December 2021
Changing Church – Part 2
Ordaining Women She stood out in her red tartan mini dress as she walked through the staid sleepy cloisters of St Albans Abbey in England. ...
Twenty-Five Years of Locally-Trained Priest Ministry – Part 1
Twenty-five years ago, Archbishop David Crawley took a bold and visionary step in the ministry of the Diocese of Kootenay. Innovation and creativity have always ...
St Saviour’s, Nelson, Receives Funding for Major Heating Upgrade
“The Church mouse was very cold and the boiler was very old! “ So started the campaign kickoff in 2012 to replace the aging boiler ...
A Meditation for Advent
One fall day in October I took note of this solitary mushroom outside my front door, growing among the fallen leaves and the detritus that ...
Celebrating the Light
The bright lights come out in December, wonderful cascades of light making neighbourhoods more beautiful. Icicles hang from gutters and brilliant dioramas on lawns give ...
Recharging our Batteries
I am writing this column in mid-October, when the red and golden leaves on the hillsides are so colourful. it is as if they give ...
Deacon in the Narthex
Diakonia – The Greek word diakonia means ‘service among others.’ In the Anglican Church of Canada the Order of Deacon is sometimes a transitional one ...
What is Community?
As we have been walking through the pandemic, we have seen a seismic shift in “the Church”. Those beloved century plus buildings have been empty, ...
Say Yes! to Kids proposals total more than $500,000!
The Anglican Foundation of Canada (AFC) has received an unprecedented wave of applications from across Canada in response to the Say Yes! to Kids Request ...
