December 2025 Archives - The HighWay

ADVENT Reflection

Lynne McNaughton — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 09:50:44 +0000

One of the fragile antique decorations that came out of its careful wrapping the first Sunday of Advent in my childhood home was a holder for four tiny candles, the size of birthday cake candles. When they were lit they created enough heat that the rising air set spinning a delicate windmill of angels, whose […]

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Her Name is Bonnie

Andrea Brennan — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 09:36:58 +0000

On a beautiful autumn afternoon, I was at home, having just collected a friend from the airport in Cranbrook. We were discussing what we wanted to do with the rest of the day, a few days before Thanksgiving. In the midst of this conversation, my mobile phone rang and it was the local hospital. A […]

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Together We Will Rebuild the Magic of Camp

The HighWay — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 09:35:57 +0000

In his letter to the supporters of the Okanagan Anglican Camp (OAC), Ian Dixon said: For more than 75 years, OAC has been a place where children discover who they are — away from screens and expectations, and fully immersed in the joy of nature, play, and belonging. But in August 2023, when the McDougall […]

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Finding God in your Neighbour’s Eyes

Andrew Stephens-Rennie — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 09:35:36 +0000

There’s a reason I need Advent. I suck at waiting. I’m no good with patience. I’m the kind of person who, with my eye on the horizon, wants to be there rather than here. To dwell in this present moment, rather than keeping my eyes on the future takes practice. And to be honest, I’d […]

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Preparing for Christmas and the Great Os of Advent

Norene Morrow — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 09:32:28 +0000

Advent – It’s that time of year when we prepare for Christ’s birth with joyful anticipation and watchful waiting! We do this through the weekly lighting of the Advent candles; we see the seasonal blue colour in our church hangings; we note changes both in our liturgy and music. Musically speaking, many congregations sing a […]

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Anglican Church in Canada Part 3 of 5

Dan Prysunka — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 09:28:28 +0000

Expansion West and North The Expansion Westward and Northward of the Anglican Church, based on the book “Our Heritage,” circa 1946, by Reverend R.J. Pierce. Fort Douglas in Rupert’s Land, now Manitoba, was founded by Thomas Douglas in 1812. Now known as Winnipeg, it was also known as the Red River colony or Assiniboia. The […]

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The Liturgical Art of Karen Brodie

Nandy Heule — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 09:26:23 +0000

Over a decade in the making, Anglican fibre artist Karen Brodie of Golden, British Columbia, expects all 14 liturgical worship banners she designed to finally be completed and debut in an exhibition starting January 2026. “I didn’t want my designs to be sitting in a box,” says Brodie. However, delays during the pandemic and budget […]

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Lighten our Darkness

David Burrows — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 09:14:53 +0000

This is the title of an Anglican prayer we say during both evening prayers and the service of Compline. I find it brings me peace and stillness as I shift from the busyness of daytime to the healing repose of nightfall. This prayer invites God to enter into our space, to bring us protection and […]

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How Big is a Box?

Marcella Mugford — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 09:01:09 +0000

In October, I offered to pick some windfall apples for a friend. She enthusiastically responded, “Yes, please, one box will be lots.” I agreed to do this, but I needed more information. In my mind, a box of apples is about 30 pounds – a standard apple box size when I was picking apples many […]

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