January 2021

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How to Become a Dynamic Minister of the Word

In the December edition, I wrote about how one might use their time during this pandemic to be creative and explore new things. With that ...

Written by

Norene Morrow

Anglican Foundation of Canada Funding Announcement

The Anglican Foundation of Canada (AFC) has announced $210,000 in funding to support new projects across Canada in its November cycle of awards. AFC’s board ...

Written by

Judy Rois

Left Photo: Amanda Bath’s bell ringing project. Right Photo: St. Marks, Kaslo 125th Anniversary

125th Anniversary for St Mark’s, Kaslo

The arrival of the Covid-19 Virus in March, 2020 created a need for the three Kokanee Parish Points, St. Mark’s Kaslo, St Michael and All ...

Written by

Elizabeth & Stafford Brandrick

What Comes When Christmas is Done?

By the time you read this column, Christmas is done, or close to being done. After all, for Christians, Christmas isn’t just a day; it’s ...

Written by

Yme Woensdregt

Practicing Communal Discernment

Last summer I decided to take advantage of courses being offered by Zoom. I signed up for VST’s “Practicing Communal Discernment” which took me into ...

Written by

Karen Archibald

Love in the Time of COVID-19

As we face this time of global pandemic when there is so much anxiety, fear and social isolation, many are turning to spiritual practices that ...

Written by

Jeff Donnelly

Entry into Advent

Servant’s Heart from the desk of a deacon Happy new year! Bishop Lynne McNaughton led three dozen or so participants in an on-line Entry into ...

Written by

Michael Shapcott

Epiphany Reflection: Daring Discipleship

Written by

Lynne McNaughton

The Beginning

What if this is only the beginning? While empires clash, while sea levels rise, while markets crash, and temperatures rise, how might we live if ...

Written by

Andrew Stephens-Rennie

Carols into January!

Well, it’s January, and the Christmas season has been over for quite some time … according to the secular commercial world. Going by their calendar, ...

Written by

Norene Morrow

Around and About the Diocese

98th Birthday Celebrated, St Margaret’s, Peachland A beloved member of St Margaret’s Parish in Peachland for some 68 years, Betty Sutherland, recently celebrated her 98th ...

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The HighWay

Unfolding the New

2025 has come, and in the transition to this new year, many of us have embraced the ritual of the many familiar occurrences and cultural ...

Written by

David Burrows

In Memoriam

Kootenay Contact announced the passing of three retired priests in November: The Rev. Mark Mealing, the Rev. Brock Lupton, and the Rev. James Kiddel: May ...

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The HighWay

It’s a Matter of Time

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. ...

Written by

Andrea Brennan

Epiphany 2025: All Through the Year!

As we open our hearts to God’s presence around us and to the ways God speaks to our hearts in this liminal season of ...

Written by

Trish McCarthy

Milestone Ministries

Michelle Collins is a Lutheran Deacon who offers a workshop sponsored by the North American Deacon’s Conference. With the transitions happening in our churches today, ...

Written by

Patricia Simons

God Bless the Diocese!

I am writing this article on the cusp of our new church year, and as you read it, a new calendar year is just beginning. ...

Written by

Catherine Ripley

Whose Cloud? Which Light?

Back in 2021, the Rev. Canon Dr. Herb O’Driscoll (1928-2024) served as the speaker (by Zoom) to our annual clergy conference for the Diocese of ...

Written by

David Tiessen

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