Comments on: Can Anglicans ‘walk together’ on marriage canon amendment?

By: Ron Dwyer

Ron Dwyer — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 02:14:15 +0000

We must obey the commands of Christ. Never allow current moral norms and values to cause us to ‘comprise’ God’s WORD. It is better that we bow to God than fear man (ok peoplekind lol)

By: Bobby Patsauq

Bobby Patsauq — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 20:09:48 +0000

All anglicans in Canada need to repent from going the wrong road now! When we do that, and confess our sins, seek His forgiveness with all our heart, then He will forgive us and restore us back to His plan for His church which nothing, hell’s gates, or high water will be able to stop. Time for the Church to go on the offensive and take back what the devil stole from the church. The Church is Jesus Christ’s Bride and we need to shed off the stain on our robe of righteousness and be cleansed, purged, and stand steadfast in these days of trials and tribulations.

By: Tony Houghton

Tony Houghton — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 19:29:37 +0000

Jesus said to the woman at Sikar that God is seeking a people that will worship him in spirit and in truth. If the Bible declares something abhorrent and we called it a blessing and celebrate that , where is the truth in that. Paul had a man excommunicated for sexual immorality and chastised the Corinthian church for not dealing with it as they should have. It is said a little leaven leavens the whole lump, and this is more then a little leaven. We too must remember whose church this is ,this is God’s church and our worship and actions must be according to His standards ,not ours.

By: Douglas Tutty, AsOP

Douglas Tutty, AsOP — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 23:53:35 +0000

To me, this is part of a broader issue long-standing in the Anglican tradition; indeed at its core when it was founded. In the past the challenge has been Calvin/Luther; Protestant/Catholic; High Church/Low Church. The foundational precept of Anglicanism is that it presents a liturgy in which all who feel that they can participate authentically may do so. Its between the individual and God to define “authentic”; for the individual to work our their faith “in fear and trembling”. It is the Bishop’s job to provide for the pastoral care of everyone in the diocese. Individual Clergy have to have the freedom to abstain from participating in any liturgy in which they can not be authentic but must permit clergy who can, to do so. We are a communion, so the question isn’t whether you would or would not perform a marriage between to people of the same gender, but rather would you receive or offer communion to a Bishop who authorized a Priest to do so; or who refused to do so?

By: Deacon Steve Bailey, Diocese of New Westminster.

Deacon Steve Bailey, Diocese of New Westminster. — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 20:23:01 +0000

“Walking together” will be possible if we focus on “keeping the ‘main thing’ the main thing” – the theme of an upcoming parish council retreat I’m leading for a parish in our diocese. We all know what ‘the main thing’ is: the reign of God in Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit. All else is secondary baggage. It’s a hard lesson to learn as history has taught us…but if we are to meet the needs of people launching into the 21st century, there is only one way to meet that challenge…keeping the ‘main thing’ the main thing. If we believe in the power of the Holy Spirit, then we can do it; if not, we will fail to continue to walk together and walking together is clearly the will of God. If you want a good analysis of what the challenges of the 21st century involve, take a look at Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari’s “21 Lessons for the 21st Century, and put our issues into a larger perspective. We can ask God to lead us into relevance, or we can continue the march into irrelevancy.