Arise! Shine! Your Light Has Come!

Changing Church – Part 3

The green book, or the BAS, is the second huge change which many of us have lived through. Many grew up with the BCP in ...
Archbishop Lynne supervises as Archbishop David Crawley presents the Canons to Dean David Tiessen

The Induction of The Very Reverend David Tiessen

The induction of the Very Rev. David Tiessen as the Incumbent of St Michael and All Angels, Kelowna and installation as the Dean of the ...

Turning the Calendar

As we flip the calendar from the year that has been to another now beginning, I cannot help but recall just how much that act ...
The Community of Christ Church, Cranbrook BC

Cranbrook & Golden Update

In 2020, the Parish of Christ Church, Cranbrook suffered a double blow: the first was the shutdown that we all experienced in March due to ...

Christmas ends with Epiphany Light

Last month, I wrote about several festivals celebrating the light during this season of winter in the northern hemisphere. Western Christians continue to celebrate the ...

What’s in a Name?

“I have called you by your name, you are mine.” says Isaiah 43:1. Right from the early days of the Bible we are taught that ...

At Sorrento Centre

For the second time in four months, evacuees from natural disasters have crowded into the Shuswap region in the northwest corner of the Diocese of ...

The Flight from Egypt

They left in the dead of night while no one was watching. That’s often how three people, each with their own stories and their own ...
Photos of Elizabeth Lewis

In Memoriam The Rev. Elizabeth Lewis 1942-2021

Elizabeth was born in Cambridge, England, the third of three children, with older brothers John and Richard Morley. She spent her formative years in Great ...

Colonies of Heaven

Another World Possible

A few weeks ago, meeting with colleagues from across the country about developing the church’s capacity to participate in God’s mission, our discussion took a ...

Innocent Wonder

When my granddaughter was 4 years old, her mother was helping her get ready for bed one evening. My granddaughter was being her usual pixelated ...

Report on Anglican Deacons Canada Conference 2024

Servant’s Heart — from the desk of a deacon Anglican Deacons Canada in Partnership with Deacons of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada gathered to ...

Ode to First Responders

“Code Yellow! Lockdown!” I can’t say how often I heard this swift exclamation over the prison PA system while serving as Chaplain at the Vancouver ...

Gordon Light: Inside the Mind of a Songwriter

I have had the privilege of knowing Gordon Light for the last 47 years starting at St. Luke’s Anglican Church in Winnipeg. Back then, he ...

Saints, Souls, Grief, Joy

Autumn in the Kootenays has brought an abundance of fruit, with cooler temperatures, and a crispness to the air. The waters of Kootenay Lake no ...

The Dancing Saints — St Gregory of Nyssa

When living in Marin County in California, I had the opportunity to visit St Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church in San Francisco. There are many ...

40th Anniversary, St John the Evangelist, Salmon Arm

Timeline Cards For the 40th Anniversary of the Consecration of St. John’s, Salmon Arm Salmon Arm began as a farming hamlet centred on Hedgeman’s Corners ...
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