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A new year begins in September for many children and for all of us who love children and remember our own and our children’s September energy. There is movement coming. In Victoria, as I look over the Straits of Juan de Fuca towards the Olympic mountains in Washington...

Spring arrived this week in Victoria where we live. It seems late because the cold grey winter months have dragged on. In fact, it is cooler and raining again today. Spring’s arrival seems sudden, but bright green foliage and pink branches carrying the running sap...

Painting title: Hope for the Future. Original Artwork by Ingrid Hauss Christmas is, for me and for many, the most important festival of the church year. I call it The Feast of theIncarnation. Preparation for what will happen in the time from the beginning of Advent,...

Photo by Dylan Katz from The University of Calgary Today is Remembrance Day, a day to honour our war dead and all those who have served inwar in pursuit of peace. It is a rainy day in Victoria with intervals of clear sunshine. Now that thesun is getting up later and...

As I look out over the Salish Sea towards the Olympic Mountains of Washington State, I see fewer cargo ships than usual. The Port Workers Union here is on strike. We hear talk that organizations of all kinds everywhere need to be reorganized quickly and wisely to...

This past Sunday the minister and many members of our congregation wore flame-red shirts or dresses. The banners and hangings at the front of the church were also red. This helped make the service feel like a party, a banquet and a fiesta. The celebration was...