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Windowsintoadvent

Windows into Advent - Day One, Advent Sunday

Windows into Advent - Day One, Advent Sunday

Reflection Our first "Windows into Advent" post. "Advent is the perfect time to clear and prepare the Way. Advent is a...

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Windows into Advent - Day Two

Windows into Advent - Day Two

A common meal.  This is one of my favourite windows in the Church, it can be found in the 'Walking Together' Chapel on the South Side...

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Windows into Advent - Day Three

Windows into Advent - Day Three

Reflection I love Advent! I think it’s probably my favourite time of year. It’s a time when we start excitedly preparing for what is...

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Windows into Advent - Day Four

Windows into Advent - Day Four

Reflection Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building. —  Thomas Fuller, 1608-1661, English thinker...

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Windows into Advent - Day Five

Windows into Advent - Day Five

Reflection Richard Rohr teaches that awe, wonder, and amazement are foundational spiritualexperiences: "The Western mind almost...

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Windows into Advent - Day Six

Windows into Advent - Day Six

Reflection The photograph at top of this posting was taken standing atop Mount Santa Lucia in northern California at approximately...

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Windows into Advent - Day Seven

Windows into Advent - Day Seven

Reflection The View from the Window Like a painting it is set before one,But less brittle, ageless; these coloursAre renewed daily...

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Windows into Advent - Day Eight

Windows into Advent - Day Eight

Reflection One way of entering into the Advent Season is using the themes given for the four Sundays of Advent - the traditional...

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Windows into Advent - Day Nine

Windows into Advent - Day Nine

Reflection Tom Hynds photograph above is called 'Interplay of Light and Shadow' and makes me think of one of the great themes of...

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Windows into Advent - Day Ten

Windows into Advent - Day Ten

Reflection WINTERING & GATHERING In silent pews, hewn from forest sanctuaries,under twisted olive trees,we sit still...

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Windows into Advent - Day Eleven

Windows into Advent - Day Eleven

Reflection Growing up as a child in Cobble Hill, I was lucky to be able to visit the seaside on numerous occasions. My folks would...

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Windows into Advent - Day Twelve

Windows into Advent - Day Twelve

Reflection I am sharing two works by artist Marianne von Werefkin during Advent because her paintings convey the power and presence of...

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Windows into Advent - Day Thirteen

Windows into Advent - Day Thirteen

Reflection The picture above was taken as I arrived for an early morning service at St John's a couple days ago. That Wednesday...

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Windows into Advent - Day Fifteen

Windows into Advent - Day Fifteen

Reflection Rejoice! This Sunday, the Third Sunday of Advent, is known as Gaudete Sunday, from the latin word for 'rejoice'. Like Lent,...

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Windows into Advent - Day Sixteen

Windows into Advent - Day Sixteen

Reflection  Way back in 2012 the Anglican Church of Canada had a competition for a song which related to the Five Marks of Mission, a...

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Windows into Advent - Day Seventeen

Windows into Advent - Day Seventeen

Reflection The Visitation Here is a meeting made of hidden joysOf lightenings cloistered in a narrow placeFrom quiet hearts the sudden...

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Windows into Advent - Day Eighteen

Windows into Advent - Day Eighteen

Reflection It’s understanding too that the bigger picture of theology is not about what we’ve reduced it to..I have behind me in my...

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Windows into Advent - Day Nineteen

Windows into Advent - Day Nineteen

Reflection From parishioner Dorothy Chuhran : Here is a painting by Marc Chagall it is displayed in the Chagall Museum in Nice,...

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Windows into Advent - Day Twenty

Windows into Advent - Day Twenty

Reflection A short extract from a Celine Dion song is offered for our thought today "Don't get so busy that you miss just giving a...

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Windows into Advent - Day Twenty One

Windows into Advent - Day Twenty One

Reflection I questioned whether to share this story of artist Oskar Schlemmer. It is a very sad story set in difficult times. Yet it...

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The Diocese of British Columbia acknowledges that for thousands of years the Coast Salish, Nuu-chah-nulth, and Kwakwaka’wakw peoples have walked gently on the unceded territories where we now live, work, worship, and play. We seek a new relationship with the first peoples here, one based in honour and respect, and we thank them for their hospitality.

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