Reflection The Ascension

Release Ourselves Into God’s Life-Giving Stream

On the third last day of the Rossland ski season, after a morning meeting with the regional dean on the slopes of Red Mountain, I ...

Induction of Co-Incumbents

St Francis Anglican (Lake Country) held an innovative and significant Induction Service on March 12, 2023 to appoint Reverend Jane Bourcet and Reverend Paul Martinson ...

Worship as Counter-Protest

The right to protest is a freedom protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. In a politically polarized world, on both the left ...

The Spiritual Practice of Saying “No”

Spiritual Development God only No(s)! The spiritual practice of saying ‘No.’ How do you feel when you say ‘No’? Does it make you uncomfortable? Are ...

Dance, Then, Wherever You May Be

Servant’s Heart — From the Desk of a Deacon “Dance, then, wherever you may be” Sydney Carter- 1963 My Diaconal ministry takes place in both ...

SUBLIME ART: The Expression

So far in this series of articles, we have considered the idea that sublime art has an element of religious feeling within it. It also ...

LIVING: For Eternity or in The Here and Now?

Does God exist? A few years ago, ABC’s Nightline featured a debate between two Christians and two atheists about the existence of God. Ray Comfort, ...

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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