May 2026 Archives - Faith Tides https://faithtides.ca/tag/may-2026/ News from the Diocese of Islands and Islets in the Anglican Church of Canada Mon, 04 May 2026 23:24:57 +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 2026 Archives - Faith Tides https://faithtides.ca/tag/may-2026/ 32 32 207835967 Saving paper the 19th century way https://faithtides.ca/saving-paper-the-19th-century-way/ https://faithtides.ca/saving-paper-the-19th-century-way/#respond Mon, 04 May 2026 23:11:04 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=177235 The item featured in this month’s post is unusual, not in content, but in the way it was written. This is an example of a crossed letter, a rare and exciting find in the archives. Letter writers in the 19th century would use this technique of cross-writing or cross-hatching to save on limited stationery and […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/saving-paper-the-19th-century-way/feed/ 0 177235 When things turn out differently than we’d hoped https://faithtides.ca/when-things-turn-out-differently-than-wed-hoped/ https://faithtides.ca/when-things-turn-out-differently-than-wed-hoped/#respond Mon, 04 May 2026 23:10:52 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=177243 I’ve been reflecting on how often I’m caught unawares in situations where I’m expecting one thing and something entirely different happens. Not the happy coincidence sort of difference, where you leave the situation with a good story or a warm feeling, but the sort of difference that leaves you feeling at best slightly unmoored and […]

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