My Journey

‘I would have entertained anything but priesthood’

February 5, 2026

My life began in Canton, Ohio, where my parents bought an unremarkable house in the barely middle class environs of an expanding hospital. My parents had been ...

‘A moment that turned me back towards God’

October 2, 2025

Content warning: mention of miscarriage My name is Theo Robinson, and I am the new incumbent at St. Peter’s, Quamichan in North Cowichan. I have ...

‘I felt God tapping on my shoulder’

September 1, 2025

In this edition of My Journey we meet Norman Knowles, who joined our diocese in July as the incumbent of St. John’s in Duncan and ...

‘What it means to be the church today’: interview with Jenny Replogle

November 7, 2024

In September, the diocese welcomed Jenny Replogle as the canon for lay-led parishes and parishes in transition. Faith Tides editor Naomi Racz talked to Jenny ...

‘A love affair with church’: interview with Rebecca Yeo

November 7, 2024

Where did you grow up and what were your early religious influences and experiences? I was born and raised on the Saanich Peninsula (unceded W̱SÁNEĆ ...

The winding path to ministry, ‘Pranglicanism’ and sailing

February 29, 2024

Vernon Foster will be joining the Diocese of Islands and Inlets as the incumbent at St Paul, Nanaimo, from May 1, 2024. Here he tells ...

Infinitely more than we can ask or imagine

February 29, 2024

Lynn Mills was ordained on February 3, 2024 by Bishop Anna at St Mary of the Incarnation, Metchosin. Lynn is the incumbent at St Mary. ...

“Falling in love with God” — monasticism in the 21st century

December 1, 2023

In anticipation of Brother James Koester’s visit to the diocese to host a workshop for the clergy this December, Faith Tides had the pleasure to ...

“I had no more excuses”

October 30, 2022

When I was in my teens living in Baltimore, I was very involved in the Episcopal Church. At that time, I felt called to be ...

I look for God in the ordinary

October 6, 2022

What made you decide to pursue the role of deacon? My sense of call was not an easy feeling. Since I was a teenager, I ...

Reimagining who we are called to be

August 31, 2022

Where were you born and where did you grow up? I grew up in Ladysmith and I spent much of my childhood exploring forest floors ...

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

May 31, 2022

“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 ...

I have come home

March 1, 2022

Where were you born and where did you grow up? I was born and raised in Victoria, a navy baby. My dad retired from the ...

God had his hand on me

January 1, 2022

I was born in Vancouver, and we emigrated to Southern California in 1960. It was an exciting time to live in California: culture crazes, social ...

We are one

December 1, 2021

I started in full-time ministry at the age of 22. I had the opportunity to work for a faith-based organization in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, that ...