Andrew Stephens-Rennie, Author at Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Tue, 25 Jul 2017 20:27:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg Andrew Stephens-Rennie, Author at Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com 32 32 170042892 What brought you here today? https://anglicanjournal.com/what-brought-you-here-today/ https://anglicanjournal.com/what-brought-you-here-today/#respond Tue, 12 May 2015 15:20:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/what-brought-you-here-today/ It's one of the first questions on our minds when someone dares to walk through the front doors of our church for the first time.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/what-brought-you-here-today/feed/ 0 102429 Faith across generations https://anglicanjournal.com/faith-across-generations/ https://anglicanjournal.com/faith-across-generations/#respond Thu, 04 Dec 2014 17:51:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/faith-across-generations/ To this day I can still picture myself climbing the stairs of Toronto's Roy Thomson Hall toward the balcony. It was in the highest heights of that concert hall that I encountered The Messiah for the first time. By the time I was seven or eight years old, it had become family tradition to yearly immerse ourselves in George Frideric Handel's masterpiece.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/faith-across-generations/feed/ 0 102407 Our common future https://anglicanjournal.com/our-common-future/ https://anglicanjournal.com/our-common-future/#respond Fri, 31 Oct 2014 15:56:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/our-common-future/ If there is to be hope for the future, our faith-filled response will be hard-fought and costly. It will require those with power to cast it aside.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/our-common-future/feed/ 0 102415 A new vision of home & community https://anglicanjournal.com/a-new-vision-of-home-community/ https://anglicanjournal.com/a-new-vision-of-home-community/#respond Mon, 15 Sep 2014 19:27:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/a-new-vision-of-home-community/ This was an exciting summer for my family. There was the restful time away on a quiet island, visits with family and outdoor meals with friends. Among the highlights of these summer months, one stands out: the July 15 groundbreaking ceremony for our new home.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/a-new-vision-of-home-community/feed/ 0 102393 Youth discover that ministry is ‘worth it’ https://anglicanjournal.com/youth-discover-that-ministry-is-worth-it/ https://anglicanjournal.com/youth-discover-that-ministry-is-worth-it/#respond Mon, 18 Aug 2014 16:53:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/youth-discover-that-ministry-is-worth-it/ About 600 Anglican and Lutheran youth from across the country gathered in Kamloops, B.C. August 14 to 17 for the third bi-annual Canadian Lutheran Anglican Youth Gathering (CLAY).

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/youth-discover-that-ministry-is-worth-it/feed/ 0 102433 Conversations that connect faith and daily life https://anglicanjournal.com/conversations-that-connect-faith-and-daily-life/ https://anglicanjournal.com/conversations-that-connect-faith-and-daily-life/#respond Mon, 16 Jun 2014 19:51:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/conversations-that-connect-faith-and-daily-life/ The other day, as I sat in the barber's chair, I couldn't help thinking how wonderfully strange it was. There I was, sitting in this shop surrounded by machismo and boasting, listening to testosterone-fuelled music, and all the while engaged in a deep conversation with my barber about Jesus.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/conversations-that-connect-faith-and-daily-life/feed/ 0 102403 It all starts with listening https://anglicanjournal.com/it-all-starts-with-listening/ https://anglicanjournal.com/it-all-starts-with-listening/#respond Mon, 26 May 2014 20:45:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/it-all-starts-with-listening/ Music was a deeply formative part of my adolescence. Along with Biblereading and daily prayer, my Christian music collection was incrediblymeaningful to me. Audio Adrenaline, Amy Grant, DC Talk, Michael W.Smith, Petra and White Cross were just some of the bands in mycollection.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/it-all-starts-with-listening/feed/ 0 102411 Discerning God’s call https://anglicanjournal.com/discerning-god-s-call/ https://anglicanjournal.com/discerning-god-s-call/#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2014 22:02:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/discerning-god-s-call/ I left home in 1999. Having packed what I needed in the back of myparents' Toyota Camry, we drove the three and a half hours fromCambridge to Kingston, Ont., where I would spend the next four years.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/discerning-god-s-call/feed/ 1 102405 The gift of questions https://anglicanjournal.com/the-gift-of-questions/ https://anglicanjournal.com/the-gift-of-questions/#respond Thu, 13 Mar 2014 19:03:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/the-gift-of-questions/ Phil Robertson's reality TV show Duck Dynasty changed my life-eventhough I've never seen the show, am only vaguely aware of its contentand know nothing about its characters. I can't tell you when it's on, oreven on what channel. And yet, for some reason, in late December theshow presented me with an incredible opportunity for discussion...

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/the-gift-of-questions/feed/ 0 102419 God’s presence, in life and death https://anglicanjournal.com/god-s-presence-in-life-and-death/ https://anglicanjournal.com/god-s-presence-in-life-and-death/#respond Tue, 18 Feb 2014 15:35:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/god-s-presence-in-life-and-death/ Some years ago, my grandmother, Dorothea Rennie, passed away in February. In the previous six months, she'd rallied and failed so many times that it was hard to know what to do, or how to prepare.

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