November 2023

Bishop’s Letter to the Diocese

Discovering Your True Identity: Who are You?

From the Desk of a Deacon “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, in order that you may ...

Wholehearted Worship…

Wholehearted Worship Daring Discipleship Right Relationship Thriving Communities In May of this year, at the Diocesan Synod, the people of this diocese adopted a plan ...

Season of Creation — Forest Sunday

Listening to the Forest The forest and the bush are ideal places to feel immersed in the mysteries of creation. On the first Forest Sunday, ...

Sing a New Creation — The New CP Supplement

If new hymn books are published about every 25 years, then “Sing a New Creation” (2022) is right in line with that. Technically, it is ...

“Was CS Lewis a Believing Christian or a Mystical Christian?

Spiritual Development Mystics are often thought of as different from the rest of us, having gone beyond daily, earthly experience into some higher realm of ...

The Role of the Pilgrim

“The role of a pilgrim is to share their experience with their community.” This has been told to me many times in the past year. ...

HELP: St Michael & All Angels

“Grant that as your holy angels stand before you in heaven, so at your command they may help and defend us here on earth.” As ...

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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