David Burrows, Author at The HighWay

Wilderness Journeys . . . Wholehearted Celebrations!

David Burrows — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 08:36:38 +0000

Between 2020 – 2021 my life fell apart. As my marriage dissolved, I stepped away from leadership in ministry for a time, to heal and grow. Through support from a handful of friends, my parents and sisters, and spiritual directors, I journeyed to a place of healing. In the year that followed I spent time […]

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Lenten Labyrinth Labours

David Burrows — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 09:36:27 +0000

In many ways there have been far too many Lents for me to remember all my learning, the struggles, revelations and memories; and I represent much of the younger demographic that attends church these days. Perhaps like me, you may have had struggles to figure out your Lenten discipline from year to year. What does […]

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Cradling the Holy

David Burrows — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 09:35:04 +0000

I’ve always been amused by that cartoon image of a lightbulb appearing over someone’s head when they are struck by a bright new idea: a moment of epiphany. As I get older, my overly busy brain often drops and loses my new ideas, and it feels like a candle’s light is snuffed out. But, hey, […]

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Epiphanies

David Burrows — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 09:09:29 +0000

As 2026 begins to unfold and the vestiges of Christmas recede into the past, much of the world is considering what this new calendar year will bring. What opportunities for discovery, for growth, for peace and security will become apparent? What risks and concerns will present themselves? How will life unfold in family, in faith, […]

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Lighten our Darkness

David Burrows — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 09:14:53 +0000

This is the title of an Anglican prayer we say during both evening prayers and the service of Compline. I find it brings me peace and stillness as I shift from the busyness of daytime to the healing repose of nightfall. This prayer invites God to enter into our space, to bring us protection and […]

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The Air We Breathe, the Life We Live

David Burrows — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 08:35:29 +0000

I feel refreshed and renewed after my annual leave in Ontario, and now I’m in Whitehorse, amidst the raw beauty of the Yukon and its clear pure air. I was greeted on arrival by a stunning display of the Aurora Borealis; green curtains of swirling light which made me nostalgic for my childhood on Baffin […]

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Season of Creation

David Burrows — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 08:07:46 +0000

As Summer 2025 drew to a close and we entered the warning Season of Creation, I found myself pondering the catastrophe that is global heating. In recent years I’ve become increasingly concerned by this planetary crisis, as witnessed in this year’s wildfire season on the Atlantic Coast, changes in the growing seasons, and the extreme, […]

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The Place of Many Fish: Growing in Understanding

David Burrows — Sun, 31 Aug 2025 08:43:25 +0000

My family and I spent the formative first seven years of my life on Baffin Island. I remember the isolation and extreme weather, and how those years cemented my love of nature, wild game, wide open spaces, kayaks, and close-knit community. I grew up in The Place of Many Fish, which in Inuktitut is Iqaluit. […]

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Easter Momentum

David Burrows — Sat, 31 May 2025 08:49:10 +0000

The tomb is open; all has changed Life forever rearranged Challenging me: Living Growing Healing Knowing? Being. There were times earlier in ministry when the weeks following Easter were ones of stillness, of rest, of quiet. Here during my second Easter in the Kootenays it is not so. These weeks following Easter seem to be […]

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Mountain Reflections

David Burrows — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 08:52:57 +0000

I first met Dorothy in the autumn of 2005. She came into church leaning on two crutches, and sat in the very back pew. She took out a worn, faded prayer book, and leaned forward silently in prayer, as her knees seemed not to support her too well. After a couple of Sunday services she […]

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