Opinion

Empires and the kingdom to come

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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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Sacrificial acts of faith and love

“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 ...
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Remembering the radical Pope Francis

The sanitization and the sanctification will start soon. Pope Francis has just passed but innocuous bromides about his contributions will come fast and furious. So ...
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Salvation in an interconnected world

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 ...
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Softening the heart and mind

A letter from an American theologian to his Canadian church Dear Canadian friends,  I am guessing that you are as dazed and confused as I ...
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Decolonizing Christian art

In October 2024, and with the financial support of the Diocese’s Educational Trust Board, I attended the Universities Art Association of Canada (UAAC) conference at ...
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Letter to the editor (March & April 2025)

Dear Editor,   Bravo to Kieran Wilson for his well-researched and excellently written article on Bishop George Hills’ resolute opposition to racial segregation in Anglican churches ...
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A kingdom of love, justice and compassion

In January the St Dustan’s property was listed for sale. The pastoral letter (below) outlines the process that brought us to this decision. Ongoing updates ...
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Bishop George Hills and Anglican opposition to segregation in early Victoria

If, in the year 1860, you were to stand on Beacon Hill in Victoria and look south across the Strait of Juan de Fuca, you ...
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A rite of passage

In the spring of 2024, I became a grandmother for the first time at the ripe old age of 68. I hadn’t really been waiting ...
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Instruments of love and compassion

In April of 2024 Archbishop Linda, Archbishop Chris and I wrote a letter to the federal government asking that the day school settlement agreement be ...
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An artistic expression of liturgical colour

We the church are light the light shining in darkness the darkness vanquished The Christian calendar year, portrayed in colour blocks painted by my daughter, ...
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