Matthew Townsend, Author at Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Mon, 12 Jul 2021 16:33:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg Matthew Townsend, Author at Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com 32 32 170042892 Let there be light—in childbirth https://anglicanjournal.com/let-there-be-light-in-childbirth/ https://anglicanjournal.com/let-there-be-light-in-childbirth/#respond Wed, 14 Apr 2021 04:00:47 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=167517 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.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/special-delivery/feed/ 1 167372 February issue considers Black lives and Christianity https://anglicanjournal.com/february-issue-considers-black-lives-and-christianity/ https://anglicanjournal.com/february-issue-considers-black-lives-and-christianity/#respond Mon, 01 Feb 2021 05:10:48 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=167030 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 Christians inside and outside of the Anglican Church of Canada. We begin with an exploration of the language that we use in church—often tied to Scripture—that treats darkness and blackness […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/february-issue-considers-black-lives-and-christianity/feed/ 0 167030 COVID-19 and global hunger: a Zimbabwe case study https://anglicanjournal.com/covid-19-and-global-hunger-a-zimbabwe-case-study/ https://anglicanjournal.com/covid-19-and-global-hunger-a-zimbabwe-case-study/#respond Mon, 25 Jan 2021 21:43:07 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=166888 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 months after Christmas, the really difficult season before harvest—was soon to arrive. The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) has been supporting rural livelihoods, women and men working […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/covid-19-and-global-hunger-a-zimbabwe-case-study/feed/ 0 166888 Americans need Canadian prayers. They also need Canadian action. https://anglicanjournal.com/americans-need-canadian-prayers-they-also-need-canadian-action/ https://anglicanjournal.com/americans-need-canadian-prayers-they-also-need-canadian-action/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2021 15:46:29 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=166821 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 place where neither group is the social norm. During this time, I participated in a Lenten book study of A Canticle for Leibowitz—one of my favourite books. A group […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/americans-need-canadian-prayers-they-also-need-canadian-action/feed/ 7 166821 ‘The colonizing instinct is all over us’ https://anglicanjournal.com/the-colonizing-instinct-is-all-over-us/ https://anglicanjournal.com/the-colonizing-instinct-is-all-over-us/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2020 12:40:22 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=166264 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 director of the Trinity Centres Foundation—which helps “transform church properties for community impact”—doesn’t seem convinced. In this podcast conversation, Matthew Townsend, editor of the Anglican Journal and Epiphanies, talks with […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/the-colonizing-instinct-is-all-over-us/feed/ 1 166264 Blurred visions https://anglicanjournal.com/blurred-visions/ https://anglicanjournal.com/blurred-visions/#respond Wed, 16 Dec 2020 06:00:00 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=166238 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 ability to see something complex in crystal clarity. To optometrists, however, 20/20 vision merely implies normal visual acuity when tested at a distance of 20 feet. As the American Optometric […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/blurred-visions/feed/ 0 166238 ‘God is waiting for us’ https://anglicanjournal.com/god-is-waiting-for-us/ https://anglicanjournal.com/god-is-waiting-for-us/#respond Wed, 09 Dec 2020 20:09:07 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=166179 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.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/god-is-waiting-for-us/feed/ 0 166179 On the suffering of American neighbours https://anglicanjournal.com/on-the-suffering-of-american-neighbours/ https://anglicanjournal.com/on-the-suffering-of-american-neighbours/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2020 11:47:04 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=165859 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 shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain. Then the glory of the Lord […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/on-the-suffering-of-american-neighbours/feed/ 7 165859 October issue examines continued pandemic adaptations https://anglicanjournal.com/october-issue-examines-continued-pandemic-adaptations/ https://anglicanjournal.com/october-issue-examines-continued-pandemic-adaptations/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2020 17:31:11 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=165780 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 the places where the church is becoming something new. From Sunday school to ordination, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed how Christians deepen their understanding and practice of faith—yet it hasn’t […]

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