Nissa Basbaum, Author at Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Wed, 19 Dec 2018 14:08:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg Nissa Basbaum, Author at Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com 32 32 170042892 The care of body and soul https://anglicanjournal.com/the-care-of-body-and-soul/ https://anglicanjournal.com/the-care-of-body-and-soul/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2018 13:00:56 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=157736 Reflecting my penchant for all things edible, I have several food magazine subscriptions and, just like Anglican church newsletters and newspapers, these magazines are seasonal or, to use a church word, liturgical. The highlights of the liturgical food calendar include Easter, Mother’s Day, summer barbecue days, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Also prominent, however, is the January “hold-back” […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/no-splash/feed/ 6 156899 How does size matter? https://anglicanjournal.com/how-does-size-matter/ https://anglicanjournal.com/how-does-size-matter/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2018 16:45:21 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=154500 From 1979 to 1980, I lived and served as a lay pastor in a small village church in England. During that time, I co-authored a church pantomime, a take-off on Cinderella. Our Cinderella was Nicholas, the assistant curate at St. Mary’s, who was so overworked that he had neither the time nor the permission of […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/how-does-size-matter/feed/ 2 154500 Pursuing the Garden of Eden https://anglicanjournal.com/pursuing-garden-eden/ https://anglicanjournal.com/pursuing-garden-eden/#respond Fri, 06 Oct 2017 14:33:08 +0000 http://anglicanjournal.com/?p=151437 My children grew up when the phrase “hothouse babies” was popularized. The term described the offspring of parents who enrolled their kids in every available extracurricular activity. I would be lying if I said I haven’t got residual guilt for not being one of those parents, yet the reality was that my husband and I […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/yanked-out-of-reverie/feed/ 0 127155 When will I ever learn? https://anglicanjournal.com/when-will-i-ever-learn/ https://anglicanjournal.com/when-will-i-ever-learn/#respond Tue, 11 Oct 2016 14:06:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/when-will-i-ever-learn/ When I was a student in search of a summer job, I was driven by a fellow student one spring from Ontario to Alberta, where I found employment in Calgary.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/when-will-i-ever-learn/feed/ 0 112699 A look in the mirror https://anglicanjournal.com/a-look-in-the-mirror/ https://anglicanjournal.com/a-look-in-the-mirror/#respond Thu, 17 Sep 2015 13:33:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/a-look-in-the-mirror/ There are times when we each bump up against our own rules in very telling ways. Recently this happened to me while I drove from my home to the cathedral, a trip that takes me over the bridge between West Kelowna and Kelowna.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/a-look-in-the-mirror/feed/ 0 112697 21st-century church hospitality at its best https://anglicanjournal.com/21st-century-church-hospitality-at-its-best/ https://anglicanjournal.com/21st-century-church-hospitality-at-its-best/#respond Thu, 15 Jan 2015 20:13:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/21st-century-church-hospitality-at-its-best/ I have recently been introduced to the Sunday Assembly, or as their members like to call themselves, "the godless church." One of their more quotable quotes is: "We need the benefits that church provides without the god element."

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