Archbishop Chris Harper, Author at Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:51:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg Archbishop Chris Harper, Author at Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com 32 32 170042892 Beauty heralds the new season https://anglicanjournal.com/beauty-heralds-the-new-season/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:00:31 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=214966 National Indigenous Archbishop Chris Harper meditates on the resurrection, the return of beauty to the church after the Lenten season and its parallels to spring's new life.

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]]> 214966 Find God’s truth and peace in silence https://anglicanjournal.com/find-gods-truth-and-peace-in-silence/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 20:41:30 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=214842 The Lenten season has an important aspect of listening, of prayerful opening of our ears to seek what the Almighty is saying to us. Listening is an important skill that few these days seem to master.

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]]> 214842 May the drumbeat of your heart be a celebration of life https://anglicanjournal.com/may-the-drumbeat-of-your-heart-be-a-celebration-of-life/ Wed, 28 Jan 2026 20:51:30 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=214661 FEATHER: Creator God, we give you thanks for this new day and all days. We ask that you forgive our failures to heed your word and call, grant us your spirit of peace and guide us to walk in humility and with an open heart.

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]]> 214661 Nursing the infant year on love and prayers https://anglicanjournal.com/nursing-the-infant-year-on-love-and-prayers/ Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:28:27 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=214445 Creator God, in whom all have their beginning and end, we your children of creation lift our praise and thanksgiving for this season of renewal and beginning, as we look to the new year before us.

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]]> 214445 Let’s not hide the true Christmas gift https://anglicanjournal.com/lets-not-hide-the-true-christmas-gift/ Wed, 26 Nov 2025 15:16:03 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=214217 FEATHER: Creator God, we the children of your creation lift our thanksgiving for your wondrous hand in making all things new through the signs of the season. We thank you for the beauty in the blanketing snow, and the cold air which causes us to draw close to our loved ones.

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]]> 214217 Faith, the seeking of truth beyond truth https://anglicanjournal.com/faith-the-seeking-of-truth-beyond-truth/ Fri, 17 Oct 2025 16:32:29 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=213999 FEATHER: Almighty, today we the children of your creation lift our prayers of thanksgiving, for your faithfulness, grace and mercy. In our brokenness we see only as deep as the mirror before us allows.

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]]> 213999 To be called a child of God is no simple and small thing https://anglicanjournal.com/to-be-called-a-child-of-god-is-no-simple-and-small-thing/ Thu, 25 Sep 2025 13:00:37 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=213876 FEATHER: Almighty God, we the children of your creation bless you for this new day and the time needed to do all that we are called to do.

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]]> 213876 A prayer to know the blessing of this moment https://anglicanjournal.com/a-prayer-to-know-the-blessing-of-this-moment/ Mon, 25 Aug 2025 18:10:48 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=213671 Almighty one, today we lift our prayer of thanksgiving to you for the blessings and gifts seen and unseen. We thank you for the sun which courses across the sky to remind us of the precious moments that we are granted this day and every day. Grant us the wisdom and vision to see these days and moments as the true gifts that they are, guard us from being distracted by the busyness of the day and the work before us, that we might see the other beside us and you who goes with us. Bless us this day to be a blessing to others, open our hearts to go forth in love as you have called and loved us first. This we pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.

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]]> 213671 Our leaders are called to be servants and helpers https://anglicanjournal.com/our-leaders-are-called-to-be-servants-and-helpers/ Wed, 28 May 2025 15:47:01 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=213097 FEATHER: Almighty God, Creator of all, today we give thanks and praise for the gift of your Holy Spirit, who guides and strengthens your children of faith. Your Spirit walks with us, in this season of new life and your promise revealed.

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]]> 213097 Rising up in new life and beauty https://anglicanjournal.com/rising-up-in-new-life-and-beauty/ Mon, 14 Apr 2025 15:41:00 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=212818 FEATHER: Almighty, Creator God, we the children of your creation lift our prayers of thanksgiving for the continued presence of your Spirit in all things around us; we thank you for the change of seasons and the warming winds which caress our faces.

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