May 2025 Archives - The HighWay

Bishop’s Easter Reflection

Lynne McNaughton — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 08:56:01 +0000

Happy Easter! I am always grateful that Easter is a whole season, not just one day, but fifty days. The wisdom in the liturgical calendar recognizes it takes an entire season for Easter to take effect and for the resurrection to sink in. We move slowly from shock or skepticism towards recognition of Jesus alive […]

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Learning to be Brave

Andrew Stephens-Rennie — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 08:51:34 +0000

I first heard of Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde in the days following her sermon during the National Prayer Service at Washington National Cathedral. Preaching after the inauguration of the United States’ 47th President, her final plea for mercy was all anyone could talk about: “In the name of our God, I ask you to have […]

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“The Startling Prayer Life of Søren Kierkegaard”

David Tiessen — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 08:48:53 +0000

In a reflection titled “The startling prayer life of Søren Kierkegaard,” Karen Wright Marsh refers to the 19th century Danish philosopher as “a role model for future generations of angsty, overwrought people” (Marsh, in America: The Jesuit Review, March 2020: https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2020/02/28/startling-prayer-life-soren-kierkegaard (Wikimedia) Angsty and overwrought. Hmm. That resonates. For good reason (many, in fact). Marsh […]

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Do You Know About EfM?

Annette Cowan — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 08:45:22 +0000

Did you know that EfM is an acronym for Education for Ministry, an exciting and life changing programme of theological education based on adult education, through individual reading, study, prayer and reflection using small group study and practice drawing on contemporary scholarship in the fields of Christian scripture, church history, theology and the life of […]

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Living As if God was There

James Wild — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 08:43:13 +0000

I like watching Jordan Peterson videos on YouTube. The other day I saw an interview with him in which the interviewer asked him if he believed in God. Peterson declined to discuss the topic because it is so large and important a subject that a simple “bumper sticker” declaration is inappropriate. But then he added […]

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Reaching Out in our Community

Andrea Brennan — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 08:39:23 +0000

The Knit and Knatter Group has been gathering for decades in one iteration or another. Originally, the Knox Knit and Knatter Group, would gather in the Church Office at Fernie Knox United Church, a truly tiny space, and knit or crochet prayer shawls. Sometimes they would work on individual projects, sometimes, they would come together, […]

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Around and About the Diocese, Penticton

Richard Simpson — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 08:35:35 +0000

Jazz Vespers Returns St Saviour’s, Penticton Wow! What a Jazz Vespers it was! On March 2, we were delighted to once again offer a Jazz Vespers service, with Justin Glibbery, Stefan Bienz, Scott Gamble and Stan Sabourin performing and the Very Rev. Ken Gray officiating. It’s been almost two years since our last Jazz Vespers […]

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When our Ministries Minister to Us

Norene Morrow — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 08:33:53 +0000

Lately, I have been thinking about the many ministries in the church that are taken on by lay people. Without them, the church couldn’t function. These ministries support worship, music, operations, governance, outreach, education, pastoral care, etc. Indeed, all of these are important, but there is one aspect of ministry that one might not think […]

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AFC Invites Applications for $50,000 in Community Ministry Partnership

Anglican Foundation of Canada — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 08:27:27 +0000

TORONTO, Ontario – March 4, 2025 The Anglican Foundation of Canada (AFC) is calling on Canadian Anglicans to strengthen community connections and expand ministry partnerships through its 2025 Request for Proposals (RFP) for Community Ministry Partnerships. The AFC Board of Directors has approved $50,000 in funding, with grants available for both local and regional projects […]

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Angels and Waiters

Richard Simpson — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 08:19:47 +0000

From the Desk of a Deacon The sixth chapter of the book of Acts describes the calling of the first seven deacons in the early church. Diákonos is a Greek word meaning waiter, servant or messenger and this is the sort of ministry deacons are called and ordained to. Although this work is done primarily […]

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