Building a safe haven for queer asylum seekers
St. John the Divine in Victoria has a long history of social justice work. For 30 years the church had an active refugee sponsorship committee, ...
Remembering the Sacred Journey ten years on
Ten years ago, in March 2016, a pilgrimage began in Port McNeill as an act of penance for the sins of a colonial past that ...
Speaking our inner stories out loud
Last month I asked us to think about the stories we tell ourselves. Now it’s time to start taking some risks with this curiosity stuff. ...
God speaks in the stillness
“Be still, and know that I am God!” (Psalm 46:10) In a world filled with constant noise, the presence of silence in the Anglican eucharist ...
Glass plate negatives survive the test of time
Glass plate negatives are one of the more fragile records we have in the archives. Those who remember the days before smart phones and digital cameras will be familiar with waiting for rolls of negative ...
Baseball and the ‘how’ of faith
I have been a baseball fan for most of my life. I was seven when I first visited the SkyDome in Toronto. We were on ...
Bishop's Column
“Come on bishop, let’s dance!”
Diocesan council is grateful to the parish of St. Peter, Quamichan for hosting most of our meetings in their lovely hall. Not only is it ...
Welcoming everyone to the table
Perhaps this is an inappropriate topic for Lent, a season of fasting, but as bishop I am pleased to see that many of our parishes ...
The proper order of things
On Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, at an evening prayer service at the cathedral, Jenny Replogle was collated as executive archdeacon. “Collating” is a very funny ...
Reflections
Remembering Herbert O’Driscoll
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
‘I would have entertained anything but priesthood’
My life began in Canton, Ohio, where my parents bought an unremarkable house in the barely middle class environs of an expanding hospital. My parents had been ...
Diocesan Theologian
The church and the culture of addiction
Facebook knows me (almost) better than God knows me In capitalism’s latest phase, we are the products being bought and sold. If we think we ...
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