A SERMON for the congregation of St. Stephen, Summerland, Sunday, April 19th, 2026, the Third Sunday of Easter by the Very Rev. Ken Gray Willie Nelson said it, and sang it, best: On the road againGoin' places that I've never beenSeein' things that I may never see againI can't wait to get on the road... Continue Reading →
Keeping wisdom alive
CAC faculty member Brian McLaren reflects on the person of Benedict of Nursia (ca. 480โ547) whose world closely resembles ours today. History, it seems, repeats itself. Hopefully Benedict's solution helps us on our way. Long live wisdom. Itโs not hard to imagine a world that seems to be falling apart with political division and corruption,... Continue Reading →
Jesus, in the image of Donald Trump? Absolutely not
Published on Facebook by the Anglican Bishop of Edmonton, Stephen London - with many thanks to you bishop Just a year ago, we all probably would have been appalled at the blasphemy of the President of the United States posting on his own website that he is Jesus. Now it seems normal. That is a... Continue Reading →
Jesus is risen โ So what?
Photo Credit: ScottProject Photography/Kamloops Tourism, Kamloops BC A sermon for the congregation of St. Saviour, Penticton on the Second Sunday of Easter Sunday, April 12th, 2026 by the Very Rev. Ken Gray I know itโs not the traditional, formal Easter greeting many of you prefer: โThe Lord is risen / He is risen indeed; Hallelujah.โ... Continue Reading →
A new name for Good Friday?
A sermon for the United and Anglican congregations in Summerland BC on Good Friday, 2026 by the Very Rev. Ken Gray We need a new name for today, for what is โgoodโ about Good Friday? By definition, โGood Friday, also known as Holy Friday, Great Friday, or Friday of the Passion of the Lord, is... Continue Reading →
Resurrecting the obvious
A sermon for he congregation of St. Saviour Anglican church, Penticton BC - Sunday, March 22nd, 2026 โ The Fifth Sunday in Lent - The Very Rev. Ken Gray Those of us who officiate at funerals get to say some wonderful words. For instance, right at the beginning of the service: "I am the resurrection... Continue Reading →
I could have said this, but I didn’t; he did, and he did it well
Anglicanism #1, from Dan Scott on Facebook Over the next few reflections, I want to share a few thoughts about Anglicanismโthe tradition that became my spiritual home. A Christian doesnโt exactly convert to Anglicanism. Baptized believers may eventually ask to be formally received and confirmed, but in practice they are welcomed to participate from the... Continue Reading →
Meet my friend, Ruth
To those of you who already know Ruth, what is wrong with this picture? To those of you who do not know her, you need to know that Ruth is typically NOT the one eating, but more likely the one preparing and setting out the food. She is an extroverted personality who loves to welcome,... Continue Reading →
Far more energy, effort imagination and finance goes into war-making as compared to peacemaking
A report from the Anglican College in Jerusalem Here we go again. The ministry of the College has been inhibited in so many ways over these past years. Yet again, just as pilgrim visits were beginning slowly to re-start, we have been thwarted as full-blown war returns to these lands. Tragically, far more energy, effort... Continue Reading →
Whoโs on first?
โKnock knock,โ someone calls from outside my office door. โWhoโs there?โ I laugh.. โActually, Minister, itโs not a joke, sadly. Itโs Marie here. May I come in?โ Marie oversees our little community cemetery. Our church is too small to maintain its own burial ground, so following funeral services we bury caskets and urns in the... Continue Reading →