Christine Ross, Author at The HighWay

Engaging With Our Communities

Christine Ross — Sat, 31 May 2025 08:02:48 +0000

I have been in many conversations lately about how we, as the church, need to look more closely at how we engage with our communities. We need to be engaged in a way that has real meaning for those of us who try to live by Christian values and principles. I recently read some material […]

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Learning from Geese!

Christine Ross — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 08:44:28 +0000

From the Desk of a Deacon Like the rest of you, I have just attended my Parish’s AGM. It was an encouraging time for me to watch the team of people who look after our Parish; not just the administration but also the liturgical pieces and the pastoral care of the people. As I participated […]

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The Prophetic Voice

Christine Ross — Sat, 31 Aug 2024 08:08:05 +0000

From the Desk of a Deacon Speaking Truth to Power Earlier in June of this year, I was delighted to attend the Canadian National Conference of Deacons, held at the Sorrento Centre. As an Association, we meet together every three years. It is a wonderful opportunity for us to renew old acquaintances and to meet […]

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Levels of Ministry

Christine Ross — Fri, 31 May 2024 08:35:50 +0000

In April, I wrote an article about serving the “working poor” and about some of the characteristics needed to carry out a servant ministry in general. I want to carry on the idea of that previous article with some comments from Richard Rohr, about three levels of social ministry, that I think applies here. In […]

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Modelling Jesus Love

Christine Ross — Sun, 31 Mar 2024 08:28:31 +0000

Servant’s Heart from the Desk of a Deacon Our Lord said, “he came not to be served but to serve.” That is a large statement; we have all heard it before, but I am not sure that we have defined clearly the service that is needed in our communities and in our world. It seems […]

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The Deacon as Servant

Christine Ross — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 08:32:51 +0000

From the Desk of a Deacon I have written in the past about discerning calls and about what a Deacon is and what a Deacon does. While that might have been helpful, I thought it might be useful to pass along some comments about what to look for in a potential Deacon. When we begin […]

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Following the Path

Christine Ross — Sat, 01 Jul 2023 08:32:25 +0000

Servant’s Heart — From the Desk of a Deacon I am currently honoured to serve as Deacon, in the parish of St. Margaret’s, Peachland. The parish is in transition, and I have been watching, with joy, how the parishioners have stepped up to continue their worship practices and their outreach and involvement with the community […]

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God’s Helper

Christine Ross — Sat, 01 Apr 2023 08:26:29 +0000

From the desk of a deacon I have been thinking about the kind of hospitality that someone who is called to the Diaconate needs to offer to those with whom we work. My work as a Deacon compels me to ask what we are doing about being welcoming and hospitable to those we consider to […]

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Servanthood

Christine Ross — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 18:25:15 +0000

Servant’s Heart from the desk of a deacon The parable of the Good Samaritan came up in our lectionary, back in July, and reading it again set me to pondering it from a Deacon’s perspective: “servanthood.” It seems to me that the bar is set high as Jesus paints it in that story. Most days, […]

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Discernment

Christine Ross — Mon, 02 May 2022 02:40:37 +0000

Servant’s Heart: From the Desk of a Deacon It has been my experience that we in the church tend to use the word discernment without defining it clearly. It is annoying! The Oxford English Dictionary defines the word as the ability to show good judgement about the quality of somebody/something. This is the view that […]

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