Bishop's Column Archives - Faith Tides https://faithtides.ca/tag/bishops-column/ News from the Diocese of Islands and Islets in the Anglican Church of Canada Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:01:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://faithtides.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cropped-Faith-Tides-Icon-32x32.png Bishop's Column Archives - Faith Tides https://faithtides.ca/tag/bishops-column/ 32 32 207835967 “Come on bishop, let’s dance!” https://faithtides.ca/come-on-bishop-lets-dance/ https://faithtides.ca/come-on-bishop-lets-dance/#respond Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:31:06 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=177125 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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]]> https://faithtides.ca/come-on-bishop-lets-dance/feed/ 0 177125 Welcoming everyone to the table https://faithtides.ca/welcome-everyone-to-the-table/ https://faithtides.ca/welcome-everyone-to-the-table/#respond Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:11:37 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=176988 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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]]> https://faithtides.ca/welcome-everyone-to-the-table/feed/ 0 176988 The proper order of things https://faithtides.ca/the-proper-order-of-things/ https://faithtides.ca/the-proper-order-of-things/#respond Thu, 05 Feb 2026 17:15:14 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=176854 On Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, at an evening prayer service at the cathedral, Jenny Replogle was collated as executive archdeacon. “Collating” is a very funny word that most of us associate with photocopying. It means to put things in their proper order. As part of the service, we sang “The Canticle of The Turning,” a […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/the-proper-order-of-things/feed/ 0 176854 Walking home by another road https://faithtides.ca/walking-home-by-another-road/ https://faithtides.ca/walking-home-by-another-road/#respond Tue, 06 Jan 2026 20:20:36 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=176767 Dr. Gordon Smith was one of the speakers at our incredible 2025 We Together conference. He shared a story of how when he retired from his role as the president of a university, a mentor gave him succinct and wise advice:   “No accumulated grievances.”  As someone whose daily prayers include “forgive us our trespasses as we […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/walking-home-by-another-road/feed/ 0 176767 Responding to the rising tide of homelessness in our communities https://faithtides.ca/responding-to-the-rising-tide-of-homelessness-in-our-communities/ https://faithtides.ca/responding-to-the-rising-tide-of-homelessness-in-our-communities/#respond Mon, 01 Dec 2025 22:28:51 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=176667 In Montreal in October, I had the privilege of participating in and being on a panel at the national conference of the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness. Over 2,300 people participated in this conference and it was fascinating to see the breadth and depth of experience and knowledge among people working to turn the tide […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/responding-to-the-rising-tide-of-homelessness-in-our-communities/feed/ 0 176667 Growing into the new https://faithtides.ca/growing-into-the-new/ https://faithtides.ca/growing-into-the-new/#respond Mon, 03 Nov 2025 17:33:07 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=176565 November marks the end of one church year and the beginning of the next. On Nov. 23, we finish the church year celebrating Christ the King, and on Nov. 30, we begin again with the great season of Advent. We do all of this in the year of our Lord 2025, the mid-point of an […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/growing-into-the-new/feed/ 0 176565 She comes sailing on the wind https://faithtides.ca/she-comes-sailing-on-the-wind/ https://faithtides.ca/she-comes-sailing-on-the-wind/#respond Thu, 02 Oct 2025 16:09:07 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=176429 My job title is bishop of the islands and inlets. I grew up sailing with my grandfather and father and met my husband while crewing on a tall ship. It was only a matter of time before the temptation of a boat to call my own got the better of me.   It took a […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/she-comes-sailing-on-the-wind/feed/ 0 176429 The empires of the world and the kingdom of God https://faithtides.ca/the-empires-of-the-world-and-the-kingdom-of-god/ https://faithtides.ca/the-empires-of-the-world-and-the-kingdom-of-god/#respond Mon, 01 Sep 2025 22:13:10 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=176333 Since the escape from slavery in Egypt and being called to be covenant people in the promised land, our story has always been intertwined with the story of empire.    At the course Christine Conkin and I taught at Sorrento Centre this summer, which we will be revisiting at the upcoming Women’s Retreat, we traced the […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/the-empires-of-the-world-and-the-kingdom-of-god/feed/ 0 176333 Christ with shopping bags https://faithtides.ca/christ-with-shopping-bags/ https://faithtides.ca/christ-with-shopping-bags/#respond Tue, 03 Jun 2025 17:07:57 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=176105 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 see the From Warhol to Banksy exhibit. Part of that exhibit was a small piece by street artist Banksy called Christ with Shopping Bags.    I saw this piece during a […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/christ-with-shopping-bags/feed/ 0 176105 Sacrificial acts of faith and love https://faithtides.ca/sacrificial-acts-of-faith-and-love/ https://faithtides.ca/sacrificial-acts-of-faith-and-love/#respond Thu, 01 May 2025 16:39:03 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=175987 “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 of the sacrificial acts of faith and love I am seeing in the diocese. First of all, I commend the good people of St John’s, Duncan who are sacrificially and […]

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