Mark MacDonald, Author at Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Thu, 31 Mar 2022 14:34:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg Mark MacDonald, Author at Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com 32 32 170042892 The force of truth https://anglicanjournal.com/the-force-of-truth/ Thu, 31 Mar 2022 13:00:53 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=170873 In the past few weeks, many have expressed concern about the Uyghurs of China, appropriately describing the Chinese government’s actions as genocide. Although I feel too little attention has been paid to this horrendous crime, it has eclipsed—along with truckers, Ukraine, and the latest celebrity shenanigans—the 54 potential grave sites found on Keeseekoose First Nation.

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]]> 170873 Mercy https://anglicanjournal.com/mercy/ https://anglicanjournal.com/mercy/#respond Tue, 01 Mar 2022 22:00:32 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=170758 This is written as we are learning of the discovery of 93 potential burial sites associated with the St. Joseph’s Mission Residential School that operated at Williams Lake First Nation, B.C., from 1886 to 1981. Many of us feel a grief painfully amplified by the gradual but noticeable disappearance of residential school grave discoveries from public consideration and conversation.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/mercy/feed/ 0 170758 The fulfillment of the Sacred Circle https://anglicanjournal.com/the-fulfillment-of-the-sacred-circle/ https://anglicanjournal.com/the-fulfillment-of-the-sacred-circle/#respond Wed, 02 Feb 2022 12:00:06 +0000 https://www.anglicanjournal.com/?p=170330 National Indigenous Archbishop Mark MacDonald on the two foundational documents of the Indigenous Anglican church.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/the-fulfillment-of-the-sacred-circle/feed/ 0 170555 Choosing life over consumption in a time of crisis https://anglicanjournal.com/choosing-life-over-consumption-in-a-time-of-crisis/ https://anglicanjournal.com/choosing-life-over-consumption-in-a-time-of-crisis/#respond Sat, 01 Jan 2022 14:00:33 +0000 https://www.anglicanjournal.com/?p=170125 “Multitudes [upon] multitudes in the valley of decision, for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.” (Joel 3:14) Whatever the original context of Joel’s prophecy, our time fits these words like no other.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/choosing-life-over-consumption-in-a-time-of-crisis/feed/ 0 170125 The birth pains of a new world https://anglicanjournal.com/the-birth-pains-of-a-new-world/ https://anglicanjournal.com/the-birth-pains-of-a-new-world/#comments Wed, 01 Dec 2021 14:00:55 +0000 https://www.anglicanjournal.com/?p=170033 “How are you doing in these strange times?” I hear it often. The word “strange” suggests we are in a time that is out of ordinary and hard to interpret. I would suggest, however, that this is a time that reveals something we have forgotten.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/the-birth-pains-of-a-new-world/feed/ 2 170033 To find life on a day like this https://anglicanjournal.com/to-find-life-on-a-day-like-this/ https://anglicanjournal.com/to-find-life-on-a-day-like-this/#respond Mon, 01 Nov 2021 13:00:16 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=169326 For many years, I have been troubled by the inability of non-Indigenous people and institutions to receive and grasp the full reality of the pain and challenges of Indigenous life in this land. Statistics and stories are acknowledged with sympathy, but the realization of what this might mean seems completely elusive.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/to-find-life-on-a-day-like-this/feed/ 0 169326 The rule and power of Jesus https://anglicanjournal.com/the-rule-and-power-of-jesus/ https://anglicanjournal.com/the-rule-and-power-of-jesus/#comments Fri, 01 Oct 2021 13:00:28 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=169066 When the early followers of Jesus proclaimed he was ruler of all things (“Jesus is Lord!”) they pointed towards an understanding of authority and power which seems far from the world we live in today—so far that some wonder if describing Jesus as the sovereign above all else is a contradiction of the character of his life and teaching.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/the-rule-and-power-of-jesus/feed/ 1 169066 Facing what is before us today https://anglicanjournal.com/facing-what-is-before-us-today/ https://anglicanjournal.com/facing-what-is-before-us-today/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2021 21:37:29 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=168939 There are many things that can be said about the involvement of the colonial churches in the residential schools. Most clearly, that involvement was not as sheep among wolves.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/facing-what-is-before-us-today/feed/ 5 168939 Ordained for the whole church https://anglicanjournal.com/ordained-for-the-whole-church/ https://anglicanjournal.com/ordained-for-the-whole-church/#comments Tue, 04 May 2021 04:01:36 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=167634 If one does justice to the poor and destitute, then it is good; is this not knowing me?—the Word of the Lord. (Jeremiah 22:16) Since we have lost nine of our elder clergy in the past year, most to COVID-19, we are in a crisis. Before the pandemic, on a good day, we were stretched […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/ordained-for-the-whole-church/feed/ 9 167634 Why do they talk about Jesus so much? https://anglicanjournal.com/why-do-they-talk-about-jesus-so-much/ https://anglicanjournal.com/why-do-they-talk-about-jesus-so-much/#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2021 04:00:47 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=167460 A wise and sensitive co-worker once approached me with a troubled look. She wondered why Indigenous elders who were so wise, tolerant and compassionate talked about Jesus so much, used his name so often. It was clear that, in her context, hearing the name of Jesus often indicated a different kind of experience, often masking […]

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