Opinion

James and I left Oak Bay Marina on July 8 and headed for Saturna, arriving in time to enjoy a few days of exploration before ...

I was recently asked what I do as the canon for pastoral support and stumbled a bit in my answer. Yes, I work with parish councils teaching them communication ...

The church has seen better days. It stands as a bruised and battered institution with diminished moral credibility. The Anglican Church, as well as every ...

Stepping into parish leadership can be daunting at the best of times and particularly challenging in today’s climate of less financial resources, competing priorities and ...

Dear Readers, I wanted to remind you all that Faith Tides will be taking it’s usual summer break. We will be back in September and ...

It has been a joy to travel across our beautiful diocese these past weeks and months. I can report that from Port Alice to Salt ...

I’ve been reflecting on how often I’m caught unawares in situations where I’m expecting one thing and something entirely different happens. Not the happy coincidence ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...