edge, a generative space where diverse lifeways converge, allowing for mutually enriching entanglements and encounters. In a time of great ecological and institutional unraveling, it aims to inhabit hope—rooted and grounded in love. The reflections shared here are my own and do not represent the official views of the Diocese of Quebec.

Beyond These Shores

Below I have gathered some of my reflections published beyond Littorally Speaking. Here you’ll find essays, reflections, and interviews that have appeared in other publications, engaging with the intersections of faith, culture, and place.

I have been interviewed in Trinity Magazine and The Living Church about my work in Quebec—exploring theology, land, and the Church’s future in a changing world. You can read them here and here.