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Further up, and Further in

David Burrows — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:20:41 +0000

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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Still Hungry? Good!

Catherine Ripley — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 08:56:48 +0000

“… 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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Computer Connections

David Tiessen — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 08:19:32 +0000

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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Revisiting The Book of Alternate Services

Norene Morrow — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:47:08 +0000

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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WORSHIPPING OUTSIDE!

Lynne McNaughton — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:56:52 +0000

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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Wondering Together as a Province Inbox

Andrew Stephens-Rennie — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:40:03 +0000

Provincial Summit Convenes in Kelowna In July of this year, the Provincial House of Bishops and Provincial Council are gathering in Kelowna, BC, to discern faithful next steps in sharing work and witness throughout the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and Yukon. This work began in earnest with a Provincial gathering in November 2023. When […]

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Leading and Following

David Burrows — Fri, 08 May 2026 08:40:55 +0000

Moving Bravely into this New World As we flip over the calendar into May there are many things that continue to be certitudes in life: the love of family, the continued unfolding of spring, even the continued celebration of Kaslo’s May Days! In faith communities we mark Good Shepherd Sunday and transition into May celebrating […]

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Welcoming Prayer: Consent to Go

Mary Ellen Davis — Tue, 05 May 2026 08:02:23 +0000

Life happens, and in the course of a day there are many pain points. Some are small—a missed appointment or a frustrating delay. Others are much heavier—a difficult diagnosis or a strained relationship. In these moments, our bodies tense, our thoughts race or go blank, and we may say or do things we later regret. […]

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Create Lasting Memories

Norene Morrow — Sun, 03 May 2026 08:15:39 +0000

When I began writing this article it was the beginning of Holy Week, the time when we focus on Jesus’ journey to the cross and his eventual death. Perhaps that is the reason why my thoughts turned to funerals and how we come to terms with our own death. In our society, death is still […]

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“Why Bother with Church at All?”

Andrew Stephens-Rennie — Fri, 01 May 2026 08:40:47 +0000

I wonder how many of us, despite regular participation in our local congregations, wrestle with this very question: Why Church? Why, given the disorienting state of the world, do we continue to show up? These are questions that I wrestle with on my own, but they are also questions that others ask me. What is […]

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