April 2023 Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/april-2023/ National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Tue, 09 May 2023 17:59:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg April 2023 Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/april-2023/ 32 32 170042892 How shall we live, in an era of VUCA and BANI? https://anglicanjournal.com/how-shall-we-live-in-an-era-of-vuca-and-bani/ Mon, 01 May 2023 13:00:20 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=172442 We live in a world of acronyms—especially as Anglicans! BAS, BCP, PWRDF, ACoC, CoGS, HofB* … All are ways to refer quickly to something that touches our lives.* Recently I came across two acronyms, new to me, that sum up the world in which we live today—VUCA and BANI. I find them helpful in thinking […]

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]]> 172442 PWRDF supports aid efforts as double round of earthquakes rocks Syria and Turkey https://anglicanjournal.com/pwrdf-supports-aid-efforts-as-double-round-of-earthquakes-rocks-syria-and-turkey/ Fri, 31 Mar 2023 13:00:56 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=172330 The need for donations to aid in relief and rebuilding after earthquakes in Syria and Turkey will remain urgent for several months, says Janice Biehn, communications and marketing coordinator for the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF). If parishes and congregations are running donation drives and continue to do so through Lent, the agencies […]

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]]> 172330 New commission to explore ‘creative’ ideas for church https://anglicanjournal.com/new-commission-to-explore-creative-ideas-for-church/ Fri, 31 Mar 2023 13:00:48 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=172287 CoGS also discusses open letter said to be from Mark MacDonald sexual misconduct complainant Note: This article contains material from several stories previously published on anglicanjournal.com. The church will soon have a new commission tasked with finding potentially “radical solutions” to the demographic and financial challenges that now face it, according to a proposal introduced by […]

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]]> 172287 Lambeth statement calls on Anglicans worldwide to ‘live with difference’ https://anglicanjournal.com/lambeth-statement-calls-on-anglicans-worldwide-to-live-with-difference/ Fri, 31 Mar 2023 13:00:40 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=172268 Fourth instalment of Hearing the Lambeth Calls, a 10-part series on the calls to the global Anglican Communion made at the 2022 Lambeth Conference. This month’s call: Reconciliation. The idea of reconciliation has been attracting a lot of attention in theological circles in recent years, says the Rev. Chris Brittain, dean of divinity at Trinity […]

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]]> 172268 Out of the ashes https://anglicanjournal.com/out-of-the-ashes/ Fri, 31 Mar 2023 13:00:39 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=172316 CLAY set to resume after pandemic postponements The Canadian Lutheran Anglican Youth (CLAY) gathering will be held in person for the first time in five years despite uncertain numbers of attendees, says Sheilagh McGlynn, the Anglican Church of Canada’s animator for youth ministries. CLAY gatherings bring youth groups from the Anglican Church of Canada and […]

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]]> 172316 The other Easter https://anglicanjournal.com/the-other-easter/ Fri, 31 Mar 2023 13:00:27 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=172297 On the first Easter morning no one was singing Alleluia. Not for hours. The atmosphere in the room where Jesus’ disciples and others were huddled “for fear” was charged with confusion. The shout that initially rose to the lips of Jesus’ followers was not “Jesus is risen,” but that the body of Jesus was missing! […]

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]]> 172297 New beginnings https://anglicanjournal.com/new-beginnings/ Fri, 31 Mar 2023 13:00:16 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=172308 For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. (1 Corinthians 1:18) Every new day, like Easter Sunday, there is a new beginning. Thank the Lord for new beginnings and every new day. As I begin my new […]

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]]> 172308 Finding help in turbulent times https://anglicanjournal.com/finding-help-in-turbulent-times/ Fri, 31 Mar 2023 13:00:11 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=172275 “I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where will my help come?” (Psalm 121:1) This cry speaks to our hearts as we look at the world around us. We look outward on a world full of uncertainties where fear may be close at hand. Rising food prices force harder choices for many families. […]

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]]> 172275 Global South primates’ call for Anglican reset not likely to mean ‘major split’: Nicholls https://anglicanjournal.com/global-south-primates-call-for-anglican-reset-not-likely-to-mean-major-split-nicholls/ Fri, 31 Mar 2023 13:00:03 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=172295 The significance of a press statement from a grouping of theologically conservative Anglican primates which recommends the withdrawal of “orthodox provinces” from the rest of the Anglican Communion, and which has drawn international headlines, has been overblown, Archbishop Linda Nicholls, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, tells the Anglican Journal. The Global South Fellowship […]

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]]> 172295 PWRDF supports aid efforts as second round of earthquakes rocks Syria and Turkey https://anglicanjournal.com/pwrdf-supports-aid-efforts-as-second-round-of-earthquakes-rocks-syria-and-turkey/ Fri, 24 Feb 2023 20:11:47 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=172118 The need for donations to aid in relief and rebuilding after earthquakes in Syria and Turkey will remain urgent for several months, says Janice Biehn, communications and marketing coordinator for the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF). If parishes and congregations are running donation drives and continue to do so through Lent, the agencies […]

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