Game turns wordplay into food
Anglican Journal
May 1, 2008
FreeRice.com, an online vocabulary game run by the World Food Programme, uses banner advertising to pay for rice for the world’s hungry. Since last October,
FreeRice.com, an online vocabulary game run by the World Food Programme, uses banner advertising to pay for rice for the world’s hungry. Since last October,
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Welsh Anglican clergy narrowly voted on April 2 against a measure to allow women to be appointed to the episcopate. The measure was supported unanimously
TOO COOL: From the air, the roofs of Sudanese houses look like tiny coolie hats. The traditional huts are made of mud, clay and grass
A young boy guarantees himself he will get a good seat at a Sunday morning Dinka-language service in Rumbek, Sudan. Gatherings of 1,500 are common
Staff at the Anglican church’s finance department in Toronto are still working at updating national church statistics and hope to have them available in the
Canadian donors, including Anglicans, Baptists and Roman Catholics, have contributed $800,000 towards the cost of a new $1.2 million eye hospital, inaugurated recently in Asuncion,
Rev. Michael Heller, winner of the 2008 Templeton Prize, speaks at a news conference in New York. New YorkRev. Michael (Michal) Heller, a Polish Roman
Montreal’s Julia Drummond Residence (pictured here in 1967). Are you one of thousands of women who lived at the Anglican-run Julia Drummond Residence in Montreal
A judge in Virginia ruled April 3 that it was appropriate for 11 Convocation of Anglicans in North America (CANA) congregations to file property claims
The national leaders of the Anglican Church of Canada and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) have urged their churches to advocate for affordable
The diocese of Saskatoon, at its biennial synod held April 4-6, narrowly defeated a resolution that would have allowed clergy to bless same-sex civil marriages.
Archbishop Drexel Gomez Participants at the recent “An Anglican Covenant: Divisive or Reconciling?” conference, held at the Desmond Tutu Center in New York City, gathered
Many adult Dinka Christians carry crosses to indicate their faith. The crosses are often 30 – 60 cm long; women march and dance with them
Citing financial difficulties, the Anglican Sisters of St. John the Divine (SSJD) and the diocese of Montreal have jointly agreed that the Sisters would withdraw
LondonWelsh Anglican clergy have narrowly voted against a measure, supported unanimously by their bishops, to allow women to be appointed to the episcopate.At a meeting
In recognition of my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary, our municipality gave them a Bible. The gift was befitting because they were known in their close-knit
The Bible told A.J. Jacobs, “You shall not round off the hair on your temples or mar the edges of your beard,” (Leviticus 19:27) and,
Australia’s Prime Minister Kevin Rudd hugs members of the “Stolen Generation” after delivering an official apology on Feb. 13 for the historic mistreatment of Aborigines.
A group of evangelical bishops in the Church of England have urged conservative primates (national archbishops) in the Anglican Communion to reconsider their decision to