November 2025 Archives - The HighWay

Sacramental Community

Lynne McNaughton — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 08:59:47 +0000

One of the things that gives me great joy as Bishop is gathering with Lay Ministers around the Diocese. Certainly with the Diocesan value on “Whole-Hearted Worship,” preparing people for worship leadership is key. An important part of the work of a bishop is teaching, “equipping the saints for the work of ministry.” (Ephesians 4: […]

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People of the Open Hand

Andrew Stephens-Rennie — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 08:55:58 +0000

“What kind of ancestor do you want to be?” he question, “What kind of ancestor do you want to be?” remains as striking to me today, as it did when I first heard it. I was sitting in a classroom at Simon Fraser University’s downtown campus as a part of a professional development cohort exploring […]

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Three New Ordinands

The HighWay — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 08:50:20 +0000

Three postulants in the Diocese of Kootenay, John Graham, Nicholas Bone, and Philip Benmore were ordained to the transitional diaconate on Sunday, September. 21, 2025 at the Cathedral Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Kelowna. John Graham is a life-long Anglican, Professor and former Director of the School of Social Work at UBC, Okanagan […]

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History of the Anglican Church in Canada Part 2 of 5

Dan Prysunka — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 08:49:31 +0000

The Old Church comes to Upper and Lower Canada In Upper Canada, loyalist exiles from New York travelled westwards. The route leading to the Niagara River was the quickest way to find protection beneath the British flag. Some settled in Kingston. Several hundred settled near the first capital of the new province of Upper Canada, […]

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“OPEN HOUSE” with Bishop Lynne

John Lavender — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 08:45:14 +0000

An “OPEN HOUSE” with Bishop Lynne McNaughton and her staff took place by Zoom on Wednesday, September 25. Members of the congregations in Kootenay Diocese were invited to join Bishop Lynne for an update on events throughout the diocese. Fifty members from across the diocese attended. Starting with opening prayer, Bishop Lynne gave an update […]

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The Air We Breathe, the Life We Live

David Burrows — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 08:35:29 +0000

I feel refreshed and renewed after my annual leave in Ontario, and now I’m in Whitehorse, amidst the raw beauty of the Yukon and its clear pure air. I was greeted on arrival by a stunning display of the Aurora Borealis; green curtains of swirling light which made me nostalgic for my childhood on Baffin […]

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Properly Aghast?

David Tiessen — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 08:33:21 +0000

Once far enough removed, everyone will be properly aghast that any of this was allowed to happen.” (Omar El Akkad, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This [McClelland & Stewart, 2025], 25). El Akkad writes a sentence designed to simultaneously stop us in our tracks and to make us leap ahead to consider […]

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New Team Leader for SW Kootenay

The HighWay — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 08:30:18 +0000

At the unanimous recommendation of the Search Committee, Bishop Lynne has appointed the Rev. Juliet Thondhlana as the Team Leader for the South West Kootenay Region. She will begin October 1, 2025. The Rev Juliet Thondhlana (she/her) is an ordained minister in the United Methodist Church-Zimbabwe. She is married to Rev Fredrick who is also […]

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A D V E N T

Helen Hall — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 08:20:45 +0000

As the weather cools, the days shorten, the stores and malls remind us how quickly it is that time passes. And Christmas is coming. In these fall days before we have even had our Thanksgiving Turkey feasts, the stores remind us that the reason for the season is spending money on Holiday Decorations. They don’t […]

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What are Hymns without Music?

Norene Morrow — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 08:20:33 +0000

Have you ever taken the time to read the words of a hymn as a piece of poetry? If not, you should give it a try. In Christopher Phillips’s book, The Hymnal: A Reading History he notes that pre 1870s hymnbooks were essentially small, portable books of devotional poems (no music) for daily use at […]

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