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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time capsule

Pre-Christian era: Ancient Hebrew and pagan priests accompany their respective armies into battle to uplift the troops and to perform auguries and sacrifices. 4th century

Robert Adrian Hillman

Changing our tune

The Anglican Church of Canada is making progress toward overcoming a longstanding negative stereotype and becoming an effective partner in preventing suicide. “It’s a challenge

Photo: Courtesy of Heritage Canada

What does the future hold?

When Brigadier General Karl McLean joined the military chaplaincy in 1987, it was very different from what it is today. At that time, it consisted

Padre Jack Barrett makes his rounds on the Hibernia oil platform. Photo: contributed

Platform souls

Lieutenant Jack Barrett was just coming off leave in March 2009 when he got a call from Pastor Edison Wiltshire, the head of Ezra Chaplaincy

On a mobile medical trip to the mountains near Jacmel, Haiti, Padre Shaun Turner greets and registers a young patient. Photo: Courtesy of Shaun Turner

The river became our cathedral

A few years ago, if you had told Captain Shaun Turner that he’d be sleeping on a groundsheet on a Haitian airstrip just after Christmas,

The TRTL home, above, has a shell-like profile that blends with the foothills of western Canada. Photo: New Vave

New take on traditional living

A team of students at the University of Calgary has designed a solar-powered home that produces as much energy as it consumes. The Technological Residence,

Copts opt out

A group of Christians is asking Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church to grant them the right to divorce. Photo: Gina Sanders A group of Christians wants

Southern Baptists rebrand

The Southern Baptist Convention is thinking of renaming itself to Global Baptist Alliance. Photo: Sean Pavone In an effort to broaden its curb appeal in

Archbishop of Canterbury prays for coalminers

Archbishop Rowan Williams has offered prayers for miners trapped in the fatal flooding of a coalmine in south Wales. Photo: The Archbishop of Canterbury’s website

A Christian Facebook page has attracted more activity than the Facebook fan page of Canadian pop star Justin Bieber. Photo: Helga Esteb

Jesus gets more hits than Justin

For the 18th straight week, a Christian Facebook page launched in 2009 by a North Carolina doctor has attracted more activity than Justin Bieber’s page,

Canada’s top court denies appeal

Vancouver Parishes that leave the Anglican Church of Canada (ACC) but seek to retain their buildings and assets may think twice about going to court

Milestones in Christian history

Krylova Ksenia Photo: Shutterstock.comBas Photo Photo: Chris Jenner September 1, 1522Martin Luther publishes a response to King Henry VIII’s Defence of the Seven Sacraments. September

Christian communities in Holy Land need our help

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan WilliamsPhoto: Mark William Penny / Shutterstock.com LondonThe Archbishop of Canterbury is appealing to Christians in the West to better support fragile

The solar-powered home, at right, is inspired in part by the teepee and designed in collaboration with the Treaty 7 First Nations of Southern Alberta.

Turtle home a new take on tradition

A team of students at the University of Calgary has designed a solar-powered home that produces as much energy as it consumes. Two years in

The Rev. Canon Dr. Lettie James Photo: Emily Ding

Women’s ordination pioneer honoured

Montreal One of the pioneers of women’s ordination in the Anglican Church of Canada was thrice-honoured on June 11 with a eucharist, a panel discussion

Test your ecclesiastical IQ!

Theopaschites refers to … 1. People who believe that God the Father suffered along with the incarnate Christ the Son;2. An early Greek Christian theologian

New edition of Psalms and Hymns in Cree

Bishop John Horden, first bishop of Moosonee, translated many Christian texts into Cree. Photo: General Synod Archives In its first reprinting since 1995, Psalms and

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