Tali Folkins, Author at Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Tue, 19 Aug 2025 20:02:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg Tali Folkins, Author at Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com 32 32 170042892 Now comes the hard part https://anglicanjournal.com/now-comes-the-hard-part/ Mon, 18 Aug 2025 15:49:53 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=213637 “I have not come to bring peace, but a sword,” Jesus famously tells his apostles when he sends them out to preach, heal and cast out demons (Matthew 10:34)—startling them with these words, perhaps, as much as he startles us. There’s a sense in which the Good News will not be easy to hear; it will be subversive, disruptive, divisive.

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]]> 213637 Memory, sacred time and the blessing of giving https://anglicanjournal.com/memory-sacred-time-and-the-blessing-of-giving/ Thu, 28 Nov 2024 14:25:15 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=212007 In 2017, a team of scientists working at the University of Zurich’s Neuroscience Centre doled out 25 Swiss francs to 50 test subjects over four weeks. Half were told to spend the money on themselves; the other half were told to buy things for other people. At the end of the four weeks, the happiness […]

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]]> 212007 The Easter egg and Christian hope https://anglicanjournal.com/the-easter-egg-and-christian-hope/ Fri, 01 Mar 2024 14:46:09 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=187647 In a 2013 article for Scientific American (“Beyond Ishtar: The Tradition of Eggs at Easter”), writer Krystal D’Costa helpfully demolishes the hoax, circulating on the internet at the time, that the ultimate origin of Easter was the celebration of Ishtar, ancient Babylonian goddess of love and war (an interesting combination of spheres over which to […]

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]]> 187647 Church sees deficits, program cuts post-2023 https://anglicanjournal.com/church-sees-deficits-program-cuts-post-2023/ Mon, 12 Dec 2022 21:27:12 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=171631 The Anglican Church of Canada’s national office is forecast to have a balanced budget this year—but substantial deficits and program cuts are likely in the years to follow, documents prepared for the November meeting of Council of Synod (CoGS) state. The budget for 2023 is expected to have a modest surplus of $43,000, according to […]

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]]> 171631 A note from the editor on the new anglicanjournal.com https://anglicanjournal.com/a-note-from-the-editor-on-the-new-anglicanjournal-com/ https://anglicanjournal.com/a-note-from-the-editor-on-the-new-anglicanjournal-com/#respond Tue, 01 Feb 2022 11:25:52 +0000 https://www.anglicanjournal.com/?p=170347 You may have noticed our site is different today, in a number of ways.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/a-note-from-the-editor-on-the-new-anglicanjournal-com/feed/ 0 170557 Manitoba parish targets period poverty with red mailbox project https://anglicanjournal.com/manitoba-parish-targets-period-poverty-with-red-mailbox-project/ https://anglicanjournal.com/manitoba-parish-targets-period-poverty-with-red-mailbox-project/#respond Fri, 01 Oct 2021 13:00:44 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=169048 A small-town Manitoba parish is making menstrual products available to women in need by means of a special mailbox affixed to the outside of the church—and at least two other churches are following its example.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/manitoba-parish-targets-period-poverty-with-red-mailbox-project/feed/ 0 169048 Stephen London elected bishop of Edmonton https://anglicanjournal.com/stephen-london-elected-bishop-of-edmonton/ https://anglicanjournal.com/stephen-london-elected-bishop-of-edmonton/#respond Wed, 01 Sep 2021 21:36:26 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=168972 The Rev. Stephen London, rector of St. Thomas’ Anglican Church in Sherwood Park, Alta., was elected bishop of the diocese of Edmonton at an online electoral synod June 26.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/stephen-london-elected-bishop-of-edmonton/feed/ 0 168972 Church treasurer announces retirement https://anglicanjournal.com/church-treasurer-announces-retirement/ https://anglicanjournal.com/church-treasurer-announces-retirement/#respond Wed, 01 Sep 2021 21:36:10 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=168980 Hanna Goschy, the Anglican Church of Canada’s treasurer and chief financial officer since 2013, announced her retirement effective Aug. 13.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/church-treasurer-announces-retirement/feed/ 0 168980 Ottawa Anglican’s sock ministry touches thousands https://anglicanjournal.com/ottawa-anglicans-sock-ministry-touches-thousands/ https://anglicanjournal.com/ottawa-anglicans-sock-ministry-touches-thousands/#respond Thu, 12 Aug 2021 19:47:17 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=168750 On Dec. 24, 2017, Jessica Baird, a teacher and a parishioner at Julian of Norwich Anglican Church in Ottawa, was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), a rare type of arthritis causing, among other things, severe and long-term pain in the spine.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/ottawa-anglicans-sock-ministry-touches-thousands/feed/ 0 168750 Anglican Foundation raises $110,000 for post-pandemic children and youth ministry https://anglicanjournal.com/anglican-foundation-raises-110000-for-post-pandemic-children-and-youth-ministry/ https://anglicanjournal.com/anglican-foundation-raises-110000-for-post-pandemic-children-and-youth-ministry/#respond Wed, 11 Aug 2021 16:42:10 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=168736 The Anglican Foundation of Canada (AFC) says it raised 10% more than it had targeted in a campaign aimed at raising money to fund post-pandemic ministry for children and young people—and has issued its largest-ever request for proposals, aiming to disburse all the money this fall.

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