Andrea Brennan, Author at The HighWay

Her Name is Bonnie Part 2

Andrea Brennan — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 09:30:09 +0000

In my previous article, I wrote about Bonnie, a woman who was baptised in hospital; another breast cancer warrior. When I wrote the last article, I knew that Bonnie’s time in this life would be short. This article tells the story of her death. When I last saw Bonnie, she was in a hospital room […]

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Her Name is Bonnie

Andrea Brennan — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 09:36:58 +0000

On a beautiful autumn afternoon, I was at home, having just collected a friend from the airport in Cranbrook. We were discussing what we wanted to do with the rest of the day, a few days before Thanksgiving. In the midst of this conversation, my mobile phone rang and it was the local hospital. A […]

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A Moment of Surrender

Andrea Brennan — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 08:46:45 +0000

I live in a beautiful corner of creation. Forty-five minutes from the Alberta border, and about the same amount of time to the Montana border. I live, surrounded by mountains. Fernie is in the southeast corner of the Diocese of Kootenay and can feel worlds away from the hustle and bustle of a big city […]

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A Blessed Blanket Hug

Andrea Brennan — Sun, 31 Aug 2025 08:36:03 +0000

In June I was honoured to attend the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada in London, Ontario. I was part of the delegation from Kootenay which included Anne McMichael, John Lloyd, Dean David Tiessen and Bishop Lynne McNaughton. We met for six intense and full days of debate, discussion, a Primatial Election, and […]

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And A Little Child Shall Lead Them

Andrea Brennan — Sat, 31 May 2025 08:48:24 +0000

The wolf shall live with the lamb; the leopard shall lie down with the kid; the calf and the lion will feed together, and a little child shall lead them. Isaiah 11.6, NRSV His name is Gabriel. He’s 3 ½ years old. He was baptised at Fernie Knox United Church in June 2022. His Mum […]

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Reaching Out in our Community

Andrea Brennan — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 08:39:23 +0000

The Knit and Knatter Group has been gathering for decades in one iteration or another. Originally, the Knox Knit and Knatter Group, would gather in the Church Office at Fernie Knox United Church, a truly tiny space, and knit or crochet prayer shawls. Sometimes they would work on individual projects, sometimes, they would come together, […]

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Queer Interfaith Coalition and its Affirming Allies

Andrea Brennan — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 08:54:39 +0000

The Queer Interfaith Coalition is a group of religious leaders from across Canada and from many religious backgrounds. In response to growing hatred towards members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ communities and especially anti-trans* violence, the QIC was founded. At the Diocesan Synod last Spring, the following letter was read aloud and a Resolution was passed unanimously […]

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A Place of Belonging

Andrea Brennan — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 08:48:00 +0000

One of the challenges of ministry in the 21st century is defining membership. Especially in ecumenical shared ministry! For many of us in Anglican/United Church ecumenical shared ministries membership is ‘counted’ differently. The United Church has members and adherents. A “historic parish roll” is kept and it is maintained as a physical book. Members can […]

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Setting Down and Picking UP

Andrea Brennan — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 09:37:07 +0000

The traditional view of the season of Lent is one of denial, austerity and atonement. I can remember, as a child, being asked what I was going to “give up” for Lent. It almost always involved desserts and sweet things as that is what my Mam chose to give up, and as she was the […]

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It’s a Matter of Time

Andrea Brennan — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 09:19:57 +0000

We live in a world filled with time. There’s not enough of it, or too much of it. We save it, or we waste it. It moves too slowly, or it moves too quickly. Our minutes blend into hours, which blend into days, which blend into weeks, etc. and the next thing we know, a […]

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