January 2024 Archives - Faith Tides

Embrace Discovery — an online pre-Lenten retreat for men

G. Wayne Short — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 16:04:58 +0000

Join us on Feb. 7, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and then 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. AST for an enlightening online pre-Lenten retreat entitled “Embrace Discovery.” This retreat will guide us to be more open with ourselves, others and God. Our retreat will delve into the profound themes of vulnerability, self-awareness and self-care. […]

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Book review of Circles and the Cross: Cosmos, Consciousness, Christ, and the Human Place in Creation

Peter J. Parker — Mon, 01 Jan 2024 19:13:34 +0000

If you are going on a trip, leave your presuppositions behind! In November, I had the great pleasure of travelling to Galiano Island to celebrate eucharist at St Margaret of Scotland Church. Little did I know the surprises in store for me. After my hosts, the Walmsleys, had prepared a lovely welcoming dinner for […]

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Book review of Rest is Resistance – A Manifesto

Adela Torchia — Mon, 01 Jan 2024 19:13:14 +0000

Since naps have been essential to my survival, I was immediately attracted to this 2022 New York Times Best Sellers book in which the author, Tricia Hersey, calls herself the “Founder of The Nap Ministry,” and even the “Nap Bishop.” I learned about this book from Reverend Ruth Dantzer who’s the Anglican Spiritual Care […]

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“God at work in us” — Women’s Spring Retreat (April 19-21)

Patricia Stock — Mon, 01 Jan 2024 19:12:48 +0000

This spring’s women’s retreat will be back at Camp Pringle, from April 19 to April 21, with the Most Reverend Archbishop Linda Nichols as facilitator and the Reverend Lynn Mills as spiritual director. Linda delights in opportunities to exercise her gifts as a teacher in leading retreats and conferences. We are thrilled to have […]

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Interior oasis

G. Wayne Short — Mon, 01 Jan 2024 19:12:25 +0000

During a discussion following a silent meditation session, a meditator described her experience of God’s presence within. An image came to mind. The image is that silent meditation creates an interior oasis. This interior oasis enriches my spiritual life daily. The health benefits of meditation have been researched, validated and well-documented. I accept and […]

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The day my muse went on vacation

Cathy Carphin — Mon, 01 Jan 2024 19:08:58 +0000

She was always with me, my muse. My writing and my poetry would come to me readily with an idea partly fleshed out, waiting for me to fill in the bits. They would appear early in the morning, somewhere between sleep and wakefulness, or they would come to me while driving or while contemplating some […]

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Leading the liturgy of the word — Lay Leadership in Worship course this spring (March to May 2024)

Ingrid Andersen — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 19:20:01 +0000

Many of the parishes in the diocese are “in transition” and do not necessarily have a priest to celebrate the Eucharist each Sunday. Additionally, parishes are rediscovering the daily office and considering ways to have lay-led weekday services. Lay-led services are an opportunity for renewal: to encourage lay people to live into the vows they […]

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A joint appeal for Gaza from Archbishops Hosam Naoum and Justin Welby

Faith Tides — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 17:55:02 +0000

To download the joint appeal for Gaza from Archbishop Hosam Elias Naoum and Archbishop Justin Welby, please click here. ________________________ International Partners receiving donations for this appeal: American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem (USA) JMECA (UK) Friends of the Holy Land (UK, Joint Anglican-Roman Catholic) Canadian Companions (Canada) The Primate’s […]

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