Bishop Lynne McNaughton

Special Synod October 1, 2022

Framing the Future

In September, I travelled to Montreal to facilitate a Clergy Conference focused on adaptive leadership. Throughout COVID, the church in many quarters has prided itself ...
Storied Listening

Storied Listening

In anticipation of “National Day for Truth and Reconciliation,” members of the Central Okanagan Regional Council visited the Sncewips Heritage Museum of Westbank First Nation ...

Reshaped for Service

From the Desk of a Deacon “Come, go down to the potter’s house and there I will let you hear my words.” Jeremiah 18:1 In ...

Taking Time to Breathe

Spiritual Development Summer vacation is over and we’re now into the fall startup. It feels as though we’re into the church start up as well, ...

Tenderness, Compassion & Justice

A few weeks ago, I discovered a work of art online. I don’t remember the artist; it showed one of the most famous of Jesus’ ...

Equipping the Saints for Ministry

Licentiate in Theology 2022 Remaining Fall and 2023 Winter Course Schedule with: The Western Educational Collaborative Anglican Network Also known as W.E.C.A.N. Dear Friends, Have ...

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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