What Does It Mean To Love?

On Us the Light Has Shone

“The People who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness – on them light has ...

Taking a Risk

When the Magi set out, did they know what they were getting themselves into? Did they know how long the journey would take, or where ...

In Your Light We See Light

“I can see clearly now the rain is gone. I can see all obstacles in my way…” So goes the 1972 hit song by Johnny ...

Doing the Work of Deacon

Matthew 25:40 “And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my Brothers, you did it for me’” ...

Take Time

Time. The wellness gurus tell us to take time to be mindful, to stop our busyness and really pay attention to what is around us. ...

Now the Work of Christmas Begins

One of my favourite poems comes from American theologian Howard Thurman: “When the song of the angels is stilled, when the star in the sky ...

Small Group Organist

Did you ever have the desire to be a church organist? It may have crossed your mind at one time or another, or gotten added ...

Epiphany Reflection: Daring Discipleship

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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, ...

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. ...

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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