Marites N. Sison, Author at Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Wed, 08 Feb 2023 22:06:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg Marites N. Sison, Author at Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com 32 32 170042892 The good news about bad news https://anglicanjournal.com/the-good-news-about-bad-news/ https://anglicanjournal.com/the-good-news-about-bad-news/#comments Fri, 08 Jun 2018 16:45:40 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=155953 (This article first appeared in the June 2018 issue of the Anglican Journal.) It’s a question that never gets old. Why do media, including the Anglican Journal, write about bad news? Each time the Journal publishes a story about alleged abuses and conflicts within the church, I find that the phone calls and (sometimes) scathing […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/the-good-news-about-bad-news/feed/ 4 155953 What happens when a church closes? https://anglicanjournal.com/happens-church-closes/ https://anglicanjournal.com/happens-church-closes/#comments Wed, 28 Feb 2018 19:50:00 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=154380 By now it has sadly become a familiar story that we hear about or read in the news—a church is being closed, deconsecrated and put up for sale somewhere in the country. The reasons for closure are almost always identical—the congregation has steadily and dramatically declined, the buildings needed many repairs and the cost of […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/happens-church-closes/feed/ 2 154380 ‘They will still bear fruit in old age’ – Psalm 92:15 https://anglicanjournal.com/will-still-bear-fruit-old-age-psalm-9215/ https://anglicanjournal.com/will-still-bear-fruit-old-age-psalm-9215/#respond Wed, 07 Feb 2018 15:01:02 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=154020 (This editorial first appeared in the February 2018 issue of the Anglican Journal.) Are our churches ready for the “greying” of Canada? Last year, Statistics Canada reported that for the first time since 1871, Canadians 65 and older outnumber those under 14. ere are 5.9 million seniors, compared to 5.8 million children. The demographic shift […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/will-still-bear-fruit-old-age-psalm-9215/feed/ 0 154020 The arrival of God’s love https://anglicanjournal.com/arrival-gods-love/ https://anglicanjournal.com/arrival-gods-love/#comments Thu, 21 Dec 2017 14:40:21 +0000 http://anglicanjournal.com/?p=153398 (This editorial first appeared in the December issue of the Anglican Journal.) Christmas is upon us. For some, it hasn’t come soon enough—that time of year when one can pause, cast aside the horrible months just past and celebrate the arrival of the child born for us. For others, however, Christmas is not that time […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/arrival-gods-love/feed/ 1 153398 CoGS to convene special session for marriage canon report https://anglicanjournal.com/cogs-to-convene-special-session-for-marriage-canon-report/ https://anglicanjournal.com/cogs-to-convene-special-session-for-marriage-canon-report/#respond Sun, 03 May 2015 14:31:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/cogs-to-convene-special-session-for-marriage-canon-report/ Council of General Synod (CoGS) will convene a special session to receive the report of the commission on the marriage canon, which has been mandated to carry out a broad consultation about changing the marriage canon (church law) to allow same-sex marriage.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/cogs-to-convene-special-session-for-marriage-canon-report/feed/ 0 113343 Window of opportunity https://anglicanjournal.com/window-of-opportunity/ https://anglicanjournal.com/window-of-opportunity/#respond Tue, 31 Mar 2015 15:43:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/window-of-opportunity/ The newspaper's website, anglicanjournal.com, has launched Eyewitness, Special Coverage of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The web page compiles the newspaper's extensive and award-winning coverage of the TRC national events, beginning in 2010 in Winnipeg.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/window-of-opportunity/feed/ 0 100485 Make space for grace https://anglicanjournal.com/make-space-for-grace/ https://anglicanjournal.com/make-space-for-grace/#respond Mon, 23 Feb 2015 13:57:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/make-space-for-grace/ Don't do it. This was the message delivered in December by the Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Unity, Faith and Order (IASCUFO) when the Canadian church sought its opinion about amending canon (church law) to allow the marriage of same-sex couples.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/make-space-for-grace/feed/ 0 100200 Take courage https://anglicanjournal.com/take-courage/ https://anglicanjournal.com/take-courage/#respond Wed, 17 Dec 2014 17:58:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/take-courage/ Many of us will likely say 2014 turned out to be another annus horribilis. Indeed, it seemed as if we were trapped in an endless cycle of violence and misery.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/take-courage/feed/ 0 100305 Let’s talk about death https://anglicanjournal.com/let-s-talk-about-death/ https://anglicanjournal.com/let-s-talk-about-death/#respond Mon, 17 Nov 2014 17:28:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/let-s-talk-about-death/ We are, on a daily basis, confronted with images of death: we see it in the news and on social media, on TV shows, movies and video games. We routinely hear about life-threatening diseases, mass shootings, massacres and disasters, and we witness public displays of grief and despair even from faraway places.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/let-s-talk-about-death/feed/ 0 100193 Renowned theologian and social activist dies https://anglicanjournal.com/renowned-theologian-and-social-activist-dies/ https://anglicanjournal.com/renowned-theologian-and-social-activist-dies/#respond Tue, 15 Jul 2014 20:58:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/renowned-theologian-and-social-activist-dies/ Dr. Christopher Lind, a renowned Anglican theologian, ethicist, educator, passionate social activist and most recently, executive director of the Sorrento Centre in British Columbia, died July 11 after a brief illness. He was 61.

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