Peter J. Parker, Author at Faith Tides https://faithtides.ca News from the Diocese of Islands and Islets in the Anglican Church of Canada Thu, 27 Mar 2025 19:11:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://faithtides.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cropped-Faith-Tides-Icon-32x32.png Peter J. Parker, Author at Faith Tides https://faithtides.ca 32 32 207835967 The Woodlands at Dawson Heights nearing completion https://faithtides.ca/the-woodlands-at-dawson-heights-nearing-completion/ https://faithtides.ca/the-woodlands-at-dawson-heights-nearing-completion/#respond Mon, 02 Sep 2024 04:22:38 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=175243 Anyone who has driven by 3700 Cedar Hill Road will have been impressed by the handsome building nestled against the Doncaster Escarpment, more or less across from Lutheran Church of the Cross. (Drivers will have been less impressed with the road work, as Saanich takes its time coordinating with the construction company to upgrade the […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/the-woodlands-at-dawson-heights-nearing-completion/feed/ 0 175243 Book review of Circles and the Cross: Cosmos, Consciousness, Christ, and the Human Place in Creation https://faithtides.ca/book-review-of-circles-and-the-cross-cosmos-consciousness-christ-and-the-human-place-in-creation/ https://faithtides.ca/book-review-of-circles-and-the-cross-cosmos-consciousness-christ-and-the-human-place-in-creation/#respond Mon, 01 Jan 2024 19:13:34 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=174316   If you are going on a trip, leave your presuppositions behind! In November, I had the great pleasure of travelling to Galiano Island to celebrate eucharist at St Margaret of Scotland Church. Little did I know the surprises in store for me. After my hosts, the Walmsleys, had prepared a lovely welcoming dinner for […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/book-review-of-circles-and-the-cross-cosmos-consciousness-christ-and-the-human-place-in-creation/feed/ 0 174316 “Go to a place I will show you” https://faithtides.ca/go-to-a-place-i-will-show-you/ https://faithtides.ca/go-to-a-place-i-will-show-you/#respond Tue, 28 Feb 2023 20:32:11 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=172864 What would it be like if your rector retired after over 30 years as your priest and pastor? Ask the people of St Philip, Victoria.  After a dedicated ministry of over 30 years at St Philip’s, Christopher Pagehas retired. One might expect to hear words of reaction like trauma, shock, grief, panic, anxiety and the […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/go-to-a-place-i-will-show-you/feed/ 0 172864 Coming soon: The Oaks at Dawson Heights https://faithtides.ca/coming-soon-the-oaks-at-dawson-heights/ https://faithtides.ca/coming-soon-the-oaks-at-dawson-heights/#respond Wed, 01 Feb 2023 17:01:55 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=172673 In 1949, philanthropist Percy Dawson made a generous donation to St. Luke, Victoria to provide affordable housing for senior widows. His legacy continues to this day. Thanks to Dawson’s bequest, a series of little cottages were created dotting the landscape — now called Dawson Heights — near the church on Cedar Hill Cross Road.   The […]

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