Bishop’s Column

If you were able to go to the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria between December 2024 and April 2025, you will have been able to ...

“No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” John 15:13 I wanted to let you know about some ...

The church, over the centuries, has held and continues to hold many different theories of atonement. Most of these theories centre around how Jesus’ death ...

In January the St Dustan’s property was listed for sale. The pastoral letter (below) outlines the process that brought us to this decision. Ongoing updates ...

In April of 2024 Archbishop Linda, Archbishop Chris and I wrote a letter to the federal government asking that the day school settlement agreement be ...

“For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will be famines. This is but the ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

William Temple, theologian and Archbishop of Canterbury, was fond of reminding us that the church exists primarily for the sake of those who are still ...

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 ...

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 ...