Insights column Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/insights-column/ National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:30:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg Insights column Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/insights-column/ 32 32 170042892 Canada’s churches: A conscience for social and eco-justice https://anglicanjournal.com/canada-s-churches-a-conscience-for-social-and-eco-justice/ https://anglicanjournal.com/canada-s-churches-a-conscience-for-social-and-eco-justice/#respond Mon, 12 Jun 2017 19:05:00 +0000 http://2017.anglicanjournal.com/articles/canada-s-churches-a-conscience-for-social-and-eco-justice/ It’s old news that many of Canada’s traditional mainstream churches are experiencing institutional decline. What is not widely acknowledged is that those same churches have maintained a strong influence as this nation’s social conscience.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/living-faithfully-in-a-secular-age/feed/ 1 127188 From souq to shopping mall https://anglicanjournal.com/from-souq-to-shopping-mall/ https://anglicanjournal.com/from-souq-to-shopping-mall/#respond Fri, 06 Jan 2017 16:05:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/from-souq-to-shopping-mall/ We have spent the last three weeks visiting family in Oman, a busy, modern sultanate located on a peninsula, with Saudi Arabia to the west and the Gulf of Oman and Iran to the north. During this time, I have reflected on images that might help me describe my experience here. I have observed how […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/from-souq-to-shopping-mall/feed/ 0 95541 Worship or entertainment? https://anglicanjournal.com/worship-or-entertainment/ https://anglicanjournal.com/worship-or-entertainment/#respond Fri, 09 Dec 2016 14:35:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/worship-or-entertainment/ As a Christian living in our increasingly secular and pluralistic nation, I am finding it ever more difficult to distinguish between worship and entertainment. The difference between the two seems increasingly fuzzy, and I believe the church is falling ever more captive to politically correct societal norms. I wonder if you, my Christian reader, suspect […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/worship-or-entertainment/feed/ 0 95579 William Hordern, Canadian theologian https://anglicanjournal.com/william-hordern-canadian-theologian/ https://anglicanjournal.com/william-hordern-canadian-theologian/#respond Wed, 17 Aug 2016 14:20:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/name-7/ Few preceded him. He had only several like-minded contemporaries and today, he has many successors. To my mind, William Hordern was a pioneer theologian who helped many Canadians think and live theologically as contextual Christians. Simultaneously, he was grounded in a deep awareness of church tradition and universality. I believe it is fitting to reconsider this […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/william-hordern-canadian-theologian/feed/ 0 95511 Pope Francis joins the human quest https://anglicanjournal.com/pope-francis-joins-the-human-quest/ https://anglicanjournal.com/pope-francis-joins-the-human-quest/#respond Fri, 15 Apr 2016 11:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/pope-francis-joins-the-human-quest/ Modernity has not been kind to those upholding the truth of the gospel as well as the authority and unity of the church. Global Christian communions, for example, currently encounter significant internal challenges to the truth claims and structures that have long served them well. Some of our best theological minds are engaged with what […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/pope-francis-joins-the-human-quest/feed/ 0 95562 From darkness to light https://anglicanjournal.com/from-darkness-to-light/ https://anglicanjournal.com/from-darkness-to-light/#respond Fri, 11 Dec 2015 15:22:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/from-darkness-to-light/ Recently I reflected on darkness and light-a major Advent theme-while my wife and I, like many Canadians, were engaged in our annual yuletide home decoration. The winter equinox approaches when daylight is shortest and darkness is greatest. The human desire for light to overcome darkness is universal. We Christians have much evidence of this in […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/from-darkness-to-light/feed/ 0 95539 A price is paid for justice and human rights https://anglicanjournal.com/a-price-is-paid-for-justice-and-human-rights/ https://anglicanjournal.com/a-price-is-paid-for-justice-and-human-rights/#respond Fri, 28 Aug 2015 16:17:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/a-price-is-paid-for-justice-and-human-rights/ One woman was permitted to audit a few of our male-dominated seminary classes, which I attended during the mid-60s. We were happy to include her, but all of us assumed that she was just “interested” in the subjects and that she would never be ordained a priest. Pastoral ministry was a male domain 50 years […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/a-price-is-paid-for-justice-and-human-rights/feed/ 0 95521 Bunnies and eggs are just the beginning https://anglicanjournal.com/bunnies-and-eggs-are-just-the-beginning/ https://anglicanjournal.com/bunnies-and-eggs-are-just-the-beginning/#respond Thu, 09 Apr 2015 20:52:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/bunnies-and-eggs-are-just-the-beginning/ Ask most anyone to name images of Easter. Chances are they will answer “bunnies” and “eggs.” But before we hasten to caution them with advice like, “Really, Easter is about Jesus risen from the dead and that’s why we celebrate this most important festival of the church year,” it might be wise to do a […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/bunnies-and-eggs-are-just-the-beginning/feed/ 0 95532 Chester Ronning: A model of faith and politics https://anglicanjournal.com/chester-ronning-a-model-of-faith-and-politics/ https://anglicanjournal.com/chester-ronning-a-model-of-faith-and-politics/#respond Fri, 09 Jan 2015 17:52:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/chester-ronning-a-model-of-faith-and-politics/ Thirty-five years ago, after having migrated to Alberta from points east, I first encountered the name Chester Ronning. In an attempt to compose an article about his faith, I learned that his impact had gone considerably beyond the world of religion to political affairs and that in 1972 he had been named an Officer and a […]

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