April 2022 Archives - The HighWay

The Great Story of Easter

Lynne McNaughton — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 13:00:02 +0000

Dear People of the Diocese of Kootenay, as I write this at the end of February, the world is watching in horror as war unfolds in Ukraine. I am wondering how I can possibly say anything joyous about Easter when it feels like evil is being unleashed once again. Through Holy Week, we will walk […]

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Changing Church – Part 6

Neil Elliot — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 12:50:23 +0000

Data Projectors & Screens One change that we put to use in our church in the fall of 2021 was to use our data projector every week. We have used a data projector occasionally for a few years, and our hall has needed to have one to allow our users to show slides and movies. […]

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St. Joe of Segregation

Kevin Arndt — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 12:40:55 +0000

Prison Ministry “I was in prison, and you visited me,” Matthew 25:36 For more than ten years, I served as the fulltime chaplain at the Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre, a maximum-security provincial prison on Wilkinson Road in Victoria. In my time with BC Corrections, we struggled to support and care for incarcerated men while […]

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The Healing Gift of Hope

Yme Woensdregt — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 12:30:24 +0000

Amid all the difficulties of this time—a lingering pandemic; violent protests; fears and anxieties; the sudden premature death of a close friend—I’ve been thinking about hope. I remembered a television ad I saw several years ago. As a man swims in the ocean, a young girl comments, “There are man–eating sharks in every ocean … […]

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Prayer Journaling

Karen Archibald — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 12:30:03 +0000

Spiritual Development I have always loved words. When I was a child I aspired to be a writer and gleefully turned in imaginative stories for school and even sent a few type-writer typed manuscripts to some publishers. Much to my disgruntlement, none were ever accepted! Nevertheless, I continue to make writing a daily part of […]

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Choose Light Over Darkness

Michael Shapcott — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 12:20:41 +0000

Servant’s Heart: From the Desk of a Deacon The Diocese of Kootenay includes some of the most beautiful and nourishing natural places in all of Canada, and indeed, the world. The Christian mystic Hildegard of Bingen spoke of “viriditas” (the greening force of the divine in nature). Those of us who live in the mountains […]

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Black Elk: Mystic Myth & Catechist

John Lavender — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 12:10:38 +0000

There is a lot of myth and mystery surrounding the figure of Black Elk from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. This is largely due to popular books written by non-indigenous anthologists who were interested in recording Native American ceremonies. But there is another side to Nicholas Black Elk and that is as […]

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Editorial: New On-line Presence & Challenge

John Lavender — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 12:05:07 +0000

April – 2022 Easter marks an important season in the lectionary cycle. The message of resurrection does not restore the old, it transforms into the new. This is also happening in The HighWay. You might have noticed that many articles start with the words “by the time you read this…” such and such would have […]

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