Growing a Forest

Working in God’s Garden

Changing Church – Part 5

On-line Night Prayer For the Bishops of the past it would seem like a fantasy: the ability to draw the whole diocese together for prayer ...

Lenten Wisdom

Recently I came across a wonderful little story from a collection of the sayings of the ‘desert fathers and mothers,’ who sought the solitude of ...

We Find Sacraments Everywhere

What is a sacrament? Different churches have different ways of talking about this. More liturgical churches have either two or seven sacraments. Almost every church ...

Letting Go of Undue Suffering

By the time you read this, we will be in the season of Lent. Many of you will have attended an Ash Wednesday service, either ...
(2016) St Michael and All Angel’s, Balfour BC. The Rev Jeff D onnel ly and lay minister Micahel Lavender preside at a child baptism. Photograph: John Lavender

In Memoriam Jeffrey Donnelly (1963-2022)

The Reverend Jeffrey Donnelly, priest and pastor was the Incumbent of St. Saviour’s Pro-Cathedral, Nelson, BC. He passed away suddenly on January 3, 2022. (Funeral ...
Year C: Pentecost

The Gospels in Stained Glass

The stained glass that we see in church windows usually tells one of the stories found in the gospels. Before the general population became literate, ...

Editorial: What’s New in The HighWay

March 2022 As you see The HighWay has undergone a format change. However, it is more than that: due to changes taking place in the ...

Who Are Ministers…?

Who are ministers: is it you, is it me, or is it the other person in the pew? The answer is “yes” to all. How do ...

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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