March 2023
From the Desk of a Deacon
Servant’s Heart Imagine! Coming home for your 60th birthday! What joy! Now, spread that over an entire year, and you have some sense of the ...

Written by
Michael Shapcott
Looking Death in the Face
A couple of weeks before Christmas, I stopped by an acquaintance’s house to drop off a gift. Before I reached the steps, the door was ...

Written by
Andrew Stephens-Rennie
Facing Existential Realities
We have been hearing the word ‘existential’ quite a bit lately. Primarily, this is used as an adjective, describing something that is simply “related to ...

Written by
David Tiessen
Transformed by the Stations of the Cross
In 20011, renowned liturgical fabric artist Karen Brodie Archibald of St Paul’s in Golden said, “Oh, yeah, I should do that!” The “that” was the ...

Written by
Catherine Ripley
A Blessing for a Dying Church
As you read this, we are in the season of Lent. I have been reflecting on the report that the structures of the Diocese are ...

Written by
Yme Woensdregt
Sublime Art Part 2 Beyond the Mundane
In my last article, I defined the nature of “the sublime” in art, and suggested that the creation or appreciation of the sublime might be considered similar to ...

Written by
John Lavender