David Harris, Author at Anglican Journal

More openness needed in dialogue with other faiths

David Harris — Tue, 01 Feb 2000 05:00:00 +0000

DECEMBER’S PARLIAMENT of the World’s Religions in Cape Town brought together some 7,000 people representing over 100 religions. The main reason for the meeting was to find common grounds of action among the religions, such as keeping government focused on people and the environment. It also provided a forum for people of different backgrounds to […]

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Appeal a chance to correct doubtful decisions

David Harris — Wed, 01 Dec 1999 05:00:00 +0000

DECISIONS CAN be difficult when they involve competing priorities. The officers of General Synod have decided to appeal the first residential schools case involving the Anglican Church and, from their comments, it seems they faced such a dilemma. The decision to appeal is right. The case was the first of its kind among several hundred […]

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Anger over abuse must be transformed into useful energy

David Harris — Fri, 01 Oct 1999 04:00:00 +0000

THE FIRST decision is out in the hundreds of suits filed by former students who say they were abused at Indian residential schools staffed by the Anglican Church. A B.C. judge found the church vicariously liable as an employer of the perpetrator, guilty of negligence and in breach of the trust that it would care […]

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Priest forecasts church’s demise

David Harris — Wed, 01 Sep 1999 04:00:00 +0000

A Toronto-area priest says God has withdrawn his blessing from the Anglican Church, particularly because of its dalliance with homosexuality, and is letting it kill itself. In his self-published book Suicide: the Decline and Fall of the Anglican Church of Canada? Rev. Marney Patterson presents statistics about the church. Some, noting the large drop in […]

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Appeal vital to giving readers best coverage

David Harris — Wed, 01 Sep 1999 04:00:00 +0000

Each year, the Anglican Journal asks readers to support the paper with a special contribution. Although some portion of readers’ regular Sunday contributions to their church are used to finance the Journal, the various demands on those funds means dioceses – and thus the national church – cannot entirely fund the shortfall between advertising and […]

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Valid process crucial to debating homosexuality issue’

David Harris — Sat, 01 May 1999 04:00:00 +0000

HOW PEOPLE and organizations arrive at decisions is often as important to the final outcome as the data used in resolving an issue. The contemporary code word is process. The cartoon strip Dilbert, which gets its gags from poking fun at the corporate world, has taken its whacks at process as sometimes frustratingly foolish, when […]

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Balancing competing values at heart of `open table’

David Harris — Thu, 01 Apr 1999 05:00:00 +0000

IT’S NO SECRET that as the village becomes more global, the more people ponder what values mark their house from the one next door or across the street. Competing values are at the heart of many of the disputes between nations, between provinces, between political parties, churches and interest groups. Two areas of interest to […]

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Church should remain safe but not boring

David Harris — Mon, 01 Mar 1999 05:00:00 +0000

INTERNATIONALLY, Canada is largely viewed as a boring country – safe but boring. Such a view is also held about the church here by others in the Anglican Communion. Last year gave observers a chance to take a wide view of the Anglican Church. General Synod in Montreal, the Lambeth Conference and the World Council […]

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Reporting bad news part of Good News message

David Harris — Mon, 01 Feb 1999 05:00:00 +0000

Good News. It’s a literal translation of the Greek word euangelion, which is the root of the English word evangelism. It’s Old English translation was godspel – gospel. Since the church is compelled to tell the Good News, why is there so much bad news especially in media like the Journal? It’s a question people […]

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World Council and host Zimbabwe each at crossroads

David Harris — Fri, 01 Jan 1999 05:00:00 +0000

It was a tentative 50th anniversary but with an infectious dose of vibrant African hospitality, the World Council of Churches recently concluded its eighth assembly in Harare since first meeting in Amsterdam 50 years ago. For most people, the council is probably remote, if known about at all. But Anglicans around the world are members, […]

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