Harold Percy, Author at Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Fri, 17 Jun 2022 16:34:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg Harold Percy, Author at Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com 32 32 170042892 Fear of Y2K offers opportunity for practical ministry https://anglicanjournal.com/fear-of-y2k-offers-opportunity-for-practical-ministry-529/ https://anglicanjournal.com/fear-of-y2k-offers-opportunity-for-practical-ministry-529/#respond Mon, 01 Mar 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/fear-of-y2k-offers-opportunity-for-practical-ministry-529/ MUCH HAS BEEN written in recent months about the possibility of chaos and confusion at the turn of the millennium due to our dependence on computers for almost everything related to our modern lifestyles. It is a certainty that much more will be written and said in the coming months. A wise person once remarked, […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/fear-of-y2k-offers-opportunity-for-practical-ministry-529/feed/ 0 92509 Reflecting on Matthew before annual vestry meetings https://anglicanjournal.com/reflecting-on-matthew-before-annual-vestry-meetings-466/ https://anglicanjournal.com/reflecting-on-matthew-before-annual-vestry-meetings-466/#respond Fri, 01 Jan 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/reflecting-on-matthew-before-annual-vestry-meetings-466/ It will soon be time in many of our congregations for theannual vestry meeting. In my conferences on congregational development and inmy own congregation I try to remind people that when we gather to discuss thebusiness affairs of the church, it is important to remember what business weare in. Otherwise, we run the risk of […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/reflecting-on-matthew-before-annual-vestry-meetings-466/feed/ 0 92516 Discipleship a lifelong process of learning https://anglicanjournal.com/discipleship-a-lifelong-process-of-learning-216/ https://anglicanjournal.com/discipleship-a-lifelong-process-of-learning-216/#respond Thu, 01 Oct 1998 04:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/discipleship-a-lifelong-process-of-learning-216/ IN THE GOSPELS the first followers of Jesus are called disciples. At the close of his earthly ministry, Jesus instructed these disciples (and through them the church) to “go and make disciples of all nations,” (Matthew 28: 19). In a culture such as ours, in which the word Christian has become somewhat ambiguous, disciple is […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/discipleship-a-lifelong-process-of-learning-216/feed/ 0 92508 Mourning parish looks to future https://anglicanjournal.com/mourning-parish-looks-to-future-118/ https://anglicanjournal.com/mourning-parish-looks-to-future-118/#respond Wed, 01 Jul 1998 04:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/mourning-parish-looks-to-future-118/ WOULD YOU TELL US how you are feeling right now?” The question was asked as a bright light was shone into my eyes, and a microphone thrust into my face. The question was asked by a TV news reporter. It was 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 26. I was standing in the parking lot of […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/mourning-parish-looks-to-future-118/feed/ 0 92514 Christian’s faith not ‘reasonable, rational’ https://anglicanjournal.com/christians-faith-not-reasonable-rational-29/ https://anglicanjournal.com/christians-faith-not-reasonable-rational-29/#respond Wed, 01 Apr 1998 05:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/christians-faith-not-reasonable-rational-29/ THE STORY OF EASTER is an outrageous one. On Friday, a man was executed and buried. On Sunday, he was alive again, and out walking around. The story of the Resurrection is at the heart of the Christian faith and it is an outrageous story. But that’s not all. The interpretation of this event as […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/christians-faith-not-reasonable-rational-29/feed/ 0 92506 Canada briefs: Ecclesiastical Province of Canada https://anglicanjournal.com/canada-briefs-ecclesiastical-province-of-canada-35/ https://anglicanjournal.com/canada-briefs-ecclesiastical-province-of-canada-35/#respond Wed, 01 Apr 1998 05:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/canada-briefs-ecclesiastical-province-of-canada-35/ Women still out A proposal to open up an all-male group called the Bishop’s Men to women in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island diocese has received a cool reception. Archbishop Arthur Peters and Bishop Fred Hiltz of Nova Scotia had suggested that changing times might mandate the group reconsidering rules regarding membership. But members […]

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