As we travel through the Sundays of Advent we hear the stories of our roots of faith - stretching back to the founders of the Hebrew...
The essence of the Divine is love, but that love begets something else - creativity. In the myth of Creation found in the Biblical...
Pause For Thought I Sometimes when we look at the hurt and brokenness of the world we can feel overwhelmed - what can we do to change...
There's a meme that does the rounds on Social Media regularly with the caption 'I found Jesus, he was behind the sofa all the time."...
When church members of some traditions talk of those outside the community of faith one phrase often used is 'the Lost' - believing...
As is the case for many people like me who spent some 20 years as a professional church musician, music itself speaks prayerfully often...
So we made it Advent 4. If by now you haven't spent anytime looking for a parking spot downtown or at one of the shopping centers, well...
A Guest Post by Grant and Colleen We are now approaching the fourth Sunday of Advent and it is tempting to believe that the journey is...
In his book "Free of Charge: Giving and Forgiving in a World Stripped of Grace" Theologian Miroslav Volf reflects on the transactional...
Our Journey for Lent begins - with a new round of Art to share with you, connecting faith and feeling, spirituality and art - an...
Psalm 51 (From the 1662 Book of Common Prayer) Have mercy upon me, O God, after Thy great goodnessAccording to the multitude of Thy...
Mark Wallinger's Ecce Homo Wallinger said his sculpture of Christ was not meant to be perverse or tongue in cheek. 'I wanted to show...
Whirling Mandala™ Sacred Dance | Zia Nath | TEDxExeter 2 Samuel 6.14-15 David danced before the Lord with all his might; David was...
Mumford & Sons - Hopeless Wanderer You heard my voice, I came out of the woods by choiceShelter also gave their shadeBut in the...
Circle of Forgiveness” by Yvonne Tardif About the Art: Description from the artist: “first round is grey means a person feels guilty,...
From the Westminster Abbey, London, Web Site Above the Abbey's Great West Door stand ten statues to modern martyrs - Christians who...
Michael Franti and Spearhead - Nobody right, nobody wrong
Stavri Kalinov - Nothing Can Stop Faith, 2017
Steve Bell - The Lorica (Prayer of St Patrick, also known as 'St Patrick's Breastplate') Full text of the prayer: I arise...
Malayalam classical Christian dance
Makebelieve And on the first day god made something up. Then everything came along: seconds, sex and beasts and breaths and...
Salvador Dali - The Christ of St John of the Cross 1951
Today is the Festival of Holi - birthed from Hinduism, but a celebration of Indian/Nepalese culture worldwide. It is also World Poetry...
A version of The Kontakion with a setting by Vancouver Musician Rupert Lang. Give rest unto your servants with your saints, O...
Marillion - Beautiful
Passion of Christ - Artist Unknown
Little Gidding V What we call the beginning is often the endAnd to make and end is to make a beginning.The end is where we start...
John Tavener's God Is With Us - not a Lenten piece, but still a sublime choral work by the late Orthodox composer. God is with...
The Bright Field I have seen the sun break throughto illuminate a small fieldfor a while, and gone my wayand forgotten it. But that...
The Emmaus Road II by Daniel Bonnell
FOR LENT, 1966 It is my Lent to break my Lent. To eat when I would fast, To know when slender strength is spent, Take...
Faith in Justice Series: The Faith In Justice Series presents "Trans 101" an exploration of gender identity by...
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"I hate rollercoasters" With these words our newly elected and installed Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, the Most Revd...
An opportunity to hear 'from the ground' the goings on at General Synod - and particularly with regards to the vote on Amending the...
As is the custom in the Anglican Church, St John's will be marking the Feast of All Souls with a special service of commemoration on...
A series about finding meaning towards the end of life. Wednesdays in November, all starting at 7pm in the Denson Lounge November...
The Coming And God held in his handA small globe. Look he said.The son looked. Far off,As through water, he sawA scorched land of...
“Hope” is the thing with feathers “Hope” is the thing with feathers -That perches in the soul -And sings the tune without the words...
Preludes IThe winter evening settles downWith smell of steaks in passageways.Six o’clock.The burnt-out ends of smoky days.And now a...
In response to conversation and consultation and the request to try some new forms and styles of worship we are beginning a new pattern...
The Peace of Wild Things When despair for the world grows in meand I wake in the night at the least soundin fear of what my life and...
Advent Calendar He will come like last leaf’s fall.One night when the November windhas flayed the trees to bone, and earthwakes...
Advent Credo It is not true that creation and the human family are doomed to destruction and loss—This is true: For God so loved the...
The Winter Is Cold, Is Cold The winter is cold, is cold.All’s spent in keeping warm.Has joy been frozen, too?I blow upon my handsStiff...
Advent 1955 The Advent wind begins to stirWith sea-like sounds in our Scotch fir,It's dark at breakfast, dark at tea,And in between we...
The God We Hardly Knew No one can celebratea genuine Christmaswithout being truly poor.The self-sufficient, the proud,those who,...
The Journey Of The Magi A cold coming we had of it,Just the worst time of the yearFor a journey, and such a long journey:The ways deep...
Hill Christmas They came over the snow to the bread’spurer snow, fumbled it in their hugehands, put their lips to itlike beasts,...
Excerpt from Declaration of Intent Let the colonial borders be seen for the pretensions they areI hereby honour what the flow of water...
Sea Watching Grey waters, vast as an area of prayer that one enters. Daily over a...
Fluent I would love to liveLike a river flows,Carried by the surpriseOf its own unfolding. John O’Donohue
The Water-fall With what deep murmurs, through Time's silent stealth,Doth thy transparent, cool, and wat'ry wealth, ...
My Grandmother Washes Her Feet in the Sink of the Bathroom at Sears My grandmother puts her feet in the sink of the bathroom at...
Dear Friends Thank you for all your kind messages of support and well wishes for Sabina and I on our honeymoon in India - I know that...
We are seeking to have prayers for every day, posted at around noon, to see us through this time. We will update exactly how they will...
Artwork by James He Qi
Join us today at noon on our Facebook Page for our daily prayers online - a more reflective, Gospel based service taken from the...
Today's prayers will take place live on our Facebook page at noon, they will take a slightly different format at they will be Prayers...
Today's online prayers will take place live at noon on our Facebook Page (click to go there). It will be available there as a recording...
Daily Prayers with Patrick and Alastair will be available here and on YouTube at noon. The order is taken from the Book of Common...
Join us today at noon on our Facebook Page for simple prayer during the day led by Alastair The video will be posted here later, the...
Please join us as Alastair, The Incumbent, leads prayers live on Facebook at noon (www.Facebook.com/StJohnVicBC) - the video of the...
Join us at noon on www.facebook.com/StJohnVicBC to share in a simple service of daily prayer live online. The Officiant will be...
Today's Daily Prayers with Alastair will be available live on Facebook at Noon, to watch click here. The video will be posted below...
Today's Prayers will be live on our St John's Facebook page (click the coloured letters to go straight there) at noon. We will be...
We are praying again live at noon today - this time on YouTube - available here: https://www.youtube.com/user/StJohntheDivineVicBC....
Today's Daily Prayers will be live on our Facebook Page at noon. The Order is taken from a form of Midday Prayers from the Iona...
Our prayers today will be live at noon with Alastair on the St John the Divine Facebook Page. Requests for prayer can be made in the...
The prayers today will be live at noon on the St John The Divine Facebook Page. We will be using prayers from Prayer in the Day - a...
Today's Daily Prayer will be led by Alastair live online, find it on our St John the Divine Facebook Page at noon. The Order is from...
Today's daily prayer with Alastair will again be live online at noon on our Facebook Page. The order of service is adapted from A...
Today's Daily Prayers will be led by Alastair and will be live on St John's Facebook Page at noon. A recording of the prayers will be...
Today's Daily Prayers with Alastair will be live on our St John the Divine Facebook Page at Noon today. The prayers will follow an...
Bonne Fete National tout le monde! For today's Daily Prayer Alastair will be live online on our St John the Divine Facebook Page at...
Our Daily Prayers online will be live with Alastair at noon on our St John the Divine Anglican Church Facebook Page. The order is...
Today's Daily Prayer will be live on our Facebook page at noon with our new Ministry Team member, Stephanie Wood. Please join us,...
Today's Daily Prayer will be live with Alastair at noon on our St John the Divine Facebook Page. We will use a variation on an order...
Join us live at noon today for a simple service of daily prayer led by Alastair on the St John the Divine Facebook Page. The order is...
Join Alastair at noon today, live on the St John the Divine Facebook Page, for prayers. We love to hear from you, so please let us know...
Happy BC Day! Today's prayers with Alastair will be live at noon on the St John the Divine Facebook Page (you don't have to have...
Our Daily Prayer today, led by Alastair, will be live at noon on our St John the Divine Facebook Page. It is taken from the late Jim...
Today's Daily Prayers will be live on our Facebook Page at noon as Alastair leads us in a form of prayer from The Disciples Prayer Book...
Today's Daily Prayers with Alastair will be live on our Facebook Page at noon. The order of service is taken from Jim Cotter's Prayers...
Today's Daily Prayer will be live at noon with Alastair on the St John the Divine Facebook Page. The order is taken from the late Jim...
Today's daily prayer will be live with Alastair on our St John the Divine Facebook Page at noon. The order for today's service is...
Today's Daily Prayer will be live with Alastair at noon on the St John The Divine Facebook Page. The order is taken from the Anglican...
Today's Daily prayer will be live with Alastair on our St John the Divine Facebook Page at noon. The order of service is taken from the...
Today's Daily prayers will revisit the prayers offered from Prayer in the Day by the late Jim Cotter, Tuesday sees an opportunity for...
Our Prayers for today will be live at noon on the St. John the Divine Facebook page with Alastair. We will be following an order of...
Today's Daily Prayer will take place at noon live with Alastair on our St John the Divine Facebook Page, and will be available to watch...
Today's daily prayers will be live at noon with Richard Routledge on our St John the Divine Facebook page Our prayers are special...
Today's daily prayers with Alastair will be at noon on St John the Divine Facebook Page (you don't have to be a FB subscriber to watch,...
Today's Daily Prayers will be live on the St John's Facebook Page at noon with Alastair. We remember today St Luke, Evangelist and...
Today's Daily Prayers with Alastair will be live at noon on our St John the Divine Anglican Church Facebook Page. Our order of service...
Today's reflection is a very personal one, based on a napkin. This is from a wedding that I was privileged to offer a blessing at in...
God's beauty can be found in music and dance - especially when we open ourselves to new ways of experiencing the way different cultures...
Today's Daily Prayer will be live at noon online with Alastair on our St John the Divine Facebook Page. The order is taken from the...
A piece of poetry for today's glimpse of the Divine in the ordinary, though one could argue that metaphysical poetry relates to...
Today's another very personal reflection. This song, by Singer-Songwrite Ari Hest and Folk icon Judy Collins, came at exactly the right...
A simple glimpse of the Divine today in something everyday yet profound The light of a candle is small but powerful, in lighting a...
Our Daily Prayer for today with Alastair will be live at noon on the St John the Divine Facebook Page, and will be available as a...
Yes, it's a super cute picture of my children when they were very young (they are 19 and nearly 16 years old now) - I love these two...
This is one that I don't need to comment on. It's a poem that speaks for itself, by the Poet-Philosopher-Priest RS Thomas. The...
Advent and Christmas and the singing of carols at this season remind us of the rich potential in blending faith and spirituality...
Today's Daily Prayer takes a traditional form of Morning Prayer, amended, from the Book of Common Prayer of the Anglican Church of...
Whilst watching The Voice a few days ago (there's a confession for you) there was a performance from Lauren Daigle of her hit song 'You...
Today's thought is from Community member Wendy Suddaby: As to finding God, I realized that whenever I fill the tub for a long soak...
This is one of the simplest Nativity Sets I have seen, despite the lights and other accoutraments I've added to it, it is a carved...
Our Daily Prayer offering today will be live with Alastair at noon on our St John the Divine Facebook Page - it you cannot join us...
Peace and blessings for the New Year! Our Daily Prayers for today have been recorded and will go live at midday here and on our...
I went to college in Detroit which was a far cry from my home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. One winter we had snow on the ground from...
A blessed Epiphany to you all! Our daily prayers for Epiphany will be live on the St John The Divine Facebook Page at noon, with an...
Today's Daily prayers will be live with Alastair at noon on our St John the Divine Facebook Page. Today's Prayers will use an order...
Our Daily Prayers for today will be live at noon with Alastair on St John's Facebook Page using a form of service from the Society of...
Today's Daily Prayer will be live at noon on Facebook with Alastair, following the Order from the Society of St Francis, downloadable...
Today's daily prayers will be be live at noon with Alastair on the St John the Divine Facebook Page. The order is taken from the...
Join us for a service of Word and Prayer via Zoom as we mark the beginning of this Holy Season of Lent. Lent is usually marked, as are...
As you may have seen elsewhere (like here), we have begun our Lenten journey with a blog which will share a poem a day through this...
Lent It is good to be last not first, Pending the present distress;It is good to hunger and thirst,So it be for...
Blessing the Dust All those daysyou felt like dust,like dirt,as if all you had to dowas turn your facetoward the windand be...
For Courage When the light around lessensAnd your thoughts darken untilYour body feels fear turnCold as a stone inside, When you find...
The Place Where We Are Right From the place where we are rightflowers will never growin the spring. The place where we are rightis...
The Third Yes My first yes was eager and earnest and ill-thoughtit was spirited and bouncing and saw the wholeworld like a Chicago...
God Went to India To see the elephants.God adores elephants.He thinks they arethe best thingHe ever made.They do everythingHe hoped...
Just Like Job My Lord, my Lord,Long have I cried out to TheeIn the heat of the sun,The cool of the moon,My screams searched the...
Saint Francis and the Sow The budstands for all things,even for those things that don’t flower,for everything flowers, from within,...
E Tenebris Come down, O Christ, and help me! reach thy hand,For I am drowning in a stormier seaThan Simon on thy lake of Galilee:The...
When Death Comes When death comeslike the hungry bear in autumn;when death comes and takes all the bright coins from his purse to buy...
Blame the Vicar When things go wrong it's rather tameTo find we are ourselves to blame,It gets the trouble over quickerTo go and blame...
God's Grandeur The world is charged with the grandeur of God.It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;It gathers to a...
The Glory Without any rhymewithout any reasonmy heart lifts to lightin this bleak season Believer and wanderercaught by...
Our Daily Prayer today will be led by Alastair and will be live on our St John The Divine Facebook Page - the recording of our prayers...
Today's Prayer will be live on the St John's Facebook page at noon with community member Richard Routledge. The order is a simple form...
We Wear the Mask We wear the mask that grins and lies,It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes—This debt we pay to human guile;With...
A reminder that today's Daily Prayers are part of our Lenten Wilderness Prayers series, led by Bill Tarter and Colleen Lissamer. They...
Today's Daily Prayers are taken from the Iona Community and were led by Michael King, one of our Wardens for the Parish of St John the...
Lenten Poem Lent is a time to take time to let the powerof our faith story take hold of us,a time to let the events get upand walk...
Church Going Once i am sure there's nothing going onI step inside letting the door thud shut. Another church: matting seats and stone...
Do It Anyway People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered.Forgive them anyway.If you are kind, people may accuse you...
The Lake Isle of Innisfree I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;Nine...
Pray For Peace Pray to whomever you kneel down to:Jesus nailed to his wooden or marble or plastic cross,his suffering face bent to...
Clear heart Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me. —Psalm 51.10 Beloved,amid the clutter within...
Today's Daily Prayer will be led by Alastair, live at noon on the St John the Divine Facebook Page, and the video will be posted here...
Today's Compline at 9pm will be live via zoom (email for link) and on our St John The Divine Facebook Page, led by Alastair. It is the...
Silent God This is my prayer—That, though I may not see,I be awareOf the Silent GodWho stands by me.That, though I may not feel,I be...
Our Daily Prayers for today will be live on our St John Facebook Page at noon led by Richard, a member of the St John's community. The...
"And yet ..." each piece carefully and thoughtfully removedlayers peeled awayharsh, barren surfacesand yet ... The light dimmedThe...
At 7pm tonight - live on zoom (email for link) and streamed to the St John the Divine Facebook Page there will be a Service of Word and...
Today's Daily Prayer will be on the St John's Facebook Page at noon with Alastair - we are using the prayers of Jim Cotter from the...
Today's Daily Prayer will be live at noon with Alastair on our St John the Divine Facebook Page - we will be using a slightly adapted...
Our Prayers today will be live at noon with Alastair on the St John the Divine Facebook Page. The form of Prayer will be taken from...
Our Daily Prayer today will be live at noon with Alastair on the St John The Divine Facebook Page Our order of service is taken from A...
We will go live a noon today with Alastair for our Daily Prayers taken from the Iona Abbey Worship book, with a poem for reflection by...
As I have written today on Social Media, I am very pround to serve, lead, and be a part of this community of The Anglican Church of St...
Join Karen on Facebook for midday prayers at noon.
Today's Daily Prayer in this week of Harvest Thanksgiving will be taken from the Anglican Council of Indigenous People's daily office,...
An offering from Stephanie Wood, Curate at St John's - Emily Dickinson's "Hope is the thing with feathers" with this reflection: I...
A reflection by our Curate Stephanie Wood, with a beautiful rendition of a Christmas Song by Sarah McLachlan When I was a lay server...
Today's Poem is shared with us by Susan Bansgrove, Parish Councillor and active part of the community of St John the Divine. She...
Please join us for our Community Prayers at noon on the St John the Divine Facebook Page. The Prayers will be led by Alastair and are...
Scripture Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm;for love is strong as death, passion fierce as the grave.Its...
Scripture If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to any strange god, Will not God search it...
Our community prayer today will take place a noon with Alastair on the St John The Divine Facebook Page, the order is from the Iona...
Those of you who follow me or are connected with me on Social Media will have seen me post on Facebook this morning a letter from Sandy...
Reflection Amongst all the other nourishment we have for our Advent Journey, for those in our part of the Christian Tradition, the...
Scripture And what more should I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel...
Scripture Have you not known? Have you not heard?The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth.God does...
Reflection I confess, this posting is just an excuse to bring us back to one of my favourite allegories of our faith journey - the...
Members of St John's, in partnership with Christ Church Cathedral, and Masjid al-Imam, will be learning about Islam, especially Ramadan...
The trouble with God is not that God is too far to be known but too near to be seen. Think of it, the faces you and I see least are...
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