September 2023

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A REFLECTION Following the 43rd Session of the General Synod 2023

Written by

Randall Fairey

Highlights General Synod 2023

Let there be greening A letter from the Most Rev Lynne McNaughton to the people of Kootenay, first published online in Kootenay Contact July 5, ...

Written by

Lynne McNaughton

Households

Shared Ministry In the Diocese of Kootenay, we are blessed with several expressions of Shared Ministry; be that between the Anglican Church and the Evangelical ...

Written by

Andrea Brennan

Sharing Our Stories

I walked into a small Sunday schoolroom one afternoon, just before the evening service. Rather than shelves filled with ‘Godly Play’ figurines and parable boxes, ...

Written by

Andrew Stephens-Rennie

SOWING SEEDS in the Public Square: Agape, Metanoia and Koinonia

Prison Ministry This issue of The HighWay shows the many ways we have changed as a Diocese and as a church in the last 60 ...

Written by

Kevin Arndt

Musings of One Woman

I was in high school pondering what to do with my life as graduation approached. My dad was a priest and when I asked him ...

Written by

Jane Bourcet

Pondering my New Role in Licensed Lay Ministry

When the Rev Jeff Donnelly died suddenly in January 2022, part of my grieving journey involved writing an article for the “Tapestry” page in the ...

Written by

Bonnie Holland

The Deacon as Servant

From the Desk of a Deacon I have written in the past about discerning calls and about what a Deacon is and what a Deacon ...

Written by

Christine Ross

Who is a Mystic?

Something missing in my heart tonight Has made my eyes so soft, My voice so tender My need for God absolutely clear. (Hafiz) Can you ...

Written by

Marcella Mugford

Courses for Ministry: Is God Calling You?

This is a note of encouragement to anyone who may have felt a nudge from the Holy Spirit to take a more active role in ...

Written by

Stuart E Brown

How Inclusive Are We?

2SLGBTQIA+ General Synod, Winnipeg, 2007. I wept at a table in the rapidly emptying conference room after another acrimonious debate on the motion to authorize ...

Written by

Yme Woensdregt

Yesterday and Today

The Cathedral Church of St Michael and All Angels, Kelowna BC Recently, the Cathedral Church of St. Michael and All Angels in Kelowna welcomed the ...

Written by

David Tiessen

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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