Opinion Archives - The HighWay https://thehighway.anglicannews.ca/category/opinion/ News from the Anglican Diocese of Kootenay Tue, 01 Sep 2026 22:12:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.7 https://thehighway.anglicannews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Kootenay-PS450-150x150.png Opinion Archives - The HighWay https://thehighway.anglicannews.ca/category/opinion/ 32 32 207836022 Answering the Hard Questions https://thehighway.anglicannews.ca/answering-the-hard-questions/ Mon, 31 Aug 2026 08:56:13 +0000 https://thehighway.anglicannews.ca/?p=177569 In recent days, I’ve found myself struggling with a number of unresolved tensions in my life. Some of these tensions are personal. One such tension is between work and sabbath rest. Is it possible to create a life that leads to life, rather than to burnout and exhaustion? Is it possible to be responsive to […]

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]]> 177569 Birds of a Feather… https://thehighway.anglicannews.ca/birds-of-a-feather/ Mon, 31 Aug 2026 08:54:35 +0000 https://thehighway.anglicannews.ca/?p=177591 My wife and I have enjoyed for many years subscribing to the Guardian Weekly. Even as students when the paper came on what looked like onion skin paper via air mail there was one column that was consistently there no matter what the world events held. ‘Country Diary’ documented in a short space, various sightings […]

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]]> 177591 Theocentricity in Ecology https://thehighway.anglicannews.ca/theocentricity-in-ecology/ Mon, 31 Aug 2026 08:29:36 +0000 https://thehighway.anglicannews.ca/?p=177607 “What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?” These words from Matthew chapter eight may be familiar to you, as this past little while we’ve been exploring the miracles and parables from Matthew’s gospel in the lectionary. The sea miracles, for me, are ones that have constantly piqued […]

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]]> 177607 Secret Codes of the Anglican Church https://thehighway.anglicannews.ca/secret-codes-of-the-anglican-church/ Mon, 31 Aug 2026 08:13:54 +0000 https://thehighway.anglicannews.ca/?p=177575 Imagine you are a newcomer to the Anglican Church. The people are friendly, worship is inspiring, there is a great sense of community, and there are a myriad of opportunities for ministry, but you still feel a bit like an outsider. Let’s face it, there’s a lot to learn when it comes to liturgy and […]

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]]> 177575 Many Ways to Pray https://thehighway.anglicannews.ca/many-ways-to-pray/ Mon, 31 Aug 2026 08:01:56 +0000 https://thehighway.anglicannews.ca/?p=177618 Prayer is communication with God. As we know from our human relationships, there are many different ways we can and do communicate with others. Sometimes we do a lot of talking, asking for things, sharing our thoughts, expressing our concerns while at other times we hold ourselves open to make space and listen for what […]

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]]> 177618 Further up, and Further in https://thehighway.anglicannews.ca/further-up-and-further-in/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:20:41 +0000 https://thehighway.anglicannews.ca/?p=177502 This past month, I traveled to Terrace, in the Diocese of Caledonia, for my last in-person training for the School for Congregational Development of the Province of British Columbia and the Yukon. Bishop Lynne invited me to take a team from the Parish of Kokanee, in order to learn new models for ministry and their […]

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]]> 177502 Still Hungry? Good! https://thehighway.anglicannews.ca/still-hungry-good/ Sun, 07 Jun 2026 08:56:48 +0000 https://thehighway.anglicannews.ca/?p=177518 “… I think worship — good worship — should make you hungry.” This idea from Thomas McKechnie, an M. Div. student at Emmanuel College, stuck with me long after we at Kimberley Shared Ministry had finished up this year’s Lenten study. (Bless Break Share / Recipes for Faithful Living, Alydia Smith, editor. 2025, p. 70) […]

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]]> 177518 Computer Connections https://thehighway.anglicannews.ca/computer-connections/ Sat, 06 Jun 2026 08:19:32 +0000 https://thehighway.anglicannews.ca/?p=177488 There are so many and various ways in which creation care is possible, and yet also so many and various ways in which it feels like an overwhelming task in a world that is constantly advancing the new, departing from the old, and leaving heaps of waste behind. The scale of human impact upon the […]

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]]> 177488 Revisiting The Book of Alternate Services https://thehighway.anglicannews.ca/revisiting-the-book-of-alternate-services/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:47:08 +0000 https://thehighway.anglicannews.ca/?p=177477 You may be asking yourself, “Why is this columnist writing about the Book of Alternative Services? It has been around for so long.” Answer: Because it has been around for so long…. 41 years to be exact. Many more people have joined or grown up in the Anglican Church since its publication and only know […]

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]]> 177477 WORSHIPPING OUTSIDE! https://thehighway.anglicannews.ca/worshipping-outside/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:56:52 +0000 https://thehighway.anglicannews.ca/?p=177470 When Gerald and I led Pilgrimages to Holy Sites in Europe, we would often hold worship outside: In the ancient ruins of Riasc, a sixth-century monastic community on the Dingle Peninsula in Ireland, overlooking the ocean. In the ruins of Rievaulx Abbey in North Yorkshire with swallows darting in and out of the windows as […]

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