April 1, 2006 As the young people say, protesting is 'so yesterday'

Dear editor, I was struck by two contrasting stories in your February issue. The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund’s AIDS campaign is flagging (Primate’s Fund tries to revive flagging AIDS campaign). With a goal of $1...

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April 1, 2006 Letters to the editor

The Anglican Journal welcomes letters to the editor. Preference is given to letters under 200 words. All letters are subject to editing for length, grammar and clarity. Please include a mailing address with all letters....

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April 1, 2006 Testing the tent poles of Anglicanism

He was a thoughtful man with a lot of questions. Like many of us, he was anxious about the health of the church! “How long do we have?” he said. We had run into each other at a party and his question, although challenging, gave...

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April 1, 2006 New worship book is respectful of diversity

After 28 years of singing to the Lord from the Lutheran Book of Worship and in response to the mission needs of a changing church, Canadian and American Lutherans will soon begin using a new worship book called Evangelical...

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April 1, 2006 Out of the mouths of babes (and teens)

We thought reviewing children’s books would be appropriate for the Easter issue, since children often receive gifts at Easter. Who better to review such books than the people for whom they were made? We chose books ...

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April 1, 2006 Former hostage Waite offers help to captives' families

Terry Waite, who successfully negotiated the release of hostages in Iran and Libya and himself became a hostage in 1987 while negotiating the release of hostages in Beirut, has offered his help to the families of two Canadian...

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April 1, 2006 Canadians forge international links at assembly

A significant Canadian Anglican contingent attended the general assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC), held Feb.14-23 in Porto Alegre, Brazil, continuing a tradition of deep Canadian involvement with the international...

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April 1, 2006 Religious leaders shed colonial legacy

From Asia and Africa to the United States and Latin America, church leaders are doing away with what has been called the “colonial legacy” to convert other people to Christianity. Instead they are evolving new forms of inter-faith dialogue they hope will help promote world peace and harmony.

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April 1, 2006 Banner of hope

Youth delegates to the Ninth Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Porto Alegre, Brazil, print messages on a banner expressing their hopes during a pre-assembly gathering. The gathering included several participants from Canada, including three WCC delegates plus three young people who were part of a group from the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund.

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April 1, 2006 Assembly debates divestment

The victory by Hamas in recent Palestinian legislature elections makes the churches’ engagement in the Holy Land even more crucial, a Palestinian Christian leader said recently.

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