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A kingdom of love, justice and compassion

Anna Greenwood-Lee — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 20:05:25 +0000

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 on St Dunstan’s and all our diocesan property projects can be found on our website. On the first Sunday in February, I look forward to being with the people […]

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Bishop George Hills and Anglican opposition to segregation in early Victoria

Kieran Wilson — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 20:04:24 +0000

If, in the year 1860, you were to stand on Beacon Hill in Victoria and look south across the Strait of Juan de Fuca, you would see in the Olympic mountains the westernmost rampart of a continent-spanning, slaveholding republic. In that last full year before the outbreak of the American Civil War, traffic in Black […]

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What is the place of joy in Christian life?

John J. Thatamanil — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 20:03:31 +0000

Within a context of overwhelming violence, injustice and suffering, what is the place of joy in Christian life? Under such circumstances, is joy an unseemly perversion, a self-indulgent obliviousness to real suffering? These questions seem unavoidable when unconstitutional abuse of power, approaching fascism, is being enacted in the United States and as ICE agents attempt […]

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The best of times, or the worst of times?

Adela Torchia — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 20:02:16 +0000

You may have recognized this title as being from Charles Dickens’s 1859 novel A Tale of Two Cities. And like much of Dickens’s work, it remains relevant for our times. Here are the opening lines of the novel: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age […]

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Discover the world of women’s preaching in medieval Europe

Faith Tides — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 20:01:04 +0000

Step into the captivating, often overlooked world of women’s preaching in medieval Europe with international scholar Carolyn Muessig! At the end of February, Carolyn Muessig, chair of Christian thought in the department of classics at the University of Calgary, will be giving the Vancouver School of Theology’s annual G. Peter Kaye lecture and workshop in […]

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