June 2022 Archives - Faith Tides

Applying hospice philosophy to climate grief

Roxy Humphrey — Tue, 31 May 2022 19:05:00 +0000

The church has an opportunity to help support people experiencing ecological distress. Ecological distress refers to “any forms of emotional, psychological or existential distress related to present or anticipated ecological/climatic change.” It is a rapidly growing phenomenon impacting more and more people. As Elin Kelsey, author of Hope Matters: Why Changing the Way We Think […]

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‘Everything I know about God, I learned from dancing.’

Christine Conkin — Tue, 31 May 2022 19:04:31 +0000

“Everything I know about God, I learned from dancing.” This was the title of a major paper I wrote for my Master of Divinity at Vancouver School of Theology (VST). Writing the paper was an important moment for me as it brought together my (then) recent theological studies with my earlier Christian formation. I grew […]

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God loves a cheerful giver

Sulin Milne — Tue, 31 May 2022 19:03:11 +0000

What on earth is a stewardship canvass? That was the question I asked our wardens and treasurer after the new diocesan regulation, glamorously entitled “Regulation 6.10.05 – Parish Stewardship,” was circulated. None of us had ever done a stewardship canvass before, but together we worked out what it would look like — or rather what […]

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Missing Lambeth but still building relationships

Anna Greenwood-Lee — Tue, 31 May 2022 19:02:51 +0000

As we move towards the summer months, I have had a few questions about the Lambeth Conference that is taking place in the UK this summer. This is a decennial gathering of bishops and their spouses from across the Anglican Communion convened by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The first conference was in 1867. This year’s […]

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Celtic teachers show us the divine in all matter

Adela Torchia — Tue, 31 May 2022 19:01:27 +0000

Book Review: Sacred Earth, Sacred Soul by John Philip Newell. New York, NY, HarperOne, 2021 “We’re in for quite a stretching,” said an Irish midwife sister after hearing Newell speak in Dublin about the new thing that’s trying to come forth given the decline of traditional Christianity — what are the yearnings for new birth […]

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The prie-dieu

Herbert O’Driscoll — Tue, 31 May 2022 19:00:04 +0000

The antique shop was large. I found myself in it only because my family was in a nearby store, and, since I’m not much of a shopper, I was just putting in time. Near the back, standing half hidden between other elderly pieces of furniture, I saw it. It was among those pieces that were […]

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O’Driscoll Forum fundraiser launched

Naomi Racz — Tue, 31 May 2022 18:59:11 +0000

Readers of Faith Tides will be familiar with the name Herbert O’Driscoll. Herb, as he’s known, has been writing a regular column for Faith Tides for some time now and his words are always thought-provoking and insightful — as are his many published books. Herb was born in Ireland and was ordained in 1954. During […]

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Leading the liturgy of the word: a lay leadership in worship course

Ingrid Andersen — Tue, 31 May 2022 18:58:52 +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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We Together: a chance to be together again

Brendon Neilson — Tue, 31 May 2022 18:57:29 +0000

We Together, our semi-annual diocesan conference is fast approaching and will be held at St Paul, Nanaimo from Friday, Sept. 30 to Saturday, Oct. 1. It has been a long couple of years without diocesan-wide in-person gatherings, and we invite you to join us for an inspiring and hope-filled couple of days. The theme of […]

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