Cultivating an undogmatic faith
It has been a difficult and beautiful month. For just shy of three weeks, I was at Dad’s bedside as he had entered at-home hospice ...

Written by
John J. Thatamanil
Revitalizing Indigenous arts and music
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Call to Action #61 calls on churches to provide funding for Indigenous community-controlled culture and language revitalization projects. From 2015 ...

Written by
Sarah Kell
White South African “refugees” in the US offer a troubling tale of selective sympathy
When my partner and I moved from South Africa to Canada, we did so in search of a different lived experience. We wanted to live ...

Written by
Vernon Foster
The Episcopal Church ends its refugee resettlement ministry
On May 12, 2025, presiding bishop of The Episcopal Church, Bishop Sean Rowe published a letter announcing that The Episcopal Church will be terminating its ...

Written by
Naomi Racz
Churches help Victoria bid to become pipe organ capital of Canada
April 26 is International Pipe Organ Day and this year the Victoria Centre of the Royal Canadian College of Organists set itself an ambitious challenge: ...

Written by
Naomi Racz
Photo gallery: Easter Sunday 2025 at Christ Church Cathedral
Below is a gallery of images from the Easter Day service at Christ Church Cathedral, held on April 20, 2025.

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Faith Tides
Beer and hymns at the cathedral
On Friday, June 13, 2025, Christ Church Cathedral will be hosting Beer and Hymns. Doors will open at 7:30 p.m. Beer and Hymns is an ...

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Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria
Letter to the editor (June 2025)
Dear Editor, I am very grateful for Bishop Ingham’s letter in response to my article on Bishop George Hills’ opposition to segregation, both for Bishop ...

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Faith Tides

Bishop's Column
Empires and the kingdom to come
June 3, 2025
If you were able to go to the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria between December 2024 and April 2025, you will have been able to ...
Sacrificial acts of faith and love
May 1, 2025
“No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” John 15:13 I wanted to let you know about some ...
Salvation in an interconnected world
April 1, 2025
The church, over the centuries, has held and continues to hold many different theories of atonement. Most of these theories centre around how Jesus’ death ...

Reflections
Remembering Herbert O’Driscoll
September 2, 2024
October 17, 1928 – July 25, 2024 With immeasurable sadness, we announce that the Rev. Canon Dr. Thomas Herbert O’Driscoll (known to many as Herb) ...

My Journey
‘What it means to be the church today’: interview with Jenny Replogle
Naomi Racz
November 7, 2024
In September, the diocese welcomed Jenny Replogle as the canon for lay-led parishes and parishes in transition. Faith Tides editor Naomi Racz talked to Jenny ...

Diocesan Theologian
Cultivating an undogmatic faith
June 3, 2025
It has been a difficult and beautiful month. For just shy of three weeks, I was at Dad’s bedside as he had entered at-home hospice ...