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Walking home by another road

Anna Greenwood-Lee — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 20:20:36 +0000

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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Learning to be curious

Lisa Alexander — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 20:19:06 +0000

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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Writing letters for social justice

Susan MacRae — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 20:18:13 +0000

On Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, during the season of Advent, about 40 people gathered at Christ Church Cathedral to act for social justice. Those gathered learned about human rights abuses in eight different countries. With this information they wrote letters of advocacy and support for eight different people (and, in one or two cases, small groups) who had been unjustly imprisoned […]

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St. John’s parishioners tour local restaurants to share food and fellowship

Maureen Polard — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 20:17:50 +0000

It has been said that eating together is a blessing that fosters connection and gratitude. It can also just be fun! That is why a group of us at St. John the Divine in Courtenay — called “The Restaurantours” — gather once a month to enjoy each other’s company and to sample local restaurants. […]

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The church and the culture of addiction

John J. Thatamanil — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 20:16:08 +0000

Facebook knows me (almost) better than God knows me In capitalism’s latest phase, we are the products being bought and sold. If we think we are getting something for free — Facebook, for example — then we’ve been had. Our attention has been hijacked and monetized. We offer invaluable assistance to marketers by informing them […]

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