January 2024

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Bishop’s Epiphany Reflection — Recognition

Written by

Lynne McNaughton

Chasing the Sun

After moving from Newfoundland to the Kootenays I have tried each day to take a walk with my partner, to see parts of the local ...

Written by

David Burrows

A Recognition & Epiphany

Sometime last spring, a social studies class of junior high students visited the Cathedral to learn about both the architecture and the artifacts (if you ...

Written by

David Tiessen

Realizing our Values, Vision, & Mission

It’s been three months since I started working full-time as the Director of Missional Renewal in our diocese. The first month or so focused on ...

Written by

Andrew Stephens-Rennie

RECOGNIZING 50 Years of Ministry to Church and Community

A beautiful evensong service on November 26 at St Saviour’s, Penticton, celebrated 50 years of ministry of The Venerable Peter O’Flynn and Jean O’Flynn. The ...

Written by

Wendy Stewart

St Teresa of Avila

In our ongoing series on the great Christian mystics, I chose to write about Teresa of Avila, the Spanish 16th century Carmelite nun, author of ...

Written by

Martha Fish

Pastoral Care

“Who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with ...

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Patricia Simons

Speak So They Will Listen

To paraphrase Paul’s letter to Timothy: “Give attention to the public reading of scripture, to exhorting, to teaching… Do not neglect the gift that is ...

Written by

Norene Morrow

A Life of Faith, Family, & Service

The following article was created from Elizabeth Truant’s Memoir, “It All Began on a Farm.” Beth writes: “My love of family, Christian faith and life ...

Written by

John Lavender

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 ...

Written by

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. ...

Written by

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 ...

Written by

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, ...

Written by

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. ...

Written by

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 ...

Written by

David Tiessen

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