Who we are today is built on the stories, actions, and wisdom of our ancestors. The Rev. Melanie Calabrigo In mid-July, I once again attended the Indigenous Summer School program at the Vancouver School of Theology. As always, it was a wonderful experience. What happened that week is what happens for me every year when […]
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When I was little, I dreamed of being an astronaut when I grew up. I was raised on a steady stream of Star Trek as a child, and the thought of seeing the wonders of the universe with my own eyes was immensely appealing. Until one day it occurred to me that my fear of
Our reading from Genesis this morning is a bit of a quirky story, not because of anything unusual in the story, but because we might rightfully ask why it even exists. After all, it is in many respects a fairly ordinary story of betrothal, with only a bit of a sprinkling of God in the
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On 31 March 2023, at the cusp of Holy Week, the most sacred part of the Christian year when we remember the story of Jesus’ death and his resurrection on Easter morning, 70+ members of the community joined us onsite and another 20 online for an evening of music. Performed by Ensemble Harmonia and the
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There are many important things to consider when taking a long-distance bike trip. One of the most important, though often not the one that first comes to mind, is water. Because, you need to drink a lot of water when you are biking, but water is heavy and every extra bottle you carry takes up
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The problems of the world cannot be solved with the same tools that were used to create them. I received this piece of wisdom at a conference I attended a few years ago, and it has stuck with me ever since. I found myself thinking about it again this past week when the bishops of
On a Wednesday morning following Bible study, a small group of church folk, all members of the outreach team, gathered in the rector’s office to make decisions about how we would disburse our outreach money raised in 2022. This money, all $8,456*, was generated by our outreach fundraisers over the past year, including Purdy’s Chocolate
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It was a dark night in the late spring in northern Wisconsin. I bounced along in the passenger seat as we wove our way over rough roads and around the lakes that spill across the landscape. Arriving at our destination, a small boat launch on the water, we found a group of scientists, biologists, already
Are you the one that is to come, or are we to wait for another? John’s words come to Jesus, a question spoken through the mouths of his messengers, simple but powerful. It was not that long ago that the Baptist stood on the banks of the Jordan, delivering his fiery sermons to all who
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On a cold December evening, St. Faith’s was blessed to open its doors to the wider community for a world-class concert for the benefit of Ukraine. The evening featured renowned Ukrainian pianist Anna Sagalova, who fled the country with her son at the start of the war and now resides in the Lower Mainland of
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