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A month of thanksgiving

Anna Greenwood-Lee — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 17:46:13 +0000

“Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that their will not be room enough to store it.” (Malachi 3:10) Blessings for the month of October, a month of thanksgiving, of harvest, of blessing. We have […]

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Rebecca Yeo and Mona Smart ordained to the sacred order of deacon

Naomi Racz — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 17:44:38 +0000

On Sept. 15, Rebecca (Reba) Yeo and Mona Smart were ordained to the Sacred Order of Deacon (transitional) at Christ Church Cathedral. Mona Smart lives on Gabriola Island and her home parish is Christ Church Gabriola, an Anglican-United collaborative church. She has a masters of theological studies from St. Stephen’s College, University of Alberta campus, […]

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Oh God, it’s Otter!

Ramona Jones — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 17:43:27 +0000

Fur gives and fur gets, my dog told me. No wiser words were ever spoken. In 2017, I decided to attend church in my new town, Port Hardy. Our man of the cloth, the reverend at our combined Anglican-United church, was Alastair Hunting. I find it amusing that our dog’s name, registered with the Canadian […]

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An invitation to stretch

Faith Tides — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 17:26:32 +0000

On Thursday, Oct. 17, Vancouver School of Theology is hosting the 2024 Somerville Lecture at Epiphany Chapel. LaKeesha Walrond, president of New York Theological Seminary, is this year’s keynote speaker. Walrond is a prominent charismatic preacher and seminary leader who has also pastored in Harlem, taught in public schools in North Carolina and advocated for […]

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Letter to the editor (October 2024)

Faith Tides — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 17:25:55 +0000

Dear Editor, I was both shocked and interested to read your article about the Gwa’sala-‘Nakwaxda’xw Nations and their troubles (Gwa’sala-‘Nakwaxda’xw Nations building hope for the future, September 2024). All the years I had been part of Aboriginal Neighbours, I had not known about them. With the encouragement of Bishop Logan McMenamie, we visited the long […]

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