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New Diocesan Executive Officer

Dear People of the Diocese of Kootenay, I am excited to be returning to the diocese, this time as Executive Officer. I have always believed ...

Changing Church — Part 7

Zoom Three years ago most people would have thought a “zoomer” was someone who read the magazine for older Canadians. Today we are all zoomers. ...

Ask My Neighbour

Wilfred Cantwell Smith was one of the world’s most influential figures in the field of comparative religion. He founded the Institute of Islamic Studies at ...
Books

Expansion

‘Expansion’ is not a word that has been to the forefront of late; ‘retraction’ has so often been the watchword of our times. So in ...

Discernment

Servant’s Heart: From the Desk of a Deacon It has been my experience that we in the church tend to use the word discernment without ...

Walking Humbly

Spiritual Development Do you ever get the sense that our society is losing all sense of civility? That politeness and courtesy are becoming things of ...
World Day of Prayer 2022

World Day of Prayer 2022

St John the Evangelist, Salmon Arm In Salmon Arm, several churches by rotation share the position of Host Church for the World Day of Prayer. ...

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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