May 2022

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Deeper Joyful Resurrection Courage

Written by

Lynne McNaughton

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 ...

Written by

Rita Harrison

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. ...

Written by

Neil Elliot

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 ...

Written by

Yme Woensdregt

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 ...

Written by

David Tiessen

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 ...

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Christine Ross

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 ...

Written by

Martha Fish

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. ...

Written by

Brenda Garren

Epiphany Reflection: Daring Discipleship

Written by

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 ...

Written by

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, ...

Written by

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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The HighWay is an online newspaper serving Anglicans in the Diocese of Kootenay, British Columbia. We acknowledge that the land on which we gather is the traditional unceded territory of the Syilx (Okanagan) Peoples, the Ktunaxa and Kinbasket Peoples, the Secwepemc (Shuswap) Peoples, and the Sinixt (Arrow Lakes) Peoples.

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