December 2025 Archives - Faith Tides https://faithtides.ca/tag/december-2025/ News from the Diocese of Islands and Islets in the Anglican Church of Canada Tue, 03 Feb 2026 19:51:32 +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 December 2025 Archives - Faith Tides https://faithtides.ca/tag/december-2025/ 32 32 207835967 Ripples: December 2025 https://faithtides.ca/ripples-december-2025/ https://faithtides.ca/ripples-december-2025/#respond Mon, 01 Dec 2025 22:15:04 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=176684 Alert Bay at Sacred Circle 2025  The 12th Sacred Circle took place Aug. 4-10, 2025, in Calgary, Alberta. There were six attendees from Alert Bay (‘Yalis), as well as Rev. Sheila Cook. Sheila shared the following photo and quote from Yvon Gesinghaus, ‘Yalis:   “At Sacred Circle, each time we gather, we plant a tree and […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/ripples-december-2025/feed/ 0 176684 Love must come before believing https://faithtides.ca/love-must-come-before-believing/ https://faithtides.ca/love-must-come-before-believing/#respond Mon, 01 Dec 2025 22:14:45 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=176691 In a recent conversation with a young first-time attendee at church, I attempted to establish common ground for a vital conversation by referring to the parable of the prodigal son, surely one of the best-known Bible stories: “Remember how Jesus tells the story of the young man who squandered his inheritance on prostitutes and lived with […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/love-must-come-before-believing/feed/ 0 176691 Anglican Foundation resource helps parishes get the conversation on legacy giving started https://faithtides.ca/anglican-foundation-resource-helps-parishes-get-the-conversation-on-legacy-giving-started/ https://faithtides.ca/anglican-foundation-resource-helps-parishes-get-the-conversation-on-legacy-giving-started/#respond Mon, 01 Dec 2025 22:13:16 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=176695 As vestry season unfolds, many parish councils and stewardship committees are taking stock of the year behind them and planning faithfully for what lies ahead. For some, this is the moment when a familiar refrain is heard: “We should really do more about legacy giving.”  It’s an area of stewardship many churches aspire to strengthen […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/anglican-foundation-resource-helps-parishes-get-the-conversation-on-legacy-giving-started/feed/ 0 176695 Letter to the editor (December 2025) https://faithtides.ca/letter-to-the-editor-december-2025/ https://faithtides.ca/letter-to-the-editor-december-2025/#respond Mon, 01 Dec 2025 22:12:48 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=176700 Dear Editor, In the October issue John Thatamanil wrote on “Keeping company with love,” a very important task for us all to attend to. But as I have thought about this, I have concluded that true love requires following a path to reach it. St. Paul spelt this out for us in Galatians 5:22-23: By […]

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