Archbishop Linda Nicholls Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/archbishop-linda-nicholls/ National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Tue, 18 May 2021 12:08:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg Archbishop Linda Nicholls Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/archbishop-linda-nicholls/ 32 32 170042892 Listening for the Spirit in a liminal time https://anglicanjournal.com/listening-for-the-spirit-in-a-liminal-time/ https://anglicanjournal.com/listening-for-the-spirit-in-a-liminal-time/#respond Tue, 18 May 2021 04:01:32 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=167605 As I write this on the cusp of the spring equinox, I am so deeply grateful for the gift of light as the spring sunshine has melted the snow, is greening the grass and is offering such promise for warmth and renewal.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/listening-for-the-spirit-in-a-liminal-time/feed/ 0 167605 ‘In sure and certain hope’ https://anglicanjournal.com/in-sure-and-certain-hope/ https://anglicanjournal.com/in-sure-and-certain-hope/#respond Thu, 29 Apr 2021 00:00:43 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=167453 The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the event that defines Christian faith. It is the unique event that affirms Jesus’s identity; and confirms, with power, all that Jesus taught about the love of God. It changes everything for the disciples, who must reframe all they expected through the lens that God is acting in life […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/in-sure-and-certain-hope/feed/ 0 167453 Canadian Anglican archbishops sign anti-conversion therapy declaration https://anglicanjournal.com/canadian-anglican-archbishops-sign-anti-conversion-therapy-declaration/ https://anglicanjournal.com/canadian-anglican-archbishops-sign-anti-conversion-therapy-declaration/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2021 15:46:13 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=167167 An international interfaith commission has called for an end to violence against and criminalization of LGBTQ+ people and a global ban on conversion therapy. The declaration by the Global Interfaith Commission on LGBT+ Lives, which launched Dec. 16, 2020, was signed by around 400 religious leaders from more than 35 countries. Among the launch signatories […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/canadian-anglican-archbishops-sign-anti-conversion-therapy-declaration/feed/ 1 167167 The ‘new’ arrives where we least expect it https://anglicanjournal.com/the-new-arrives-where-we-least-expect-it/ https://anglicanjournal.com/the-new-arrives-where-we-least-expect-it/#respond Tue, 01 Dec 2020 20:20:17 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=166135 Surely this Advent of waiting and longing will be more poignant than any in recent memory. We wait and long for the coming of Christ again, a time when the world will be renewed and all will be right and just in our relationships. We will hear the stories of that promised second coming alongside […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/the-new-arrives-where-we-least-expect-it/feed/ 0 166135 CoGS forms new anti-racism group https://anglicanjournal.com/cogs-forms-new-anti-racism-group/ https://anglicanjournal.com/cogs-forms-new-anti-racism-group/#respond Fri, 25 Sep 2020 20:25:54 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=165749 In a virtual meeting held July 25, the Council of General Synod (CoGS) voted to approve the creation of a task force charged with dismantling racism within the Anglican Church of Canada.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/cogs-forms-new-anti-racism-group/feed/ 0 165749 Churches call for prayers, support as depth of Beirut crisis emerges https://anglicanjournal.com/churches-call-for-prayers-support-as-depth-of-beirut-crisis-emerges/ https://anglicanjournal.com/churches-call-for-prayers-support-as-depth-of-beirut-crisis-emerges/#respond Wed, 12 Aug 2020 15:02:17 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=165471 Anglicans and other Christian organizations are sending prayers and financial support to Lebanon, a country with a significant Christian population, after a massive explosion erupted Aug. 4 in the city of Beirut—another blow to a nation already veering toward a humanitarian crisis. On Aug. 6, a short statement and photos were posted to the Anglican […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/churches-call-for-prayers-support-as-depth-of-beirut-crisis-emerges/feed/ 0 165471 At first virtual meeting of CoGS, primate shares hopes, challenges facing the church https://anglicanjournal.com/at-first-virtual-meeting-of-cogs-primate-shares-hopes-challenges-facing-the-church/ https://anglicanjournal.com/at-first-virtual-meeting-of-cogs-primate-shares-hopes-challenges-facing-the-church/#respond Wed, 17 Jun 2020 19:42:28 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=165057 Council of General Synod, the executive body of General Synod that typically meets biannually, will be meeting in regular one-day virtual sessions via Zoom videoconferencing software, as the Anglican Church of Canada suspends all business travel for the rest of the year. At the first of these one-day sessions, which took place Saturday, June 13, […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/at-first-virtual-meeting-of-cogs-primate-shares-hopes-challenges-facing-the-church/feed/ 0 165057 From the Primate: Lament and mourn today—and seek change tomorrow https://anglicanjournal.com/from-the-primate-lament-and-mourn/ https://anglicanjournal.com/from-the-primate-lament-and-mourn/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2020 14:16:04 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=164432 Sometimes there is a certain Canadian smugness expressed when we see the dire situation of our neighbour to the south. We shake our heads and express dismay at the level of racial violence that periodically emerges there while feeling a sense of relief that, of course, this does not happen in Canada. But it does. […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/from-the-primate-lament-and-mourn/feed/ 9 164432 Evangelism needs no magic words—only the language of the heart https://anglicanjournal.com/evangelism-needs-no-magic-words-only-the-language-of-the-heart/ https://anglicanjournal.com/evangelism-needs-no-magic-words-only-the-language-of-the-heart/#respond Thu, 28 May 2020 12:19:06 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=163825 The 1990s were designated the Decade of Evangelism by the Lambeth Conference of 1988. The Anglican Communion was called to share the Good News of the gospel in every context. My memory of that time as a parish priest recalls the challenge of inviting Anglicans to move past the deep privacy of their faith into […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/evangelism-needs-no-magic-words-only-the-language-of-the-heart/feed/ 0 163825 From the Primate: Discerning when to speak https://anglicanjournal.com/from-the-primate-discerning-when-to-speak/ https://anglicanjournal.com/from-the-primate-discerning-when-to-speak/#comments Fri, 22 May 2020 15:30:16 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=164259 When we can gather at a watercooler at work or in the pub with friends, we enjoy expressing our opinions on the latest sports events, favourite movies or political action. However, in these days of social media and instant communications, when little if anything is private, we are called to thoughtful consideration of the impact […]

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