December 2024 Archives - The HighWay

Risk Hope!

Lynne McNaughton — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 09:55:56 +0000

Archbishop Lynne’s Advent Reflection Advent is the season of naming our hopes. The poets and prophets of Advent proclaim hope. What a daring thing to do! To name our hopes, to not succumb to being numb in the face of relentless war, remorseless brutality, unscalable accumulations of desperation: poverty, displacement, trauma. Insurmountable systems of greed. […]

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A Holy Night

Andrew Stephens-Rennie — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 09:50:15 +0000

Can you imagine a world with stars brightly shining–a world ready to embrace our dear Saviour’s birth? Can you imagine a world that lays in sin and error pining–awaiting Christ’s appearance–that our soul might feel its worth? Can you imagine a world experiencing a thrill of hope–a weary world rejoicing–as yonder breaks a new and […]

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Watching and Waiting

Yme Woensdregt — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 09:48:47 +0000

Happy New Year! — A little premature? For some it is, but not for others. Different peoples celebrate new year at different times. Our society, which is governed by calendars that marches to the tyrannous beat of time, celebrates the New Year in a mad rush of parties and drink at the end of December. […]

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At Home with the Shenstone’s

John Lavender — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 09:38:02 +0000

As Christina Lake is en route back home, I decided to visit Simon and Juno Shenstone on my return trip from Synod in Kelowna this year. I was interested in seeing the home they had built out of stone into the side of a mountain. Back in February, 2009, their home had burned down to […]

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Parish Development Kokanee Parish

The HighWay — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 09:23:48 +0000

Around and About the Diocese From September 22-24, a team from Kokanee Parish joined with teams from across the Ecclesiastical province of BC and Yukon for the inaugural Provincial School for Parish Development in Kamloops. Andrew Stephens-Rennie, our Director of Missional Renewal, was one of the facilitators.

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Spirituality of Art and Place

Suzanne Phillips — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 09:16:59 +0000

I recently attended a fabric art workshop at Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre. It was a beautiful time of year to be there, fall with its vibrant colours, textures, shapes, flowers, landscape, trees and leaves. This peaceful and quiet setting was perfect for our gathering of fabric artists over several days. The workshop sessions were […]

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The Story of Handel’s “Messiah”

Norene Morrow — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 09:06:36 +0000

For Christians and classical music lovers, the Advent/Christmas season would not be complete without listening to a recording or attending a concert of Handel’s “Messiah.” It’s probably fair to say that most people in the Western world can hum the first few bars of the “Hallelujah Chorus.” ”Messiah” has become part of our culture, but […]

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