Opinion Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/category/opinion/ National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:53:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.7 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg Opinion Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/category/opinion/ 32 32 170042892 Nature reveals God’s creative love https://anglicanjournal.com/nature-reveals-gods-creative-love/ Mon, 24 Aug 2026 13:00:42 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=215703 Ahead of the liturgical Season of Creation in September, Archbishop Shane Parker, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, reflects on God's work in the intricacies and interdependencies of nature—and in human lives.

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]]> 215703 Faith is our rock through storms of change https://anglicanjournal.com/faith-is-our-rock-through-storms-of-change/ Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:25:27 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=215684 All things change except God, who knows our very essence, National Indigenous Anglican Archbishop Chris Harper says in his September column.

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]]> 215684 We need Anglican ‘third places’ https://anglicanjournal.com/we-need-anglican-third-places/ Thu, 30 Jul 2026 16:55:11 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=215636 The loss of "third places"—spaces other than the home or workplace where people can simply exist and socialize—has impacts that the Anglican Church can and should fix, guest writer Charlotte Sheasby says.

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]]> 215636 Holding another’s story is transformative https://anglicanjournal.com/holding-anothers-story-is-transformative/ Thu, 28 May 2026 15:07:40 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=215344 In his June column, Archbishop Shane Parker, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, reflects on the ongoing journey of reconciliation and building of a new relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Anglicans.

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]]> 215344 Take the time to see the importance of today https://anglicanjournal.com/take-the-time-to-see-the-importance-of-today/ Thu, 28 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=215354 In advance of the National Indigenous Day of Prayer in Canada on June 21, National Indigenous Anglican Archbishop Chris Harper calls on us to pray unceasingly, strengthen our relationships, and lift up God in all we say and do.

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]]> 215354 Celebrate Pentecost joyfully and abundantly https://anglicanjournal.com/celebrate-pentecost-joyfully-and-abundantly/ Tue, 05 May 2026 13:00:41 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=215251 “Pentecost is a celebration of the gift of the Holy Spirit to the Church,” Archbishop Shane Parker, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, writes in his May column.

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]]> 215251 In a divided world, faith points to path of unity https://anglicanjournal.com/in-a-divided-world-faith-points-to-path-of-unity/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:00:12 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=215179 In his May column, National Indigenous Anglican Archbishop Chris Harper calls for the church to be an instrument of healing and inclusion.

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]]> 215179 April 2026 letter to the editor https://anglicanjournal.com/april-2026-letter-to-the-editor/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:04:57 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=215182 Coverage of primate's visit to the Holy Land a welcome window into painful circumstances, a reader says.

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]]> 215182 Walking on holy ground https://anglicanjournal.com/walking-on-holy-ground/ Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:00:57 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=215159 Sacred or holy ground has been at the centre of our belief systems since ancient times.

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]]> 215159 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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