February 2024 Archives - The HighWay

Witnessing the Transfiguration in our lives

Lynne McNaughton — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 09:46:40 +0000

Reflection by Archbishop Lynn McNaughton Transfiguration — transition between Seasons — we mark the “Transfiguration” as we close the Season of Epiphany with the Sunday before we begin Lent. In Epiphany Season we focus on Jesus’ ministry and therefore on our ministry as Church. Lent is the season of preparation for Easter when we walk […]

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What is the purpose and work of a congregation?

Andrew Stephens-Rennie — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 09:43:02 +0000

It seems a basic enough question, and yet, I wonder how often we think about the reasons why we gather. We all have our reasons for coming to church, of course. For some it’s the liturgy. For some it’s the Eucharist. For some, it’s one of the few places we can sing–really sing–together with others. […]

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Understanding our Hymn Preferences

Norene Morrow — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 09:40:30 +0000

Since the last century there has been an explosion in the evolution of hymn singing. On the traditional end of the spectrum we find medieval plainsong melodies, chants, and four-part traditional-style hymns that date back to the 16th century. On the contemporary end of the spectrum we find modern folk, pop-style ballads, and praise songs. […]

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Witness and Dialogue: Essential Elements in Christian Ministry Part 1 of 5 — Introduction

Stuart E Brown — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 09:31:15 +0000

For more than fifty years, the worldwide Christian community has been discussing relationships with other faith groups. Sometimes the debates consider formal contacts between institutional churches or ecumenical bodies and parallel organizations within the other populations or, when the Christians are a minority, between the churches and the various political authorities. At other times, the […]

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Around the Diocese

thehighway — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 09:28:15 +0000

The Induction of Rev David Burrows, Kokanee Parish St Saviour’s Pro-Cathedral, Nelson: The induction into New Ministry of the Reverend David Burrows at Kokanee Parish. The service took place on the patronal day of St Nicholas, Wednesday, December 6, 2023. Presider: the Right Rev James Cowan, and Dean David Tiessen. In attendance were clergy and […]

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What Earthly Good is a Mystic?

Jane Bourcet — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 09:27:13 +0000

Spiritual Development Definition of a Mystic: “a person who seeks by contemplation and self-surrender to obtain unity with or absorption into the Deity or the absolute, or who believes in the spiritual apprehension of truths that are beyond the intellect.” (The Oxford Dictionary) The word “mystic” brings to my mind the white marble sculpture of […]

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Ecumenical Number Plate

John Lavender — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 09:26:39 +0000

When my wife was attending seminary, she chose the letters “SHADAI” as her car number plate. She liked the name because “El Shaddai” was a song that Amy Grant popularized. My wife didn’t realize how much this number plate would create interest from passing strangers, who attributed that word to many different interpretations. You might […]

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Kootenay Diocese and Residential Schools

Kathryn Lockhart — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 09:25:13 +0000

First Steps Toward Reconciliation, Part 1 of 3 “The preservation of knowledge is fundamentally not about the past but the future.” Dr. Richard Ovendon, OBE, Bodley’s Librarian, Oxford in “Burning the Books: A History of Knowledge Under Attack.” In the summer of 2023, I was contacted by Dr. Evan Habkirk, Historian and Indigenous Studies Professor […]

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Transfiguration

Margaret Sherwood — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 09:20:05 +0000

Servant’s Heart — From the desk of a deacon One of the meanings of transfiguration is a great change of form or appearance. What transfigurations are taking place for us? The earth is in transformation for us. In the Northern Hemisphere, it has gone from autumn to winter, and we are cozy in our homes […]

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