December 2023
Editorial
For centuries, Anglicans have taken authority in their church to rest on the “three-legged stool” of Scripture, tradition, and reason, a concept whose origins are ...
St Nicholas
On December 6, we celebrate the feast day of St Nicholas. I have fond memories of celebrating “Sint Nicolaas” or “Sinterklaas” as a young child ...
Richard Wagamese
Spiritual Development Richard Wagamese (1955-2017), a well-known and beloved Canadian First Nations writer and mystic, was an Ojibway abandoned by his parents as a young ...
Rethinking the Traditional Christmas Pageant
Christmas Pageants have been around for a long time. Some credit St. Francis of Assisi with the first pageant when he celebrated the Christmas Eve ...
Okanagan Anglican Camp — Past, Present, & Future
Writing a feature article about where we are since the fire that burned down the Okanagan Anglican Camp seems like gathering pieces together after the ...
Waiting Patiently for the Lord
In my early twenties, I was hired as an outreach worker for an inner-city congregation that had decided, after years of disengagement with the neighbourhood, ...
The Many Faces of Jesus Christ
Over the last two thousand years, many artists have painted what they thought the face of Jesus Christ may have looked like. In our secular ...
Around the Diocese
St Saviour’s, Penticton Parishioners of St Saviour’s, Penticton, donated $1,500 to the ASKWellness Penticton Ambassador program, which provides participants from the two Penticton supportive housing ...
Acts of Kindness
Deacons are called to a ministry at the intersection of Church and community. In the summer and early fall in the Shuswap, that has meant ...
Camping 70 Years Ago at OAC
As I recall, the Rev. L A. C. Smith, priest of All Saints Anglican Church in Vernon, and his wife Gwen had a desire to ...
When Women Aren’t Safe
Isaiah 61:1 “The spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me; he has sent me to bring good news ...
