February 2024
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What is the purpose and work of a congregation?
It seems a basic enough question, and yet, I wonder how often we think about the reasons why we gather. We all have our reasons ...
Understanding our Hymn Preferences
Since the last century there has been an explosion in the evolution of hymn singing. On the traditional end of the spectrum we find medieval ...
Witness and Dialogue: Essential Elements in Christian Ministry Part 1 of 5 — Introduction
For more than fifty years, the worldwide Christian community has been discussing relationships with other faith groups. Sometimes the debates consider formal contacts between institutional ...
Around the Diocese
The Induction of Rev David Burrows, Kokanee Parish St Saviour’s Pro-Cathedral, Nelson: The induction into New Ministry of the Reverend David Burrows at Kokanee Parish. ...
What Earthly Good is a Mystic?
Spiritual Development Definition of a Mystic: “a person who seeks by contemplation and self-surrender to obtain unity with or absorption into the Deity or the ...
Ecumenical Number Plate
When my wife was attending seminary, she chose the letters “SHADAI” as her car number plate. She liked the name because “El Shaddai” was a ...
Kootenay Diocese and Residential Schools
First Steps Toward Reconciliation, Part 1 of 3 “The preservation of knowledge is fundamentally not about the past but the future.” Dr. Richard Ovendon, OBE, ...
Transfiguration
Servant’s Heart — From the desk of a deacon One of the meanings of transfiguration is a great change of form or appearance. What transfigurations ...
