
Prairie and Pasture
Neither one of us grew up on the farm. Both of us, growing up in cities thousands of miles away – Lydia in Winnipeg and Wian in Pretoria South Africa – dabbled as children in urban agriculture ventures. We could have hardly imagined that we were going to end up

From Tree to Tree: An Interview with Elder Velma Orvis
I had the chance to sit down with Elder Velma Orvis and ask her about harvesting medicines. Below is our conversation. – Kyla Neufeld What plants do you harvest for medicines? On the Medicine Wheel we acknowledge four plants. We start in the East with the tobacco. At one time

Community Gardens Remove Fences
God has left fingerprints on every inch of the garden. Anywhere I put my foot, the Creator has already been. He touches me with warm sunshine; I can smell him in the glorious mingled scent of soil, plants, and water; and he inhabits the expanded light feeling in my chest

Theo Robinson’s Ordination
Theo Robinson was ordained to the Diaconate on Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at St. Luke’s Anglican. In September 2018, RLN ran a story about Theo’s journey as a transgender man, training to become a priest: “Honouring Your Authentic Self.” Congratulations, Theo! Photos: Joe Barnes from J. Barnes Photography

May Magazine 2019
In this issue on God in the Garden, we’re getting our hands dirty and exploring encounters with our Creator, our communities, our neighbours, and our land. Nora Hogman writes about tending the community gardens at St. Margaret’s, and how they have impacted the neighbourhood. Lydia Carpenter and Wian Prinsloo, from

The Work of Mourning
Pastoral Reflections on Jacques Derrida’s The Work of Mourning. In his beautiful series of reflections on the deaths of his friends and contemporaries (figures such as Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze, and Sarah Kofman), Jacques Derrida writes of the work of mourning. It is work of sorts because we must bring

20th Anniversary Urban Retreats Garden Tour: Volunteers Needed
The 20th Anniversary Urban Retreats Garden Tour, Tea and Craft Sale will be held on Saturday, June 22, 2019. Organizers are currently looking for volunteers. Available positions are below: Garden Hosts: 4 garden hosts for each of the 14 gardens (28 morning hosts 9:45-1:00 and 28 afternoon hosts 12:45 to 4:00).

Practising the Sixth Promise
Will you strive to safeguard the integrity of God’s creation, and respect, sustain and renew the life of the Earth? I will, with God’s help. –The sixth promise of The Baptismal Covenant By far, the most frequent creation care question asked by Anglicans is “What can I do to care

Holy Disruption
Abid Munir is an active member of our congregation, serving on vestry and representing the parish of St. Mary Magdalene at PWRDF meetings in the diocese. On a recent visit to our church, Bishop Geoff asked him to share his story and he agreed. Abid was born in Peshawar, a

We Carry On
When many people think of a church, they think of people on a Sunday morning and a full-time priest leading worship. Yet for over 60 percent of the congregations in Rupert’s Land, that isn’t the reality. I asked some people from some of these churches what difference it makes in