November 1, 2006 Simple (even free!) Christmas gift ideas

Editor’s note: Last year, after a reader told us how he assembled a personalized photo calendar for his in-laws for Christmas, we asked Anglican Journal readers to share with us their ideas for simple Christmas gifts. We now share them with you, before the commercial season is upon us.

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November 1, 2006 Letters to the Editor

Archbishop’s action comes from his social commitment Dear editor,Re: Archbishop disciplined for performing same-sex marriage (Oct 1, www.anglicanjournal.com story). Does the Anglican church now honour one of its esteemed and...

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November 1, 2006 ‘There were clergy behind me and in front of me’

I grew up in the church when girls did not serve as servers. I used to watch the choirboys put up the hymns on the hymn board and wish I could do that! And now, at 88 years of age, I am about to celebrate 30 years as a priest.

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November 1, 2006 Defending the innocent

Rev. Major Robert A. Lauder, a military chaplain in Afghanistan, visits an orphanage. The visit with the 21 girls, he writes, “reminds me of why we are here and gives me real faces to recall in the months to come.”

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November 1, 2006 ‘We hold their experience in our hands and cherish it’

It was a hot, dusty day, like every other day. This is Kandahar Province, southern Afghanistan, a desolate place, and the heat hits like an open oven. Everything is tan wherever one looks. The roads are dust, and it swirls like...

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November 1, 2006 Poignant, fast-paced portraits of four bishops

Beginning from the first century, there is precedent for bishops to break new ground,” declared Rev. Paul Borthistle. “Otherwise, we might never have freed slaves or ordained women.”

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November 1, 2006 Christmas CD

A Christmas CD produced by the music team at Calgary’s Holy Trinity church has been nominated for two Covenant Music Awards: best seasonal album of the year and best artwork/CD design. Entitled Christmas Presence, the disc...

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November 1, 2006 Video game takes aim at hunger

The United Nations World Food Program has developed a video game called Food Force, designed to help children learn about the fight against world hunger. The French version of the game was scheduled to be released on World Food...

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November 1, 2006 Colleagues suspect Filipino bishop’s murder was politically motivated

Bishop Alberto Ramento of Tarlac in the Philippines, former Prime Bishop of the Philippine Independent Church, or Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI), was found stabbed to death at his rectory in Manila on Oct. 3.A police report...

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November 1, 2006 Ugandan woman named as UN observer

LondonHellen Grace Wangusa, the United Nations Africa Co-ordinator of the Millennium Development Goals, has been named as the next Anglican United Nations Observer.Canon Kenneth Kearon, Secretary General of the Anglican...

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