Let there be light—in childbirth
Welcoming a baby into the world involves making a seemingly endless number of decisions, all of which become increasingly urgent and important when childbirth arrives.
Matthew Townsend was editorial supervisor of the Anglican Journal from 2019 to 2020, and served as editor from 2020 to 2021.
Welcoming a baby into the world involves making a seemingly endless number of decisions, all of which become increasingly urgent and important when childbirth arrives.
As editor of the Anglican Journal, I sometimes agonize over the editorials I write—spending days developing and discarding drafts before settling on a message that
February is celebrated as Black History Month—and this February, the Anglican Journal makes note of that tradition by turning its attention to Black and African
The reports in November and December 2020 were dire. For the people of Matabeleland in Zimbabwe, the “lean” season had begun. The peak lean season—the
Three years ago, I visited the diocese of Quebec as a foreign journalist writing about the sometimes weird, sometimes wonderful world of anglophone Christians in
A podcast with Matthew Townsend and Graham Singh Is colonialism in the past? The Rev. Graham Singh, priest at St. Jax in Montreal and executive
2020 shattered our assumptions. What will 2021 bring? If you’ve heard someone use the phrase “20/20 vision,” you’ve probably gathered that they meant perfect vision—the
As COVID-19 propels us towards a different kind of Christmas, this Advent could be a time for considering God’s expectations for Christians and the church, says Newfoundland priest and theological studies professor Robert Cooke.
A voice cries out: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley
As some Canadian churches continue to reopen while others face renewed restrictions, the Anglican Journal’s October issue offers a view into just a few of
September often marks new beginnings in the church, as programs start, Sunday school resumes and parishioners return home from cottages in the country or the
As the world changes dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, how will the Anglican Church of Canada plan for changes of its own? Epiphanies, the digital
What does healthy discontent with the church look like?
As the Anglican Church of Canada considers its future in an ongoing and evolving strategic planning process, it seems likely to encounter a familiar question: What about the North?
Black Anglicans of Canada deplores the brutal murder of George Floyd at the hands of the police. For me, as an African American, the brutal
The spring issue of Epiphanies, the digital magazine published by the Anglican Journal, is now online after a delay due to coverage of the COVID-19
Over the last few months, as the publication of this issue has been delayed due to COVID-19, the editorial staff and I found ourselves wondering: Will people be interested in an Epiphanies focused entirely on the subject of differences?
In 1531, three years before the Church of England was born, the seeds of an Indigenous church were planted.
On May 3, the Anglican Church of Canada published a letter sent to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calling for a guaranteed basic income (GBI) for
This editorial letter first appeared in the May 2020 print issue of the Anglican Journal. Editorials don’t usually appear on the front page of the
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