Firmbee, Pixabay “You’ve been hacked.” It’s true, the email address of my local church fell into the hands of hackers; a fraudulent email was distributed to many if not all addresses in our church email database. We have now fixed all this, but it was a wake-up call. Stay vigilant everyone. Corroborate any suspicious message.... Continue Reading →
“It’s a lifestyle.” I hear this from many including my own siblings for whom “it” refers to life itself. So if it’s a lifestyle, then life is not just a trip down south, or an adventure to a particular place. It’s not simply a rendezvous with friends or with family on a particular occasion. It’s... Continue Reading →
Melodies of love filled the spacious space of St. Saviour’s Anglican Church in Penticton Sunday night Most of the 100+ attendees (a mixture of church and music community members) were longtime followers of Larry Crawford and Friends--this time configured as a sextet. Jazz Vespers was founded in the South Okanagan in Summerland in the fall... Continue Reading →
Below is the first in a series of conversations between myself and Bishop Geoff Woodcroft, Bishop of the Diocese of Rupert’s Land in Canada. Geoff and I first met in an elevator at General Synod 2019. Following another more recent encounter I posed some questions to Bishop Geoff to which he generously responded. The notes... Continue Reading →
Thanks Burt. You left us so many great songs, songs which connected us with a particular time, songs which drew out our emotions, songs which expressed our hopes and dreams. We all have our favourites--for me it’s that marvellous centerpiece anthem in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Raindrops keep falling on my head (I... Continue Reading →
A sermon preached on Sunday Feb 5, 2023 at St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town,South Africa by Fr Michael Lapsley SS, Canon for Healing and Reconciliation at St Georges. In 1990 Fr. Michael was sent a letter bomb by the apartheid regime. It was hidden inside two religious magazines. He lost both hands and the sight... Continue Reading →
A Guest Post by the Very Reverend Dr. Kyle Norman) What passes for theology these days cannot rightly be called so. We discuss concepts and phraseology, but rarely do we contemplate the divine. This was an observation made by theologian Ronald Rohleiser. Rolheiser observed that theology, correctly defined, is theo logos, or “words about God”.... Continue Reading →
UPDATE: Given the recent legal change where adults in B.C. are no longer subject to criminal charges for the personal possession of small amounts of certain illegal drugs I have re-visited my blog from a year ago, thankful that some progress has been made on assessing the effectiveness of our drug rehabilitation programmes. I was... Continue Reading →
A guest blog by Revd Dr Joachim Feldes, Lancelot Andrewes Institute, Nuremberg, Germany (Via the Anglican Communion Environmental Network) 665 bishops, most of them with their spouses, followed the invitation of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and joined this year’s Lambeth Conference that had the motto ‘God’s Church for God’s World’. The meeting lasted... Continue Reading →
We arrived at St. George’s; a long time Anglican Parish situated beside the waters of Victoria’s Cadboro Bay on a sunny January morning. It is a parish I know well having led and attended events, worship services, youth conferences, Cursillo weekends, ordinations and synod meetings there over many years. (My mother and I tried to... Continue Reading →
Take Note - Reflections on life, music, politics, retirement and more by Ken Gray 