Michael Peers, Author at Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Wed, 02 Aug 2023 00:29:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg Michael Peers, Author at Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com 32 32 170042892 Hardships can push faithful towards God https://anglicanjournal.com/hardships-can-push-faithful-towards-god-1100/ https://anglicanjournal.com/hardships-can-push-faithful-towards-god-1100/#respond Sun, 01 Apr 2001 05:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/hardships-can-push-faithful-towards-god-1100/ I am writing these notes while attending a meeting of the primates of the Anglican Communion. One thing I don’t need to bring to this meeting is a prayer book. We pray together a great deal, but we use the prayer book of the local church, in this case the Episcopal Church of the U.S.A. […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/hardships-can-push-faithful-towards-god-1100/feed/ 0 93462 Our infrastructure rooted in tradition https://anglicanjournal.com/our-infrastructure-rooted-in-tradition-318/ https://anglicanjournal.com/our-infrastructure-rooted-in-tradition-318/#respond Thu, 01 Apr 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/our-infrastructure-rooted-in-tradition-318/ ‘What’s the holdup?’ IN SUNNY APRIL it’s hard to remember that my city had a couple of weeks in January that brought the place to a standstill more than once. Two heavy snowfalls, with smaller storms between, brought us over a metre of snow, more than we are accustomed to, and more than which systems […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/our-infrastructure-rooted-in-tradition-318/feed/ 0 93479 Everyone created good by God https://anglicanjournal.com/everyone-created-good-by-god-526/ https://anglicanjournal.com/everyone-created-good-by-god-526/#respond Mon, 01 Mar 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/everyone-created-good-by-god-526/ I RECENTLY ACCEPTED an invitation to appear on a daytime interview on a new local TV station of Christian fundamentalist orientation. The invitation said I could choose my own topic. That is so different from interview shows, that I should have smelled a rat from the beginning. I decided to take some good news with […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/everyone-created-good-by-god-526/feed/ 0 93454 Discovering God among distractions https://anglicanjournal.com/discovering-god-among-distractions-413/ https://anglicanjournal.com/discovering-god-among-distractions-413/#respond Mon, 01 Feb 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/discovering-god-among-distractions-413/ ‘when thine eye is single’ The other evening I decided to stop at a cable TV station that I normally flick past. On the screen were five or six different sections, all showing, or providing text about the five or six different subjects. I was intrigued because I had recently seen a commercial for a […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/discovering-god-among-distractions-413/feed/ 0 93449 A mountain pass leads to peace https://anglicanjournal.com/a-mountain-pass-leads-to-peace-464/ https://anglicanjournal.com/a-mountain-pass-leads-to-peace-464/#respond Fri, 01 Jan 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/a-mountain-pass-leads-to-peace-464/ Last summer I spent a week driving alone in the American Rockies and Prairies, all on roads I had never driven before (except for Yellowstone Park which I had visited 50 years ago). Each evening I chose my route and destination for the next day, looking for interesting sights and routes, and in the process […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/a-mountain-pass-leads-to-peace-464/feed/ 0 93438 None of us is a stereotype to God https://anglicanjournal.com/none-of-us-is-a-stereotype-to-god-72/ https://anglicanjournal.com/none-of-us-is-a-stereotype-to-god-72/#respond Tue, 01 Dec 1998 05:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/none-of-us-is-a-stereotype-to-god-72/ I SOMETIMES FIND driving in Britain stressful. This summer I dealt with not only the usual Yorkshire sheep, but once with a horse, galloping riderless, wide-eyed and frantic, the wrong way on a motorway. But mostly I enjoy it, even when I am alone. My two great joys are scenery and BBC 4. BBC 4 […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/none-of-us-is-a-stereotype-to-god-72/feed/ 0 93475 Even traps may allow for growth https://anglicanjournal.com/even-traps-may-allow-for-growth-186/ https://anglicanjournal.com/even-traps-may-allow-for-growth-186/#respond Sun, 01 Nov 1998 05:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/even-traps-may-allow-for-growth-186/ ‘I’m a trapped Anglican.’ THESE ARE WORDS which a friend recently used in describing to me his situation at the moment. We live in different parts of the country and had not met for a number of years, so we were catching up. As he explained his circumstances, his use of the word trapped became […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/even-traps-may-allow-for-growth-186/feed/ 0 93453 Restrained peace was welcome https://anglicanjournal.com/restrained-peace-was-welcome-214/ https://anglicanjournal.com/restrained-peace-was-welcome-214/#respond Thu, 01 Oct 1998 04:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/restrained-peace-was-welcome-214/ THE MOMENT IN the eucharist that has come to be called “passing the peace” is one of the indicators that I observe closely when I visit parishes, especially places I have not visited before. Even when it does not happen at all, that is an indicator. In our local parish, the peace is an occasion […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/restrained-peace-was-welcome-214/feed/ 0 93481 Class system alive and well https://anglicanjournal.com/class-system-alive-and-well-276/ https://anglicanjournal.com/class-system-alive-and-well-276/#respond Tue, 01 Sep 1998 04:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/class-system-alive-and-well-276/ RECENTLY THE NEW YORK TIMES did a front-page study of U.S. airlines, comparing life at the front of the plane with life at the back, and noting the trends for the future. Over the last decade there has been a marked improvement in service for people flying first and second class (the front and middle […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/class-system-alive-and-well-276/feed/ 0 93445 A statement from the Primate https://anglicanjournal.com/a-statement-from-the-primate-261/ https://anglicanjournal.com/a-statement-from-the-primate-261/#respond Tue, 01 Sep 1998 04:00:00 +0000 http://2017.anglicanjournal.com/article/a-statement-from-the-primate-261/ Excerpts from a statement by Primate Michael Peers Among this newspaper’s readers are some who are confronting agonizing decisions about medical treatment for loved ones who are no longer capable of making decisions for themselves. At what point, if ever, should the goal of medical treatment shift from prolonging life, to easing the transition from […]

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