Opinion

‘God is indeed making all things new’: Bishop’s charge to synod

The following is the text Bishop Anna prepared for her charge to synod. To see the recording of the charge please go to the recorded ...
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How to be salt and yeast

In my September reflection in Faith Tides, I mused about whether it might be possible for the church to learn how to be small but ...
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Letter to the editor (November 2024)

Dear Editor, Since autumn is often a time for church stewardship campaigns, when tithing might be promoted, I’m writing about concerns I’ve had for years ...
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A month of thanksgiving

“Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much ...
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Oh God, it’s Otter!

Fur gives and fur gets, my dog told me. No wiser words were ever spoken. In 2017, I decided to attend church in my new ...
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Letter to the editor (October 2024)

Dear Editor,  I was both shocked and interested to read your article about the Gwa’sala-‘Nakwaxda’xw Nations and their troubles (Gwa’sala-‘Nakwaxda’xw Nations building hope for the ...
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The story of our church in this land

The following is a sermon delivered by Jesse Robertson at Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria on June 23, 2024. For those of you who don’t know ...
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Can the church learn to be small but mighty?

Church and world: how are we to think about the relationship between the two? Once upon a time, the question would have made little sense. ...
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‘It is easier to talk about reconciliation than to do reconciliation’

Dear friends,  At the end of 2023 the Yellowhead Institute, which monitors progress on the 94 Calls to Action from the 2015 Truth and Reconciliation ...
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Planted in the earth itself

Below is a selection of photos and an excerpt from the transcript of Bishop Anna’s closing sermon at the May 2024 We Together diocesan conference. ...
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The Rafah Crossing

Jan. 12, 2024 Night after night on our television screens, we see the Rafah Crossing between southern Gaza and northern Egypt. The area is teeming ...
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A debate on human goodness

Recently, a theological dispute broke out in the public square: a relatively rare occurrence in our post-theological era. Conservative evangelicals are irate about Pope Francis’s ...
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Where did all the young people go?

Average churchgoers and scholars alike have been asking hard questions about our theology and practice of Christianity for years. The 1960s marked a watershed in ...
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Children of God

Zondervan recently released a book entitled, The Great Dechurching: Who’s Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back?   The ...
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Sorrowful Saturday

Alleluiah! We are now in Eastertide, that glorious 50-day period of celebrating the light of Christ in this world.   Just as Christians have done ...
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