Canon Lisa Archives - Faith Tides https://faithtides.ca/tag/canon-lisa/ News from the Diocese of Islands and Islets in the Anglican Church of Canada Thu, 11 Jun 2026 04:02:36 +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 Canon Lisa Archives - Faith Tides https://faithtides.ca/tag/canon-lisa/ 32 32 207835967 Rest in love and work from that love https://faithtides.ca/rest-in-love-and-work-from-that-love/ https://faithtides.ca/rest-in-love-and-work-from-that-love/#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:18:11 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=177300 Stepping into parish leadership can be daunting at the best of times and particularly challenging in today’s climate of less financial resources, competing priorities and people weary and frighten from the chaos in the world. Leadership transition arising out of vestry meetings is more or less complete now, and new wardens, treasurers and parish councils […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/rest-in-love-and-work-from-that-love/feed/ 0 177300 When things turn out differently than we’d hoped https://faithtides.ca/when-things-turn-out-differently-than-wed-hoped/ https://faithtides.ca/when-things-turn-out-differently-than-wed-hoped/#respond Mon, 04 May 2026 23:10:52 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=177243 I’ve been reflecting on how often I’m caught unawares in situations where I’m expecting one thing and something entirely different happens. Not the happy coincidence sort of difference, where you leave the situation with a good story or a warm feeling, but the sort of difference that leaves you feeling at best slightly unmoored and […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/when-things-turn-out-differently-than-wed-hoped/feed/ 0 177243 Speaking our inner stories out loud https://faithtides.ca/speaking-our-inner-stories-out-loud/ https://faithtides.ca/speaking-our-inner-stories-out-loud/#respond Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:58:55 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=177138 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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]]> https://faithtides.ca/speaking-our-inner-stories-out-loud/feed/ 0 177138 The stories we tell ourselves https://faithtides.ca/the-stories-we-tell-ourselves/ https://faithtides.ca/the-stories-we-tell-ourselves/#respond Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:04:36 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=177054 I have a vivid imagination and one of the things I do to entertain myself when I’m waiting is make up stories about people using clues from what they are wearing, their body language, how they are interacting with those around them and whatever else my imagination can grab hold of. These harmless stories entertain […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/the-stories-we-tell-ourselves/feed/ 0 177054 Learning to be curious https://faithtides.ca/learning-to-be-curious/ https://faithtides.ca/learning-to-be-curious/#respond Tue, 06 Jan 2026 20:19:06 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=176770 Recently, Jo, one of my neighbours stopped me in the parking lot. “Do you hear the hammering every evening around 6 p.m. from Rick’s apartment?” (Rick is my downstairs neighbour and her upstairs neighbour.) When I told her I didn’t hear any regular hammering, she went on: “Every. Single. Evening! It’s so loud! It’s been […]

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