Opinion

She comes sailing on the wind

My job title is bishop of the islands and inlets. I grew up sailing with my grandfather and father and met my husband while crewing ...
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‘I’m laying down burdens’: an interview with Canon Ian Alexander

Earlier this year, the 2025 recipients of the Anglican Award of Merit, which recognizes outstanding contributions by Anglican laypeople, were announced. Included in that list ...
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Keeping company with love

How would our lives be different if we believed that God is not elsewhere (the theme for our We Together gathering)?   Scratch that question. “Believe” ...
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‘A moment that turned me back towards God’

Content warning: mention of miscarriage  My name is Theo Robinson, and I am the new incumbent at St. Peter’s, Quamichan in North Cowichan. I have ...
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Letter to the editor (October 2025)

Dear Editor,   I continue to be impressed with the work of Christ Church Cathedral’s director of music, Donald Hunt. His article (Cathedral connects young people ...
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The empires of the world and the kingdom of God

Since the escape from slavery in Egypt and being called to be covenant people in the promised land, our story has always been intertwined with ...
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The ordinary self and the divine Self

Learning from Hindu and Buddhist wisdom Three religious traditions dear to me all share a common insight: within each of us there is a twoness, ...
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‘I felt God tapping on my shoulder’

In this edition of My Journey we meet Norman Knowles, who joined our diocese in July as the incumbent of St. John’s in Duncan and ...
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First Nations Version of the New Testament ‘deepens racial stereotypes’

In 2021, Terry Wildman, who is of Ojibwe (Ontario, Canada), Yaqui (Sonora, Mexico) and European decent, published a translation of the New Testament that is ...
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‘A deeper intimacy with our creator’

“In the tiny spaces between breaths and the silence between your thoughts, I have placed a door that leads directly to me.” — Rumi   ...
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How should the church communicate?

As the editor of a diocesan newspaper, I have taken an interest in the recent discussions around communications and the Anglican Journal at the national ...
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Christ with shopping bags

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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