An online Discussion Group around Bradley Jersak's book Out Of The Embers - Faith after the great deconstruction. It will take place on...
The first time I heard Gregori Allegri's Misere Mei Deus was on Ash Wednesday Morning in the College Chapel at my Theological School,...
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I get glimpses of the Divine in a lot, and wide variety, of music - sometimes because of the beauty of a composition, or the depth of...
It was 11:20am on September 27th, 2021, and I’d just arrived at St. John’s from Victoria General Hospital. My beloved Nana, Iris, six...
My golden years of nursing was spent at the Jubilee Hospital on 3-West, the Orthopaedic Unit. We were a team of nurses and allied...
Please join us for special prayers on this most holy day - Alastair leads us in a form of prayer adapted from the Liturgical Group of...
In the services for Ash Wednesday there are usually opportunities to recieve the traditional 'Imposition of Ashes' - a smudge of ash...
“Absolute freedom is absolute nonsense! We gain freedom in anything through commitment, discipline, and fixed habit.” ...
What is Fasting? Well the Cambridge Dictionary defines it as "to eat no food for a period of time" whilst the Oxford Learners...
Join us for a Soul Space Lenten Retreat Day! Contact the Office to register and for more information. admin@stjohnthedivine.bc.ca or...
“Everybody born comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory.We come from the Creator with creativity.” – Maya Angelou Join us...
Freedom is a sweet word Freedom is a sweet wordA taste to savour, say it loudExercise your freedomFreedom means you are allowed to...
Dr Martin Luther King Jnr spoke often of freedom, of the dream of justice, and the hope of equity. Though his words come from and...
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings A free bird leapson the back of the windand floats downstreamtill the current endsand dips his...
A reflection by community member, Kate Newman Slow the Snail “I have to be at work in 10 minutes!” What respectable working person...
The temptations that Jesus experienced during his time in the wilderness was not to work out if Jesus was the Son of God, but what...
For those of us who grew up in the UK in the 1980s Wham were a phenomenon. Their perfect pop was the kind of music that people seemed...
I am a word person, I kind of trade in words. Words on the page, words in sermons, words in liturgy, words in reports, blog posts, the...
There are some things that just don’t make much sense. Water doesn’t become wine, bread and fish don’t suddenly multiply, the lame...
