Opinion

Concepts of love

Love is a wonderous thing. It expands our horizons and fills us with joy. It also encourages us to reach out to others, to give ...
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The visit

Suppertime in the residence, the corridors relatively quiet. This is the hour between the coming and going of visitors. The staff are under less pressure; ...
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Letter to the editor (February 2024)

Dear Editor, I enjoyed reading your extensive article on the Anglo-Catholic dimension of our faith (Pressing forward — High Church Anglicanism in print and practice, ...
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Book review of Circles and the Cross: Cosmos, Consciousness, Christ, and the Human Place in Creation

  If you are going on a trip, leave your presuppositions behind! In November, I had the great pleasure of travelling to Galiano Island to ...
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Book review of Rest is Resistance – A Manifesto

  Since naps have been essential to my survival, I was immediately attracted to this 2022 New York Times Best Sellers book in which the ...
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Interior oasis

  During a discussion following a silent meditation session, a meditator described her experience of God’s presence within. An image came to mind. The image ...
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“That all children of God live in safety”

While our secular culture today likes to leave the baby Jesus at the manger and go shopping on Boxing Day, for the Church, the night ...
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The executive

Over the last few years, we have gotten to know and respect one another. I think — and certainly hope — that this has become ...
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My New Year’s resolution? “I am loved”

Nothing will make you feel like real change is impossible than personal struggles with transformation. The beginning of the New Year is almost always an ...
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The day my muse went on vacation

  She was always with me, my muse. My writing and my poetry would come to me readily with an idea partly fleshed out, waiting ...
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Knowing the Creator — Writing icons as a spiritual practice

The Prosopon School of Iconology has presented me the experience of writing icons as a spiritual practice. I have travelled nearly annually to Northeast Minneapolis, ...
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Pressing forward — High Church Anglicanism in print and practice

During their time at St John the Evangelist, Montreal a few years ago, I had the pleasure to know Arlie Coles and Kieran Wilson. Both ...
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Be present and celebrate

Words are not enough. We are coming again to that time in the church year when we celebrate the Word that becomes flesh and dwells ...
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A child’s Christmas

The word “Christmas” is more than a mere word. In the world of music, a chord is composed of notes, but it is infinitely richer ...
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“Falling in love with God” — monasticism in the 21st century

In anticipation of Brother James Koester’s visit to the diocese to host a workshop for the clergy this December, Faith Tides had the pleasure to ...
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