Come to the Synod
“Come! Come to the Synod,” the Bishop said, “Gather together and pray to hear God’s voice in the winds of change that blow in the…
Father ‘Fitz’ Passes in Vancouver
Father ‘Fitz’, Rev. John Fitzgerald, OMI passed away Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver. Fr. Fitz was born in Almonte Ontario on…
Mary Parsons Passes
PARSONS, Mary Violet Patricia – March 13th, 1911 – October 6th, 2012 Our dear mother slipped peacefully away while residing at Mt. St. Marys…
Lachlan (Lock) Mawhinney, Co-founder of L’Arche Comox Valley Passes
After a lengthy battle with cancer that went extra innings, our beloved Lockie, husband and dad, hit a grand slam and slid safely into…
Artist Hank Zyp Had a Radical Faith
EDMONTON – Hank Zyp was no ordinary man. The capital region artist, teacher and social justice advocate was a radical who praised the virtues of…
No-Where to Run – Honour Killings
Where to Run Who are all these women here? Their graves face the sun; stones in the grass where the river won’t run. Where are…
All That Twitters is Not Told
What with the cyber tweeting, bleating and completing these days it’s a wonder we can see, hear or feel ourselves think. The bard must…
Book Review: Captivity by James Loney – Difficult but Captivating
Permeating the whole text is the revelation that these four Christian Peacemakers were a Team who lived out their pacifism concretely by confronting directly…
Advent Reflection: The Wonder of Ordinary Time
As a former hostage, I have discovered people have a natural curiosity about experiences of captivity. When I’ve met people who have, like me, survived…
Jim Manly, Prophet and Lorne Gunter, Implausible Pundit
Former Canadian Member of Parliament and United Church of Canada minister Jim Manly has returned to Canada on October 25 after being detained for…