Ben Graves, Author at Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Fri, 21 Jul 2017 14:48:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg Ben Graves, Author at Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com 32 32 170042892 Testament to a life thoughtfully lived https://anglicanjournal.com/testament-to-a-life-thoughtfully-lived/ https://anglicanjournal.com/testament-to-a-life-thoughtfully-lived/#respond Mon, 09 Jan 2017 19:14:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/testament-to-a-life-thoughtfully-lived/ As a student first of history and now of library and archival science, I am acutely aware of an existential crisis currently ongoing in both fields.

Nobody writes letters anymore.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/testament-to-a-life-thoughtfully-lived/feed/ 0 113329 The moral complexity of war https://anglicanjournal.com/the-moral-complexity-of-war/ https://anglicanjournal.com/the-moral-complexity-of-war/#respond Mon, 31 Oct 2016 14:38:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/the-moral-complexity-of-war/ American historian David A. Bell once cautioned that "few subjects are more dangerous than war to discuss in a dry, abstract manner, without a sense of the human costs involved-without hearing the screams, seeing the bodies, and smelling the powder and the blood."

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/the-moral-complexity-of-war/feed/ 0 113331 Display booths a big hit at General Synod 2016 https://anglicanjournal.com/response-to-gs-2016-display-booths-matches-demand/ https://anglicanjournal.com/response-to-gs-2016-display-booths-matches-demand/#respond Sun, 10 Jul 2016 19:18:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/response-to-gs-2016-display-booths-matches-demand/ Stretching all the way from the dining room to the plenary area, the display booths lining the halls at the Sheraton Parkway Toronto North Hotel & Suites represent a plethora of organizations and causes as diverse as those gathered together for the Anglican Church of Canada's General Synod 2016. A total of 48 displayers are present at this year's synod, with space having sold out before the beginning of the event.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/response-to-gs-2016-display-booths-matches-demand/feed/ 0 113299 Get involved in networks of the Anglican Communion, GS 2016 urged https://anglicanjournal.com/get-involved-in-networks-of-the-anglican-communion-gs-2016-urged/ https://anglicanjournal.com/get-involved-in-networks-of-the-anglican-communion-gs-2016-urged/#respond Sun, 10 Jul 2016 14:28:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/get-involved-in-networks-of-the-anglican-communion-gs-2016-urged/ In their joint address to General Synod on the subject of the April 2016 meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) in Lusaka, Zambia, Anglican Church of Canada delegates Bishop Jane Alexander and Suzanne Lawson drew particular attention to what they described as the ACC's resounding commitment to a new evangelism and, more specifically, the concept of intentional discipleship.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/get-involved-in-networks-of-the-anglican-communion-gs-2016-urged/feed/ 0 113306 Pastoral care team at GS 2016 offers ‘ministry of presence’ https://anglicanjournal.com/pastoral-care-team-at-gs-2016-offers-ministry-of-presence/ https://anglicanjournal.com/pastoral-care-team-at-gs-2016-offers-ministry-of-presence/#respond Sun, 10 Jul 2016 02:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/pastoral-care-team-at-gs-2016-offers-ministry-of-presence/ Tucked away on the lower level of the Sheraton Parkway North Toronto Hotel & Suites, the Newmarket Room has been transformed into a place of quiet, prayerful respite amidst the bustle and noise of the 41st General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/pastoral-care-team-at-gs-2016-offers-ministry-of-presence/feed/ 0 113283 What stood out for you in the primate’s address? https://anglicanjournal.com/what-stood-out-for-you-in-the-primate-s-address/ https://anglicanjournal.com/what-stood-out-for-you-in-the-primate-s-address/#respond Fri, 08 Jul 2016 20:04:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/what-stood-out-for-you-in-the-primate-s-address/ "It was all-encompassing, it was a wonderful address, very sensitive to the issues facing our church today, not just the marriage canon proposal, but all the major challenges that are facing the world and how important it is for the church itself to make a stand and to speak for Christ and for Christ's church in the world especially." -Bishop Robert Hardwick, diocese of Saskatchewan

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/what-stood-out-for-you-in-the-primate-s-address/feed/ 0 113333 Canada’s Sisters of the Church to celebrate 125 years https://anglicanjournal.com/canada-s-sisters-of-the-church-to-celebrate-125-years/ https://anglicanjournal.com/canada-s-sisters-of-the-church-to-celebrate-125-years/#respond Mon, 21 Sep 2015 18:27:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/canada-s-sisters-of-the-church-to-celebrate-125-years/ On September 26, the Community of the Sisters of the Church (CSC) will gather at St. Cuthbert's Anglican Church in Oakville, Ont., to celebrate its 125th anniversary in Canada.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/canada-s-sisters-of-the-church-to-celebrate-125-years/feed/ 0 113291 Restoration of historic St. Andrew’s Anglican Church postponed https://anglicanjournal.com/restoration-of-historic-st-andrew-s-anglican-church-postponed/ https://anglicanjournal.com/restoration-of-historic-st-andrew-s-anglican-church-postponed/#respond Fri, 04 Sep 2015 18:03:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/restoration-of-historic-st-andrew-s-anglican-church-postponed/ St. Andrew's Anglican Church, located in the Yukon's historic Fort Selkirk, was slated to undergo a major restoration this summer, but the project has hit a snag.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/restoration-of-historic-st-andrew-s-anglican-church-postponed/feed/ 0 113325 Instagram contest focuses on food security https://anglicanjournal.com/instagram-contest-focuses-on-food-security/ https://anglicanjournal.com/instagram-contest-focuses-on-food-security/#respond Mon, 17 Aug 2015 16:43:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/instagram-contest-focuses-on-food-security/ In a photograph, Zaida Bastos, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) program manager at the Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF), and a group of proud, smiling farmers in Rugombo, Burundi, are holding up freshly picked eggplants. What is not readily apparent in the picture is that the farmers are HIV-positive.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/instagram-contest-focuses-on-food-security/feed/ 0 113310 Music camp connects Six Nations’ youth with heritage https://anglicanjournal.com/music-camp-connects-six-nations-youth-with-heritage/ https://anglicanjournal.com/music-camp-connects-six-nations-youth-with-heritage/#respond Fri, 14 Aug 2015 20:56:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/music-camp-connects-six-nations-youth-with-heritage/ The village of Ohsweken in Six Nations of the Grand River, Ont., recently played host to the second Music for the Spirit summer day camp, which three Anglican Church of Canada agencies co-sponsored with other faith groups and charitable organizations.

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