Opinion Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/category/opinion/ National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Tue, 07 Apr 2026 18:42:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg Opinion Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/category/opinion/ 32 32 170042892 Beauty heralds the new season https://anglicanjournal.com/beauty-heralds-the-new-season/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:00:31 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=214966 National Indigenous Archbishop Chris Harper meditates on the resurrection, the return of beauty to the church after the Lenten season and its parallels to spring's new life.

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]]> 214966 The hope we need can never be destroyed https://anglicanjournal.com/the-hope-we-need-can-never-be-destroyed/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:00:57 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=214997 In his Easter message, Archbishop Shane Parker, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, calls the resurrection of Jesus the most profound statement of God’s abundant, gracious love.

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]]> 214997 Pray with deep trust, then listen to the spirit https://anglicanjournal.com/pray-with-deep-trust-then-listen-to-the-spirit/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 17:00:48 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=214841 Six years ago in March, we suddenly had to take up masking, distancing and sanitizing as weapons of choice in our early fight against the global coronavirus pandemic. The development of effective vaccines was relatively rapid, although the distribution was uneven around the world.

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]]> 214841 Find God’s truth and peace in silence https://anglicanjournal.com/find-gods-truth-and-peace-in-silence/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 20:41:30 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=214842 The Lenten season has an important aspect of listening, of prayerful opening of our ears to seek what the Almighty is saying to us. Listening is an important skill that few these days seem to master.

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]]> 214842 Drinking from our own well: How a Salt Spring Island experiment recovered Christian contemplation https://anglicanjournal.com/drinking-from-our-own-well-how-a-salt-spring-island-experiment-recovered-christian-contemplation/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:30:56 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=214831 Nurtured by Margaret Haines’ founding vision for The Contemplative Society, this initiative used a parish setting as a laboratory to prove a vital point: the Anglican tradition already possessed the spiritual depth many Western seekers were crossing oceans to find.

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]]> 214831 February 2026 letter to the editor https://anglicanjournal.com/february-2026-letter-to-the-editor/ Wed, 04 Feb 2026 20:52:43 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=214744 As a former Diocese of Toronto social justice and advocacy consultant, I was delighted to learn of the Primate's support for a Universal Basic Income in line with a living wage for all Canadians.

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]]> 214744 Monasteries offer ‘warmth of peace’ to a frozen age https://anglicanjournal.com/monasteries-offer-warmth-of-peace-to-a-frozen-age/ Fri, 30 Jan 2026 17:37:23 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=214668 In the monastic tradition, hospitality and peacemaking have long been cellmates.

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]]> 214668 May the drumbeat of your heart be a celebration of life https://anglicanjournal.com/may-the-drumbeat-of-your-heart-be-a-celebration-of-life/ Wed, 28 Jan 2026 20:51:30 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=214661 FEATHER: Creator God, we give you thanks for this new day and all days. We ask that you forgive our failures to heed your word and call, grant us your spirit of peace and guide us to walk in humility and with an open heart.

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]]> 214661 Pushing forward on the trail of spiritual discipline https://anglicanjournal.com/pushing-forward-on-the-trail-of-spiritual-discipline/ Tue, 27 Jan 2026 21:23:12 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=214641 I recently went to a Habitat for Humanity ReStore on Belfast Road in Ottawa to donate some items (and to check out the used tools). The store is in an industrial building which used to house the automotive machine shop I worked in for the better part of two years in the late 1970s.

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]]> 214641 Singing, sfeehah and the priesthood of all believers https://anglicanjournal.com/singing-sfeehah-and-the-priesthood-of-all-believers/ Fri, 09 Jan 2026 21:16:15 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=214539 When I was asked to do a reading last month at a special ordination ceremony for three new priests and a deacon, I had a rather unexpected experience.

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