Opinion

Hard hat country

The excavation site is huge. Someday, a towering structure will emerge to — we fervently hope — grace the city. At the moment, this area ...
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“I had no more excuses”

When I was in my teens living in Baltimore, I was very involved in the Episcopal Church. At that time, I felt called to be ...
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Anglicanism and Anglianism

At the end of September, our diocesan conference, We Together, was held in Nanaimo. In the opening address on the Friday night, I spoke about ...
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Reflections from the World Council of Churches

I remember distinctly, in the final year of my undergraduate degree in religion and theology, being compelled and captivated by the prayer of Jesus in ...
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Small boys, golden doors and great cathedrals

When I was a small boy, I was a member of a Bible study group led by Mr. Turner, someone who was wise enough to ...
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I look for God in the ordinary

What made you decide to pursue the role of deacon?  My sense of call was not an easy feeling. Since I was a teenager, I ...
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Solutions over despair

Book Review: Solutions for a Wounded Planet by Jim Kingham. FriesenPress Editions, 2022. Sept. 1 to Oct. 4 is the Season of Creation, so Jim ...
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Asking the right questions

While I am incredibly proud of how all our parishes have innovated and persevered through COVID-19, I am also hearing a common refrain about how, ...
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Reflections on the music that shapes our faith and life

On June 28, the Belfry Theatre in Victoria presented an interview with Michael Shamata, its artistic director, and Tobin Stokes, the composer and sound designer ...
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Reimagining who we are called to be

Where were you born and where did you grow up?  I grew up in Ladysmith and I spent much of my childhood exploring forest floors ...
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What the church has to offer a world in spiritual crisis

Book Review: Why Gather? The Hope and Promise of the Church by Martha Tatarnic. New York, NY, Church Publishing, 2022.  Why Gather? is both the ...
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Q&A with Martha Tatarnic

Martha Tatarnic is the incumbent at St George, St Catharines in Ontario and is the author of Why Gather?: The Hope and Promise of the ...
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Interconnection and healing from colonization

Book Review: Indigenous Healing: Exploring Traditional Paths by Rupert Ross. Toronto, Penguin Canada, 2014.   After hearing Martin Brokenleg, a priest and prominent psychologist specializing in ...
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The first day

It is early September 1933 and it has been decreed that I, on the cusp of five years old, should go to school. The great ...
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Treasure in earthen vessels

Few questions are harder than asking, How do we serve as caretakers of broken institutions that, nonetheless, bear within them a healing treasure? While the ...
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