Category Archives: Memories

Remembering my sabbatical leave

Posted on April 14, 2012 by

It’s hard to believe that on Monday it will be five years since I got on a plane here in Edmonton and flew over to England for a three month sabbatical leave. I have been in full time ministry for … Continue reading →

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Bishop Jack Sperry, 1924-2012.

Posted on February 12, 2012 by

I heard tonight that Bishop Jack Sperry died yesterday in Hay River, Northwest Territories at the age of 87. Bishop Jack has a lot to answer for in our family. He was born in the same city as me, Leicester … Continue reading →

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I was at this concert back in the summer of 1979…

Posted on November 17, 2011 by

…at the Forum at Ontario Place on the Toronto Lakeshore. I had been a Bruce Cockburn fan for about a year, and he was just about to release a brand new album called ‘Dancing in the Dragon’s Jaws’, from which … Continue reading →

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October 13th 1979

Posted on October 13, 2011 by

Happy anniversary my love.    

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Let the ‘Felix Hominum’ scholarship begin!

Posted on September 7, 2011 by

As I remarked not long after Joe Walker died, one of our concerns was to make sure that his excellent blog, ‘Felix Hominum‘, continued to be available for people to enjoy and learn from. We were, however, a little worried … Continue reading →

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Lessons on grace from a man dying of cancer

Posted on August 13, 2011 by

One of my special privileges as a parish priest is to visit sick and shut-in people and share Holy Communion with them. There is something very powerful about sharing the bread and wine of Holy Communion with a person in … Continue reading →

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A bit more about Joe

Posted on August 12, 2011 by

I have no memory of when I first met Joe Walker. He was working as the Anglican chaplain at the University of Alberta before he was ordained, and in that capacity I’m sure I saw him at diocesan meetings and … Continue reading →

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Happy 90th Birthday, ‘Uncle John’

Posted on April 24, 2011 by

Early in 1991 I received one of those letters that you keep for posterity. At the time I was the third most northerly Anglican minister in the world, located in the community of Holman on Victoria Island in the Arctic … Continue reading →

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Blast from the Past

Posted on March 1, 2011 by

Muskox circle, north shore of Minto Inlet, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories (as it was then), April 1989.

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A Testament – Part Two

Posted on June 9, 2010 by

I first posted this item two years ago, but am reposting it now to follow my previous piece in the same series. People sometimes ask me ‘How did you decide to become a minister?’ I sometimes wonder how it happened … Continue reading →

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