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April 2026 content

Faith Tides — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:54:16 +0000

Columns and regular features Bishop’s Column: “Come on bishop, let’s dance!” Bishop Anna learns more about the history of the land that our churches in the Cowichan Valley were built on, and joins Cowichan Chief Cindy Daniels in a friendship dance. (pg. 1) Canon Lisa: Speaking our inner stories out loud Canon Lisa encourages us […]

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“Come on bishop, let’s dance!”

Anna Greenwood-Lee — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:31:06 +0000

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 a lovely setting but meeting at St. Peter’s means the folks from further north in our diocese are at least spared the Malahat. At our March meeting, Brendon facilitated a […]

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Building a safe haven for queer asylum seekers

Naomi Racz — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:00:41 +0000

St. John the Divine in Victoria has a long history of social justice work. For 30 years the church had an active refugee sponsorship committee, but when Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada introduced new administrative requirements for refugee sponsorship in 2022, it became clear that the parish could no longer sustain this already difficult and […]

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Remembering the Sacred Journey ten years on

Logan McMenamie — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:59:16 +0000

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 would culminate over 460 kilometers later, on the steps of Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria on Easter Sunday. Ten years on, it is time to remember the First Nations communities visited […]

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Speaking our inner stories out loud

Lisa Alexander — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:58:55 +0000

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. Let’s turn our curiosity outwards and use it as a tool for creating deeper connections with one another. Buckle up — this one is challenging. What might happen if we […]

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God speaks in the stillness

Marion Edmondson — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:57:36 +0000

“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 may feel unusual. Yet silence is not simply the absence of sound; it is an intentional and meaningful part of the liturgy. These moments of stillness allow the words and […]

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Glass plate negatives survive the test of time

Justine Soles — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:56:51 +0000

Glass plate negatives are one of the more fragile records we have in the archives. Those who remember the days before smart phones and digital cameras will be familiar with waiting for rolls of negative film to be developed into prints. Glass plate photography was invented in the 1850s and was common until the 1920s. The technology for developing photographs has evolved over the century, but the basic process is similar. An image is […]

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Baseball and the ‘how’ of faith

Brendon Neilson — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:55:37 +0000

I have been a baseball fan for most of my life. I was seven when I first visited the SkyDome in Toronto. We were on vacation from our home in New Brunswick and the sheer wonder of stepping out of the back halls of the stadium to see the green turf, and the scale of […]

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March 2026 content

Faith Tides — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 06:43:07 +0000

Columns and regular features Bishop’s Column: Welcoming everyone to the table (pg. 2) “As we prepare for the Easter feast, I invite you to think about what your parish could do to spend more time at table with one another and to invite more people, from all walks of life, to join you at the […]

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Welcoming everyone to the table

Anna Greenwood-Lee — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:11:37 +0000

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 have recently or will soon undertake kitchen renovations. In the past few years, St. Mary Magdalene, Mayne Island and the Parish of Salt Spring Islands have both significantly upgraded their […]

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