January 2024

Bishop’s Epiphany Reflection — Recognition

Chasing the Sun

After moving from Newfoundland to the Kootenays I have tried each day to take a walk with my partner, to see parts of the local ...

A Recognition & Epiphany

Sometime last spring, a social studies class of junior high students visited the Cathedral to learn about both the architecture and the artifacts (if you ...

Realizing our Values, Vision, & Mission

It’s been three months since I started working full-time as the Director of Missional Renewal in our diocese. The first month or so focused on ...

RECOGNIZING 50 Years of Ministry to Church and Community

A beautiful evensong service on November 26 at St Saviour’s, Penticton, celebrated 50 years of ministry of The Venerable Peter O’Flynn and Jean O’Flynn. The ...

St Teresa of Avila

In our ongoing series on the great Christian mystics, I chose to write about Teresa of Avila, the Spanish 16th century Carmelite nun, author of ...

Pastoral Care

“Who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with ...

Speak So They Will Listen

To paraphrase Paul’s letter to Timothy: “Give attention to the public reading of scripture, to exhorting, to teaching… Do not neglect the gift that is ...

A Life of Faith, Family, & Service

The following article was created from Elizabeth Truant’s Memoir, “It All Began on a Farm.” Beth writes: “My love of family, Christian faith and life ...

Colonies of Heaven

Another World Possible

A few weeks ago, meeting with colleagues from across the country about developing the church’s capacity to participate in God’s mission, our discussion took a ...

Innocent Wonder

When my granddaughter was 4 years old, her mother was helping her get ready for bed one evening. My granddaughter was being her usual pixelated ...

Report on Anglican Deacons Canada Conference 2024

Servant’s Heart — from the desk of a deacon Anglican Deacons Canada in Partnership with Deacons of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada gathered to ...

Ode to First Responders

“Code Yellow! Lockdown!” I can’t say how often I heard this swift exclamation over the prison PA system while serving as Chaplain at the Vancouver ...

Gordon Light: Inside the Mind of a Songwriter

I have had the privilege of knowing Gordon Light for the last 47 years starting at St. Luke’s Anglican Church in Winnipeg. Back then, he ...

Saints, Souls, Grief, Joy

Autumn in the Kootenays has brought an abundance of fruit, with cooler temperatures, and a crispness to the air. The waters of Kootenay Lake no ...

The Dancing Saints — St Gregory of Nyssa

When living in Marin County in California, I had the opportunity to visit St Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church in San Francisco. There are many ...

40th Anniversary, St John the Evangelist, Salmon Arm

Timeline Cards For the 40th Anniversary of the Consecration of St. John’s, Salmon Arm Salmon Arm began as a farming hamlet centred on Hedgeman’s Corners ...
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