change Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/change/ National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Fri, 22 Oct 2021 14:10:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.5 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg change Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/change/ 32 32 170042892 Pandemic, Advent and the church https://anglicanjournal.com/pandemic-advent-and-the-church/ https://anglicanjournal.com/pandemic-advent-and-the-church/#respond Mon, 21 Dec 2020 14:39:40 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=166670 I started at St. Saviour’s Anglican Church, Winnipeg, in February 2015 as an interim priest and was appointed incumbent in September 2016. During the interim period and through discussion and prayerful consideration, the parish delineated “Cultivating and Nurturing a Culture of Inclusion” as an overarching theme and focus for its ministry. We evaluated the church’s […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/pandemic-advent-and-the-church/feed/ 0 166670 Something new waits to be born https://anglicanjournal.com/something-new-waits-to-be-born/ https://anglicanjournal.com/something-new-waits-to-be-born/#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2020 14:02:04 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=165580 Going back is never what you thought it would be! Do you remember returning to your hometown and discovering a new building on the corner? Or that the old ice cream store is gone? Or that your favourite park has been redeveloped? The memory of home and familiarity of places and people are disrupted by […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/something-new-waits-to-be-born/feed/ 2 165580 As a way decays, a new way appears https://anglicanjournal.com/as-a-way-decays-a-new-way-appears/ https://anglicanjournal.com/as-a-way-decays-a-new-way-appears/#respond Tue, 01 Sep 2020 15:11:19 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=165588 When it comes to the life of the church, the love that the Holy Spirit moves in our hearts can be clearly identified in four primary ways: compassion for those in need, commitment to a just society, adoration of God and a life of sacrificial love towards each other. These are essentially animated by the […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/as-a-way-decays-a-new-way-appears/feed/ 0 165588 Chaos and the ministry of the gospel https://anglicanjournal.com/chaos-and-the-ministry-of-the-gospel/ https://anglicanjournal.com/chaos-and-the-ministry-of-the-gospel/#respond Wed, 27 May 2020 14:05:17 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=164324 One of the many things that  our recent pandemic crisis has revealed is the difficulties our institutions have in facing chaos. To be clear, I am not at all critical of the ways that people have tried to adapt to the realities of COVID-19. I have seen courage, compassion and innovation from many in our […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/chaos-and-the-ministry-of-the-gospel/feed/ 0 164324 The Primate: ‘We are building resilience’ https://anglicanjournal.com/the-primate-we-are-building-resilience/ https://anglicanjournal.com/the-primate-we-are-building-resilience/#comments Tue, 05 May 2020 19:29:17 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=164068 Reflections on the new life of the Primate A few years ago, “zoom-zoom” referred to a Mazda car commercial. Today people are more likely to think of an online screen filled with small squares of virtual people holding a meeting. In the Anglican Church of Canada, this is especially true for all of the bishops […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/the-primate-we-are-building-resilience/feed/ 2 164068 The end of church as we know it? (And I feel fine?) https://anglicanjournal.com/the-end-of-church-as-we-know-it-and-i-feel-fine/ https://anglicanjournal.com/the-end-of-church-as-we-know-it-and-i-feel-fine/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2020 13:34:46 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=163273 The church may be ending as we know it, says the Rev. Kyle Wagner—but as we look beyond today’s crisis, what new life might we see? In light of the novel coronavirus and the serious disease it causes (COVID-19), frontman Michael Stipe of the band R.E.M. was interviewed about the popular single It’s the End […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/the-end-of-church-as-we-know-it-and-i-feel-fine/feed/ 2 163273 ‘Gone by 2040?’ How about ‘Transformed by 2021?’ https://anglicanjournal.com/gone-by-2040-how-about-transformed-by-2021/ https://anglicanjournal.com/gone-by-2040-how-about-transformed-by-2021/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2020 14:34:40 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=163146 COVID-19’s tragic spread has launched the church into a staggeringly fast period of transformation, argues Canon David Harrison—one that could change how Anglicans perceive the role and importance of church (and God) in their lives. It’s time to come clean and admit it. I was a coronavirus skeptic. Oh sure, I watched the news as […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/gone-by-2040-how-about-transformed-by-2021/feed/ 5 163146 Putting down roots through discernment and discipleship https://anglicanjournal.com/putting-down-roots-through-discernment-and-discipleship/ https://anglicanjournal.com/putting-down-roots-through-discernment-and-discipleship/#respond Tue, 15 Oct 2019 16:44:03 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=161458 As complexity increases, the desire for simple answers polarizes communities, making the other “side” an enemy. We live in the midst of the pressures to choose a side and ignore the nuances and complexity of human life in our decisions. Such pressures raise a question: What is our call as Christians?

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