Andrew Hutchison, Author at Anglican Journal

A report card to Emily, age 7

Andrew Hutchison — Sat, 01 Jan 2005 05:00:00 +0000

January in many ways is a very strange month. The weather across the country is often at its worst, and many are still suffering from the excesses of the Christmas season. Yet, it is also a time of new beginnings with resolutions at least being in our minds. I find that January is also a […]

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We all come home for Christmas

Andrew Hutchison — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 05:00:00 +0000

Later this month I will celebrate my first Christmas in Toronto in 20 years. As I look forward to the wonderful occasion of our Lord’s birth there is strange sense of nostalgia, for I have come home for Christmas. In a very real way I think that all of us come home for Christmas — […]

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Where does light need to shine?

Andrew Hutchison — Mon, 01 Nov 2004 05:00:00 +0000

In his book, The Life of Reason, George Santayana made the following observation, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” As we mark Remembrance Day this month those words seem to take on an unfortunate significance. Those who do not remember or care about the horrors and pain of war are […]

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A lesson in grace from a case of weeping flesh

Andrew Hutchison — Fri, 01 Oct 2004 04:00:00 +0000

Do you think a prison is an appropriate place for a seminarian? During my years as a theological student I was assigned as part of my field education to a correctional facility in Brampton, Ont. A weekly requirement was a written verbatim report of an interview with an inmate, which was submitted to my supervisor. […]

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Change and challenges

Andrew Hutchison — Tue, 01 Jun 2004 04:00:00 +0000

This is my first message to you as the 12th primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, still very much in the wake of the General Synod in St. Catharines, Ont. It is a time of radical transition, both personally, and in the life of our church. After 14 years as bishop of Montreal, I […]

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Andrew Hutchison values the dialogue

Andrew Hutchison — Mon, 01 Mar 2004 05:00:00 +0000

“It’s … doubting faith — or faithful doubt — that I want to dialogue with here. I think I understand it. It’s where I live too, most of the time.” So says Douglas John Hall, professor emeritus of McGill University. Clergy and laity alike may have good reason for tuning into this dialogue during Lent. […]

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