I was the Rector of St. Simon's Church North Vancouver, B.C for 31 years, from 1987 to 2018. Ordained in 1980, I have also served at St. Philip's Vancouver and St. Matthew's Abbotsford. My wife Janice and I have three sons James, Mark, and Andrew. I was Past President and Chaplain for Alpha Canada. While serving as the National Chair for Anglican Renewal Ministries of Canada, I was one of three co-signers of the Montreal Declaration of Anglican Essentials
For the past 31 years, I have been privileged to write over 500 articles as a columnist on spiritual issues for local North Vancouver newspapers. In the last number of years, I have had the opportunity to speak at conferences and retreats in Honduras, Rwanda, Uganda, Washington State, BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Newfoundland, and Ontario.
My book For Better, For Worse: discovering the keys to a lasting relationship, coauthored with Janice Hird, can be purchased at https://www.amazon.com/Better-Worse-Discovering-lasting-relationship/dp/0978202236/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1535555614&sr=8-1
My sequel Restoring Health: body, mind and spirit, with a foreword by Dr JI Packer, is online with Amazon.com in both paperback http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/097820221X/ref=redir_mdp_mobile and ebook form http://tiny.cc/tanhmx .
In Canada, Amazon.ca has it available in paperback http://tiny.cc/dknhmx and ebook http://tiny.cc/wmhmmx .
It is also posted on Amazon UK (paperback and ebook ), Amazon France (paperback and ebook), and Amazon Germany (paperback and ebook).
Restoring Health is also available online on Barnes and Noble in both paperback and Nook/ebook form. Nook gives a sample of the book to read online: http://tiny.cc/vj3bmx . Indigo also offers the Kobo ebook version: http://tiny.cc/kreonx . You can also obtain it through ITunes as an IBook: http://tiny.cc/1ukiox
The book 'Restoring Health: body, mind and spirit' focuses on strengthening a new generation of healthy leaders. Drawing on examples from Titus' healthy leadership in the pirate island of Crete, it shows how North Americans can embrace a holistically healthy life.
In order to obtain a signed copy in North America of the prequel book 'Battle for the Soul of Canada', Blue Sky, or God's Firestarters, please send a $25 etransfer to ed_hird@telus.net . Cheques are also acceptable.
Over 40 years ago (May 31st 1981), Archbishop Douglas Hambidge ordained me as an Anglican priest. This was done at St Philip’s Dunbar where I was serving as assistant clergy. In 1954, I was baptized at St Philip’s. I give thanks that Archbishop Hambidge went ahead with the ordination even though I had lost my voice through spasmodic dysphonia a few months earlier in Dec 1980. My maternal grandmother Nana Allen wanted to live until I became priested. She did and died within the next year. This was shortly before I had my throat operation at Vancouver General Hospital on May 25th 1982. On October 1st 1982, I moved to St. Matthew’s Abbotsford as the assistant priest to Archdeacon Jack Major. 
Sandy Brown and her family have just moved to Spokane, Washington where her husband, Scott, is pastoring a new church. With a fresh start, Sandy is determined to devote more time to her four children. But, within weeks of settling in their new life, the Brown family is plunged into turmoil.
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May 31, 2011 at 3:37 am
Congratulations, Ed! That’s quite a milestone.
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May 31, 2011 at 12:17 pm
Congratulations Fr.Ed on your 30th Anniversary of Ordination to the Priesthood. The Lord has used you greatly in His service. May every mass that you say bring the Grace needed to bring one more person to Christ, one more person to repentence, one more person to grow another step closer to Christ. God has blessed you, and will continue to do the same. Well done, faithful priest of God.
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May 31, 2011 at 1:07 pm
Thanks so much, Fr. Ron. Your card was received today. It was a great encouragement.
Blessings, Ed+
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May 31, 2011 at 1:08 pm
Congratulations Ed I am not even half way there yet only 14 years – I like the brown chord suit!
Richard
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June 1, 2011 at 4:00 am
Congratulations on your life long commitment to the Lord.
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June 1, 2011 at 8:10 am
Hi Ed
Congratulations, keep going in these exciting times and thank you for all the encouragement given and the heart ache and struggles you have gone through in HIS Name. Amen
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