Michelle Hauser, Author at Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Fri, 11 Feb 2022 14:25:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg Michelle Hauser, Author at Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com 32 32 170042892 On steering past the spireas—and surrendering our burdens https://anglicanjournal.com/on-steering-past-the-spireas-and-surrendering-our-burdens/ https://anglicanjournal.com/on-steering-past-the-spireas-and-surrendering-our-burdens/#respond Wed, 02 Feb 2022 12:00:01 +0000 https://www.anglicanjournal.com/?p=170317 The myriad attempts to back out of my long, narrow driveway are embarrassingly comical.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/on-steering-past-the-spireas-and-surrendering-our-burdens/feed/ 0 170554 The view from the new pew https://anglicanjournal.com/the-view-from-the-new-pew/ https://anglicanjournal.com/the-view-from-the-new-pew/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2019 13:00:13 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=158660 Apparently, the vibrations from the street outside have been less than good for my old church. Thanks to heavier and heavier trucks travelling faster and harder on a road better suited to horse-and-buggy than tractor-and-trailer, combined with the unrelenting attractional power of gravity—seeking oneness between ceiling and floor—we now have a giant plaster bubble that […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/the-view-from-the-new-pew/feed/ 1 158660 Six pasta bowls and domestic tyranny https://anglicanjournal.com/six-pasta-bowls-and-domestic-tyranny/ https://anglicanjournal.com/six-pasta-bowls-and-domestic-tyranny/#respond Sat, 22 Dec 2018 13:01:48 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=157744 Panic had left the man no room to be polite. An abrupt tap on my shoulder was all he could manage before getting down to business: “Is this a pasta bowl?” It’s not the first time I’ve been singled out in a thrift store. My basket screams savvy second-hand shopper. When it comes to discerning […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/six-pasta-bowls-and-domestic-tyranny/feed/ 0 157744 Nothing new in The Young Messiah https://anglicanjournal.com/nothing-new-in-the-young-messiah/ https://anglicanjournal.com/nothing-new-in-the-young-messiah/#respond Fri, 04 Mar 2016 14:18:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/nothing-new-in-the-young-messiah/ As long as there's money in faith-based films, and there's plenty of it, apparently, Christian audiences can expect the canon of Bible movies to continue to expand.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/nothing-new-in-the-young-messiah/feed/ 0 112504 When the daily bread becomes the daily bother https://anglicanjournal.com/when-the-daily-bread-becomes-the-daily-bother/ https://anglicanjournal.com/when-the-daily-bread-becomes-the-daily-bother/#respond Wed, 10 Feb 2016 19:14:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/when-the-daily-bread-becomes-the-daily-bother/ Whenever my daily bread becomes a daily bother, I try to turn the negativity around by conjuring the "irie" of an old flame who taught me how to cook.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/when-the-daily-bread-becomes-the-daily-bother/feed/ 0 112526 The War of the Begonias https://anglicanjournal.com/the-war-of-the-begonias/ https://anglicanjournal.com/the-war-of-the-begonias/#respond Thu, 07 Jan 2016 17:01:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/the-war-of-the-begonias/ One of the toughest challenges my husband and I faced last year was having been companions to his mother's downsizing. At the age of 91, Harriet Hauser divested herself of the creature comforts of an upper middle class life.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/the-war-of-the-begonias/feed/ 0 112522 Faith Island https://anglicanjournal.com/faith-island/ https://anglicanjournal.com/faith-island/#respond Mon, 07 Dec 2015 15:01:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/faith-island/ Like many churches, ours is a hive of activity on Sundays. She and her steeple absorb all the people and when worship is done she channels us into innumerable activities and eventually sends us back out into the world. But sometimes people get lost in the leaving.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/faith-island/feed/ 0 112490 Holy Communion: First and lasting impressions https://anglicanjournal.com/holy-communion-first-and-lasting-impressions/ https://anglicanjournal.com/holy-communion-first-and-lasting-impressions/#respond Thu, 12 Nov 2015 18:40:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/holy-communion-first-and-lasting-impressions/ "Communion is so gross!"

The cruel words, which were whispered but still plenty audible, cut quick and deep.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/holy-communion-first-and-lasting-impressions/feed/ 0 112492 A bully forgiven https://anglicanjournal.com/a-bully-forgiven/ https://anglicanjournal.com/a-bully-forgiven/#respond Tue, 13 Oct 2015 14:21:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/a-bully-forgiven/ Groggy from a long night of flight connections across North America, I could make out the tiny silhouettes of my nephews peering down the basement stairs. My emergency pull-out crash-pad was their play zone and they wanted it back.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/a-bully-forgiven/feed/ 0 112476 Random acts of evangelism https://anglicanjournal.com/random-acts-of-evangelism/ https://anglicanjournal.com/random-acts-of-evangelism/#respond Wed, 02 Sep 2015 21:02:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/random-acts-of-evangelism/ Random Acts of Evangelism usually leave me grappling with a complex set of emotions. First and foremost, there's anger.

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