Letters to the Editor

Although I grew up Mennonite, my wife and I are blessed to be part of an Anglican congregation in Winnipeg that has a vibrant ministry.

The question about “a mission” and “church” is indeed central. Bishop Steve Croft (last year’s Vital Church Planting conference speaker) defined a fresh expression of

I think it is important that we make our churches as welcoming and friendly as possible, but not by diluting Anglicanism or going with “non-gospel

I read with considerable interest how cross-denominational relationship-building has resulted in the apparent rejuvenation of the parish church of St. John the Evangelist. What has

I read with great interest the articles related to church renewal.  It deserves our full attention if the church is to survive and thrive.  Is there

Thank you so much for the exciting article about the Mennonite mentor who fixed up the Anglican church in Thorold, Ont. At last, someone has

The headline Killer buildings [April, p. 3] was catchy. It was also alarmist and misleading.In the early 80s, my company was considering the purchase of

A word of appreciation for Bishop Mark MacDonald’s column, Why be a Christian? [April 2012, p. 4. I thoroughly support the response of his Lakota

The editorial Choosing Life [April 2012, p. 4] tells a heart-breaking story of untreated mental illness resulting in the suicide of a young mother. One

With reference to J. Neilson’s letter to the editor [Copycats? March, p. 5], may I point out that the Roman Catholic Apostles’ Creed is the

Diana Swift’s article [Transforming a broken church, March p. 7] was truly inspirational. The Anglican Church of Canada needs dozens more similar stories if we

I would like to thank Diane Swift for her articles on asbestos [Parishioners protest, April 2012, p.1, and Killer buildings, April 2012, p 3]. I

To grow or not to grow? That is the question. And rightly so. I attended a compline service the other evening-lovely music, soft lighting, serene

In your April 2012 issue, there were two articles describing the efforts of to stop Canada’s involvement in asbestos because of health-related risks [Parishioners protest,

The Rev. Gordon Maitland, in his article The Golden Jubilee of the BCP (Mar. 2012, p. 10), states that the primate in 1962 was Archbishop Howard

Why is the Anglican church losing members of their congregations? The answer is that the Anglican church is not consistent.Is God all or isn’t he?

I was very glad to see an insert on religious orders of the Anglican Church of Canada in the February edition of the Anglican Journal.

In the Letters to the editor [More lay people, please, Feb. 2012, p. 6,], John Laidlaw suggests that the church sometimes seems to exist for

It seems to me that the usual Anglican anxiety about the (declining) state of the church and George Sumner’s letter (Spiritual new wave, Jan. 2012,

In February, CBC news reported that the CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) is reversing its policy of discarding information obtained through torture.  Now it will