Diana Swift

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    Diana Swift is an award-winning writer and editor with 30 years’ experience in newspaper and magazine editing and production. In January 2011, she joined the Anglican Journal as a contributing editor.

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Where the dinosaurs roam

In Kentucky’s Creation Museum, dinosaurs share Eden with Adam and Eve. Photo: Courtesy of Creation Museum Driving through the U.S. this winter? How about putting

Save the rails!

Protestors gather at the station in New Carlisle, Que., to spotlight the need to fund the endangered Matapedia-Gaspe line. Photo: Sonia Landry Environmentally friendlier than

The Gospel according to Thomas Jefferson

Web.Jefferson [keywords] Anglican Journal, Anglican Church of Canada, New Testament, Gospels, Thomas Jefferson [Cutline: with stock shot of Thomas Jefferson] A new edition of Jefferson’s

Ministering in a cold climate

Dynamic Irishman Mark Dunwoody of County Cork, Ireland, will soon leave the Emerald Isle for Quebec and the position of youth ministry consultant to the

A watery Epiphany

His All-Holiness Bartholomaios I presided over Instanbul’s annual Blessing of the Waters. Photo: Osman Orsal / Reuters Once again re-enacting the baptism of Christ, almost

Greek church pressured to pay more tax

Greece’s second-largest landowner is accused of tax evasion. Photo: Matthew Bird One aspect of the fallout from Greece’s debt crisis has been new pressure on

No horses, please

St. James Westminster Anglican Church in London, Ont., has established a place of repose for deceased pets. The St. Francis Memorial Garden, named for the

The Bible…to be continued

The Rt. Rev. John Shelby Spong If the Rt. Rev. John Shelby Spong had his way, Christians would soon resume writing the Bible where they

Take your passion for justice to camp

The sixth annual Shalom Justice Camp, hosted by the diocese of Toronto, will take place Aug. 19 to 24, 2012, on the scenic riverside campus

Wide-ranging agenda for House of Bishops

Niagara Falls, Ont.When Anglican and Lutheran bishops of every theological stripe met here recently, topics ran the gamut from open table and confirmation to standards

A sanctuary for Victoria’s sex workers

Marion Little, Canon Pastor to the diocese of British Columbia Marion Little, Canon Pastor to the diocese of British Columbia, has assumed the executive directorship

Christianity is globe’s largest religion

Christians now make up a third of the world’s population. Photo: Jacob Gregory As of 2010, Christianity is far and away the world’s largest religion,

Seven teens a-knitting

Each knitter spent about 72 hours making hats for the homeless in Winnipeg. Photo: silver-john Teenage boys contentedly knitting? Absolutely, when the well-being of homeless

The Ven. Michael Pollesel will be consecrated as Bishop of Uruguay in the late spring. Photo: Ali Symons/General Synod communications

Pollesel elected Bishop of Uruguay

The Ven. Dr. Michel Pollesel, former general secretary of the Anglican Church of Canada, has been elected Bishop of Uruguay by the diocesan synod. The

“God” particle found at Christmastide?

Geneva’s Large Hadron Colllider is closing in on the particle that creates mass in the universe. Photo: CERN Scientists at the 17-mile-long Large Hadron Collider

New coordinator for ecumenical relations

Archdeacon Bruce Myers has been appointed coordinator for ecumenical relations with the Faith, Worship and Ministry department. Photo: Contributed As of Jan. 2, the Anglican

Nativity honoured in ecumenical worship

The Holy Family is watched over by an angel in a medieval nativity play at Toronto’s St. James Cathedral. Photo: Pedram Ziaei An interdenominational service

Meet Winnipeg’s little drummer boy

The “Little Drummer Boy” video 16-year-old Sean Quigley made on a snowy walking trail has gone viral on YouTube. Photo: YouTube A Winnipeg high school

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