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Simon Blaikie

Simon Blaikie currently serves as the Executive Archdeacon in the Diocese of Rupert’s Land. Following a 26-year career in the Canadian Armed Forces, he moved into parish ministry in 2007. He is a student of contemplative practices and mystical theology and strives to live as a Benedictine Oblate.
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The Presence of God

Simon Blaikie February 25, 2025

On a warm June afternoon in the summer of 2024, I sat beneath the cross on St. Cuthbert’s Island with Psalm 27 open on my

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