October 2024

The Gift and Practice of Faith

I don’t know when you’ll be reading this. I’m imagining a Tuesday evening with a cup of tea. Or perhaps a Sunday morning before heading ...

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Andrew Stephens-Rennie

Season of Creation

Servant’s Heart — From the Desk of a Deacon As late summer turns to early fall, the Season of Creation is a reminder that we ...

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Michael Shapcott

“Thankful Hearts …with Hungry Hearts”

7th Century Syrian Monk St John Climacus said that, “Hunger is the stuff of prayer.” October brings us to another Thanksgiving Day – and in ...

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David Tiessen

The Hymn Legacy of Herbert O’Driscoll

Over this past summer, the world lost one of its most highly regarded preachers in the Anglican Church. The Reverend Canon Herbert O’Driscoll died at ...

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Norene Morrow

Mindfulness!

It’s a trendy concept now in the Health and Wellness world. Mindfulness means focusing your attention on what is around you, paying attention to a ...

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Martha Fish

“Brother Sun and Sister Moon”

“Brother Sun and Sister Moon” is from a canticle hymn written by St Francis of Assisi, which expresses the idea that one might experience God ...

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John Lavender

My Special Gift of Friendship

I have a special gift that I would truly love to share with others. That special gift I have is the gift of friendship. Everyone ...

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Lori Collier

Around & About the Diocese

Mountaintop Service & Picnic at Kootenay Summits Parish On Sunday, August 18, the combined congregations of St John the Evangelist Fruitvale, Christ Church Creston, St ...

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Martha Fish

Lori’s Story

National Indigenous Sunday, St David’s, Castlegar For National Indigenous Sunday, our Lay Reader and Warden Lorraine Deans asked our dear friend and long-time parishioner Lori ...

Written by

Leslie Killough

Epiphany Reflection: Daring Discipleship

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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 ...

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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, ...

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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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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 ...

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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. ...

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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, ...

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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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October 2024

Radical Gratitude

The Gift and Practice of Faith

Season of Creation

“Thankful Hearts …with Hungry Hearts”

The Hymn Legacy of Herbert O’Driscoll

Mindfulness!

“Brother Sun and Sister Moon”

My Special Gift of Friendship

Around & About the Diocese

PWRDF World of Gifts

Lori’s Story

January 2025

Epiphany Reflection: Daring Discipleship

The Beginning

Carols into January!

Around and About the Diocese

Unfolding the New

In Memoriam

It’s a Matter of Time

Epiphany 2025: All Through the Year!

Milestone Ministries

God Bless the Diocese!

Whose Cloud? Which Light?

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