December 2022

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Archbishop Lynne’s Charge To Special Synod 2022

The Theme for our first Special Synod, our first since moving to an annual Synod, is continued from Synod 2021 “Behold, I am doing a ...

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Lynne McNaughton

What Are We Waiting For?

“What are we waiting for?” That’s the question with which my friend, the Rev. Andrew Wilhelm-Boyles began his last advent sermon at St. Brigid’s, a ...

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Andrew Stephens-Rennie

Fear, Façades, and the Courage to be Free

Prison Ministry “Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last, and the Living One. I was dead, and see, I am alive, ...

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Kevin Arndt

Mindfullness & Indigenous Law

SERVANT’S HEART From the Desk of a Deacon “Our land gave us our language,” said Dr. Marianne Ignace, Secwepemc language and culture scholar at Simon ...

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Michael Shapcott

Happy Advent, Happy New Year

Spiritual Development Happy New Year! How many “New Years” have you acknowledged in the last 12 months? Did your year start on January 1, according ...

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Marcella Mugford

Three Advents

The season of Advent can be difficult to celebrate. All around us, the world is already celebrating Christmas. Carols play in an endless loop, and ...

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Yme Woensdregt

Ballourieh, Baklava and Brownies

The Sweet Fusion of Church and Community What brings people together more than a good meal? An even better dessert! Over the last few months, ...

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Sue Palmer

Order of Canada for Howard Soon

The Order of Canada is the highest honour to be awarded to a civilian. This award goes to select people who have made extraordinary contributions ...

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Charlotte Hardy

Epiphany Reflection: Daring Discipleship

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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 ...

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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, ...

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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 ...

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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. ...

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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 ...

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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, ...

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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. ...

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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 ...

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David Tiessen

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The HighWay is an online newspaper serving Anglicans in the Diocese of Kootenay, British Columbia. We acknowledge that the land on which we gather is the traditional unceded territory of the Syilx (Okanagan) Peoples, the Ktunaxa and Kinbasket Peoples, the Secwepemc (Shuswap) Peoples, and the Sinixt (Arrow Lakes) Peoples.

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