A sermon for the congregation of St. Stephen, SummerlandSunday, November 15th, 2026 - Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost|The Very Rev. Ken Gray The phrase: “Here comes the judge” was originally created and performed by Black vaudeville comedian Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham (1904-1981) in his courtroom sketch routines. The words form part of a humour sketch. Today’s application... Continue Reading →
Fifty years and counting – Our 1975 high school grad class meets for a reunion
I walked onto the rooftop patio of Victoria’s Strathcona Hotel to meet almost one hundred members of my high school graduating class. Now fifty years after the actual 1975 graduation ceremony at Victoria’s Oak Bay High School I wasn’t really thinking about the effects of the passage of time. Temporarily befuddled, a server pointed me... Continue Reading →