Opinion

“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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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The stories we tell ourselves

I have a vivid imagination and one of the things I do to entertain myself when I’m waiting is make up stories about people using ...
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How a Salt Spring Island experiment recovered Christian contemplation

This article originally appeared in the Anglican Journal and is republished here with the permission of the Journal and the author. When the parish of ...
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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 ...
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Getting curious when conflicts arise at parish AGMs

It’s the season of spring buds, early cherry blossoms, new daffodils, longer days and …. parish vestry meetings. Depending on your personal preferences, some of ...
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Walking home by another road

Dr. Gordon Smith was one of the speakers at our incredible 2025 We Together conference. He shared a story of how when he retired from ...
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Learning to be curious

Recently, Jo, one of my neighbours stopped me in the parking lot. “Do you hear the hammering every evening around 6 p.m. from Rick’s apartment?” ...
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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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Responding to the rising tide of homelessness in our communities

In Montreal in October, I had the privilege of participating in and being on a panel at the national conference of the Canadian Alliance to ...
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Love must come before believing

In a recent conversation with a young first-time attendee at church, I attempted to establish common ground for a vital conversation by referring to the ...
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