March 1, 2010 Requiem for a biker

The funeral home parking lot contained more motorbikes than the local Harley-Davidson dealership. That was appropriate. The funeral was for a biker in his early 30s who had dropped dead of a heart attack as he left a bar in the city.

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March 1, 2010 Don’t touch that dial!

Dr. Rachel Jordan’s clear, beautiful singing voice pierces the quiet. Startled, my head snaps up as a shiver runs down my spine. I thought we were having a moment of silent prayer. What is she doing?

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February 1, 2010 Let’s focus on the positive

Are you answering God’s call to help move the church forward?

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January 1, 2010 Igniting the passion

MONICA DAVIS IS just 24 years old and boy, did this young Anglican snag a dream job: “Happiness Ambassador” for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic torch relay.

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December 1, 2009 Sharing the experience of God

I HAVE A CONFESSION to make: I love change. Maybe you’ve guessed that already. On the other hand, I know that trying to do too much is a trap. It’s easy to get caught up in this. In fact, our culture promotes it. If you aren’t going 100 miles an hour, you’re lazy! But now, experts are saying that to really get where you want to go, you have to stop everything. That’s right. Put down whatever’s in your hands, stop moving your body, sit comfortably and just stare into the middle distance. (Not as easy as it sounds, especially if you’re a coffee drinker.) Apparently, that’s how you engage your creative self, your non-linear thinking. That’s where the aha! moment comes from. Boy, we could sure use some of those. Let me explain.

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November 1, 2009 Six degrees of separation...or less

I THINK IT’S GOOD to get to know the neighbours, don’t you? They could be complete strangers you encounter on a busy street. Or they could be people who live across the hall, across town or on the other side of the world. In the process, you may discover you have very little in common. Fair enough. But there’s a 50-50 chance you may experience something truly wonderful.

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October 1, 2009 Listening to the future

HOW MESSY IS your church?I hope it’s gloriously disheveled. The messier the better. I’m talking about Messy Church, of course. You know, the kind where young families feel welcome and anything can happen and usually does. Where...

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September 1, 2009 What will it take to get us unstuck?

Before he left this office, Keith Knight expressed his dismay about the bureaucracy that dominates our reporting (see View from a Loft). In so doing, he has provided me with the perfect springboard to my own views about what’s in store for readers of this newspaper.

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June 1, 2009 The birth of a new, conservative denomination

A NEW, THEOLOGICALLY conservative, North American Anglican denomination is being born this month. It is a move that is to be both respected and mourned.The Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) is the result of a marriage of 12...

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May 1, 2009 Anglican presence in Burundi makes a difference

“I WANT TO tell you how I lost my arms.” That is the opening line of a feature article on page 1, and the words are spoken by Francine Nijimbere, a 26-year-old mother living in Burundi. Her story is both alarming and tragic, almost incomprehensible to our Western sensibilities.

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