Faith Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/faith/ National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Tue, 07 Feb 2023 22:04:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.7 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg Faith Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/faith/ 32 32 170042892 The illusion of control—and the reality of hope https://anglicanjournal.com/the-illusion-of-control-and-the-reality-of-hope/ https://anglicanjournal.com/the-illusion-of-control-and-the-reality-of-hope/#respond Mon, 01 Nov 2021 13:01:53 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=169319 One of the great illusions when life is stable is that we are in control. The pandemic has shattered that illusion; a tiny virus broke through all our expectations. Plans were disrupted; families separated; and many of the ways in which we manage our lives were no longer effective. We discovered our vulnerability, and that we need each other for survival and are not in control.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/rising-to-the-coronaviruss-challenge/feed/ 0 169300 Why I still love the church https://anglicanjournal.com/why-i-still-love-the-church/ https://anglicanjournal.com/why-i-still-love-the-church/#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2021 17:23:26 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=169170 I must admit that it has been very difficult for me to remain loyal to the Christian church these past years.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/why-i-still-love-the-church/feed/ 2 169170 ‘Faith demands action’: A conversation with Cheri DiNovo https://anglicanjournal.com/faith-demands-action-a-conversation-with-cheri-dinovo/ https://anglicanjournal.com/faith-demands-action-a-conversation-with-cheri-dinovo/#comments Fri, 25 Jun 2021 17:37:02 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=167888 The message of Jesus is a profoundly radical one for the Rev. Cheri DiNovo.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/faith-demands-action-a-conversation-with-cheri-dinovo/feed/ 1 167888 ‘Be still and know that I am God’: Hope in the year ahead, no matter what https://anglicanjournal.com/be-still-and-know-that-i-am-god-hope-in-the-year-ahead-no-matter-what/ https://anglicanjournal.com/be-still-and-know-that-i-am-god-hope-in-the-year-ahead-no-matter-what/#comments Fri, 01 Jan 2021 05:00:06 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=166593 I ask God to give me the words he wants me to speak for him.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/be-still-and-know-that-i-am-god-hope-in-the-year-ahead-no-matter-what/feed/ 1 166593 Meanness, lies and conspiracy theories: Boys State and the state of politics https://anglicanjournal.com/meanness-lies-and-conspiracy-theories-boys-state-and-the-state-of-politics/ https://anglicanjournal.com/meanness-lies-and-conspiracy-theories-boys-state-and-the-state-of-politics/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2020 17:32:42 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=165642 While politics has long been a blood sport, the current political climate in Canada, the U.S., Britain, Europe and beyond seems unusually volatile and unpredictable. At the convention of the Democratic Party—a “virtual” online event this summer—former U.S. President Barack Obama summarized why many are cynical about politics: “I understand why … a young person […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/meanness-lies-and-conspiracy-theories-boys-state-and-the-state-of-politics/feed/ 1 165642 ‘We are creatures of dust who cry out to God’: Ephraim Radner on pandemic and apocalypse https://anglicanjournal.com/we-are-creatures-of-dust-who-cry-out-to-god-ephraim-radner-on-pandemic-and-apocalypse/ https://anglicanjournal.com/we-are-creatures-of-dust-who-cry-out-to-god-ephraim-radner-on-pandemic-and-apocalypse/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2020 16:28:26 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=164806 Within the Anglican Church of Canada, the Rev. Ephraim Radner has become known for giving voice to positions that some find controversial, challenging or, in his words, negative. His public opposition to same-sex marriage in the church, for example, came into focus prior to General Synod’s 2019 vote on the marriage canon. He is also […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/we-are-creatures-of-dust-who-cry-out-to-god-ephraim-radner-on-pandemic-and-apocalypse/feed/ 3 164806 Maundy Thursday: Moving towards a new wilderness https://anglicanjournal.com/maundy-thursday-moving-towards-a-new-wilderness/ https://anglicanjournal.com/maundy-thursday-moving-towards-a-new-wilderness/#respond Thu, 09 Apr 2020 16:35:00 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=163660 I couldn’t get to sleep last Saturday night. Normally, falling asleep is not a problem for me. But with the upending of normal life these last weeks, the absence of routine, the loss of the “natural” physical exercise of going about one’s day—let’s face it, with the grief we are collectively feeling at this time—all […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/covid-19-and-us/feed/ 2 163104 COVID-19: Finding God, trusting others and expressing our fears https://anglicanjournal.com/covid-19-finding-god-trusting-others-and-expressing-our-fears/ https://anglicanjournal.com/covid-19-finding-god-trusting-others-and-expressing-our-fears/#respond Mon, 16 Mar 2020 16:12:56 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=163092 COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus that has swept the globe, is not the first pandemic I have experienced. If you count AIDS in the mid to late 1980s and maybe H1N1 in 2009, then I’ve seen at least three. Of course, I need to mention the 2003 outbreak of SARS (Severe Acute […]

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