October 2023 Archives - The HighWay

Vestments of Worship

Lynne McNaughton — Sat, 30 Sep 2023 08:59:17 +0000

When serving at St Clement’s, North Vancouver, as a priest, several times I led a short retreat for the Altar Guild at the beginning of Advent when they were polishing all the brass for the sanctuary so everything was beautiful for Christmas. Polishing together in silence was a wonderful meditative exercise. Creating beauty for worship […]

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Honouring Yme Woensdregt

John Lavender — Sat, 30 Sep 2023 08:56:34 +0000

The Rev. Dr. Yme Woensdregt, who recently passed into the rest of God, in whom he put his trust*, will be sorely missed by those who knew him and read his monthly articles. Yme has written for The HighWay longer than I have been its editor. Formerly a Presbyterian minister, he has contributed to the […]

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Julian of Norwich

Karen Archibald — Sat, 30 Sep 2023 08:42:20 +0000

Spiritual Development Mystics are comfortable with ambiguity. The world and the church, as we know it, are shifting constantly, and the wisdom of the Christian mystics can give us ways to hold on amidst unknowns. In the coming months, members of the Spiritual Development Committee will offer writings of the mystics and what they can […]

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Introducing a New Column: Creative Worship

Norene Morrow — Sat, 30 Sep 2023 08:42:06 +0000

Music has always been an important part of my worship life. In fact, after having spent over thirty years as a church music director, I view it as integral to the whole worship experience. In particular, I speak of congregational singing, which brings us together as a community. It is a means by which we […]

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Grateful in a Time of Crisis

Michael Shapcott — Sat, 30 Sep 2023 08:38:58 +0000

Servant’s Heart from the Desk of a Deacon It’s a global story with a terrible impact right here in the Diocese of Kootenay: Extreme weather events triggered by human-induced climate change. But it was not simply abstract science for the guests, staff and neighbours of the Sorrento Centre, the Anglican retreat and conference centre in […]

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The Art of Sandra Anne Kessler

John Lavender — Sat, 30 Sep 2023 08:06:10 +0000

Sandra Anne Kessler was born in Taber, Alberta. She has worked in various mediums throughout her career and is currently using a form of “Tachisme” — an art form popular in France in the 1940s and 50s. It is often considered to be the European response and equivalent to abstract expressionism, although stylistically different. Sandra […]

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Signposts of God’s Presence

Andrew Stephens-Rennie — Sat, 30 Sep 2023 08:02:55 +0000

When you tell the story of God’s faithfulness in your life, where do you start? Do you start with the stories of your ancestors or your parents? Do you start with the story of a trauma, an epiphany, or an inexplicable encounter with the divine? When you tell the story of God’s faithfulness in your […]

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