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Endless love

Having seen the reader letter in the December issue of the Anglican Journal, I thought I would tell Harold Munn that I did something that

Merry Christmas

A street in Quebec City is all decked up for Christmas. Photo: Alexander Kolomietz The Anglican Journal office will be closed for Christmas holidays from

Christmas services go outdoors in Christchurch

Last year, Christchurch was rocked by a series of earthquakes on Boxing Day, after a major September quake. Photo:gmwnz / Shutterstock.com Many Christmas church services

Magi’s frankincense may soon disappear

Frankincense is known to millions as one of the three gifts of the Magi, the wise men who visited Jesus after his birth. Illustration: Eireann/Shutterstock

Papua New Guinea has become the fourth province to formally adopt the proposed Anglican Covenant.

Papua New Guinea approves Covenant

The Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea has announced that its provincial council has approved and accepted the Anglican Covenant, according to an article on the

Arab-Israeli project gets support

The Church of Scotland is providing support to replant olive trees in a land that an Israeli family is leasing to an Arab-Jewish cooperative. Photo:

February Bible Readings

Day Reading01 Hebrews 2.1-18 02 Luke 2.22-40 03 Psalm 147.1-20 04 Mark 1.29-39 05 1 Cor. 9.1-18 06 1 Cor. 9.19-27 07 2 Kings 5.1-16

Three songs of truth-telling beauty

Zimbabwean poet Ignatius Mabasa Photo: contributed “Beauty will save the world” is a saying attributed to Dostoevsky.Yet given all that fragments our world, it seems

A Japanese pastor has sued the United Church of Christ in Japan, over his dismissal for giving communion to congregants who were not baptized. Photo: Zvonimir Atletic

Japanese pastor sues over dismissal

Tokyo  – A Japanese pastor has sued the country’s largest Protestant denomination, the United Church of Christ in Japan (UCCJ), over his dismissal for giving

Of pageants, pucks and prayers

Two hockey sticks-a Victoriaville Superhook and a Koho Junior-did double duty as the shepherds’ staffs. Our Sunday school director was fierce and determined. The classic

A light in the dark

To see the goodness in our Junior Anglican Young People’s Association leader, Dave, you have to overlook his stained ties, rumpled sports jackets and tobacco-yellowed

January Bible Readings

01 Ecclesiastes 3.1-15 02 Colossians 1.1-14 03 Colossians 1.15-29 04 Colossians 2.1-23 05 Isaiah 60.1-22 06 Matthew 2.1-12 07 Mark 1.1-11 08 Acts 19.1-20 09

Esther Wesley, Anglican Healing Fund coordinator, and National Indigenous Anglican Bishop Mark MacDonald, at the recent Council of General Synod meeting. Photo: Marites Sison

More healing needed for unresolved trauma

Mississauga, Ont. – Since the Anglican Church of Canada established the Anglican Healing Fund (AHF) in 1991 to address the impact of the residential school

Lutheran churches in Indonesia combat HIV/AIDS

Without prevention, HIV/AIDs will strike an estimated 500,000 Indonesians by 2014. Photo: UNmulitmedia.org Lutheran churches in Indonesia have approved several steps to revitalize their commitment

Archbishops question proposal

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams. Photo: Michael Hudson Archbishops Rowan Williams and John Sentamu say a mainly elected House of Lords would not necessarily serve

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