November 1, 1999 Church needs to engage in public debate about its future

HOW ONE RESPONDS to criticism in adverse times is frequently regarded as a test of character in individuals. It is no less so for corporations or public institutions. The church is facing some of the toughest adversity in...

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November 1, 1999 Airmen live on, in story and legend

'perished as though they had never been' IN THE ENGLISH VILLAGE of Lane End, 30 miles from London, I recently dedicated the village's new granite war memorial. And what was I doing there? The parish had invited...

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November 1, 1999 Healing, restorative justice ultimately builds a safer society

SOFTLY AND hesitatingly, Jonathon searched for words with which to recount his life story. As chaplain at one of the prisons in the Correctional Service of Canada, I hear many stories similar to that of Jonathon, who is both...

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November 1, 1999 Three-way connections are key to effective ministry

IN THINKING OF congregational life, and especially congregational health, I find it helpful to think in terms of striking a balance between three key elements which I refer to as the "three way connection." These three...

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November 1, 1999 Bishops back at their posts

100 years ago: November 1899 Canadian Churchman commented that with one exception, all Canadian bishops are again at their posts of duty. We are far from saying that the journeys so often made to England are unnecessary, or...

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November 1, 1999 Letters to the editor

Walk the walk Dear editor, I know Lynn Bauman and have appreciated his work among us. I also cannot imagine the agony that he and his family must be living in. However, I was deeply distressed by the presumptuous...

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November 1, 1999 Letters

Not respectableDear editor, I was taken aback to read, in October's Anglican Journal, that "the wedding (of Adrienne Clarkson and John Ralston Saul) "could hardly have been more respectable since the vice-regal couple's...

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November 1, 1999 Canada news briefs: Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and Yukon

B.C. mission effort in L.A. Food was at the centre of many of the activities of a contingent of 22 college-age young people and six adult leaders from St. Simon's Church, Deep Cove, B.C. They embarked this past summer...

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November 1, 1999 Canada news briefs: Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land

Family illness forces refugees back home Two related families from Kosovo who were sponsored by two Anglican and one United Church congregation in Saskatoon, have returned home to Pristina because of serious illnesses of...

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November 1, 1999 Canada news briefs: Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario

Fire regulations close conference This fall, the Diocese of Toronto closed the Aurora Conference Centre, site of countless meetings, retreats and diocesan events for the past 30 years, because it no longer met fire...

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