May 2021 Archives - Faith Tides https://faithtides.ca/tag/may-2021/ News from the Diocese of Islands and Islets in the Anglican Church of Canada Tue, 07 Dec 2021 15:47:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://faithtides.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cropped-Faith-Tides-Icon-32x32.png May 2021 Archives - Faith Tides https://faithtides.ca/tag/may-2021/ 32 32 207835967 Uncharted territory https://faithtides.ca/uncharted-territory/ https://faithtides.ca/uncharted-territory/#respond Sat, 01 May 2021 14:46:29 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=170806 As a church in the 2020s, one of the things we need to realize is that we are living in changing times and uncharted territory. Phyllis Tickle, in her book The Great Emergence, suggests we are living through religious, economic, technological and political changes of a size and scope we have not seen since the […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/uncharted-territory/feed/ 0 170806 Diocesan council, vision implementation and finance update https://faithtides.ca/diocesan-council-vision-implementation-and-finance-update/ https://faithtides.ca/diocesan-council-vision-implementation-and-finance-update/#respond Sat, 01 May 2021 14:20:48 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=170762 This regular column reports on the activities and decisions of diocesan council, the “synod between synods” of our diocese. Download monthly meeting minutes at www.bc.anglican.ca/programs/diocesan-council. Streamlining bureaucracy As reported last month, at its March meeting the diocesan council approved motions regarding canonical wording changes to Canons 3 and 4. The changes stipulate that the frequency […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/diocesan-council-vision-implementation-and-finance-update/feed/ 0 170762 God is persistent, and so should I be https://faithtides.ca/god-is-persistent-and-so-should-i-be/ https://faithtides.ca/god-is-persistent-and-so-should-i-be/#respond Sat, 01 May 2021 14:15:46 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=170752 Our new editor of the Post asked me an interesting opening question: “What made you decide on the role of deacon as a career?” It took me several perplexing years to discern that I didn’t really have a “career optimization” choice. I could understand what most deeply fulfilled me, and in part why, and then […]

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