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 …
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 …
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.” This was the title of a major paper I wrote for my Master of Divinity at …
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 …
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 …
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 …
What made you decide to pursue the role of deacon? I cannot really say that I decided. I had a strong call to service in …
Where were you born and where did you grow up? I grew up in Coventry, England, was baptized as a baby and grew up in …
“Why doesn’t anyone at coffee hour talk about what was said in the sermon?” I remember wondering when I was about 13. Something about Jesus …
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 …
I grew up in Halifax, N.S., in the 1940s, the sixth of seven children. We lived in the city until I was 15 years old, …
I was born in Saskatoon, but I spent most of my youth in the southeastern area of Ontario. We lived predominantly in small towns and …
My Journey is a regular feature profiling clergy in the diocese As the child of Italian immigrants in Winnipeg, I was raised Roman Catholic and …
I was born and raised in small-town southern Alberta, with a United Church minister for a father and a United Church minister’s daughter for a …
The official publication of the Anglican diocese of Islands and Inlets, Faith Tides is a space where people of faith and doubt can share their stories, challenge their perceptions, and grow together.
We acknowledge that for thousands of years the Coast Salish, Nuu-chah-nulth, and Kwakwaka’wakw peoples have walked gently on the unceded territories where we now live, work, worship, and play. We seek a new relationship with the First Peoples here, one based in honour and respect.
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