March 1, 2007 Ambassador for sport

Christians in Britain sometimes complain that the Church of England can be frosty to those who never go to services unless attending baptisms, weddings and funerals. One bishop aims to rectify that situation, when it comes to sporting activities. “A church building for most people is like going to Mars,” says Bishop Tony Porter, 54, of Sherwood, a key mover behind the church’s plan to appoint its first ever ambassador for sport in 2007. “We have to go where people are.”

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March 1, 2007 New Irish primate

The (Anglican) Church of Ireland has elected the Bishop of Connor, Alan Harper, 62, as Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of all Ireland. He succeeds Archbishop Robin Eames, who retired at the end of 2006 after more than 20 years...

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March 1, 2007 Archbishop’s visit is a show of good faith

The recent announcement came as a surprise to many, that the Canadian House of Bishops would be joined at their meeting in April by their international leader, Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The news was...

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March 1, 2007 Featured Letter: Collecting statistics a ‘pointless task’

I find myself strangely heartened by General Synod treasurer Peter Blachford’s observation that many dioceses have given up updating membership statistics in favour of more important activities (Church statistics hard to come by, January Journal). This, surely, is how it should be. Jesus told Peter to feed his sheep, not count them. Besides, it is a vain and slippery task to determine at what point a person should be included in Anglican ranks, and at what point he or she can be said to be on the outside. In my experience, many who have long ceased to darken Anglican church doors continue to refer to themselves as Anglicans. By the same token, there are many regular adherents who, if pressed, would admit to some considerable degree of agnosticism along with some doubts about the centrality of the Articles of Religion. Are they Anglicans?

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March 1, 2007 Letters to the editor

A lonely effort to present alternative viewpoint Dear editor,I write in response to Geoff Woodcroft (ADR work is about ‘wholeness and brokenness,’ February letters) and in support of Bernice Logan. He writes that “that if Ms....

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March 1, 2007 Forum invites youth responses

What helps you feel closer to God? University and college, how is it going? New female primate in the U.S. do we care? These are a few of the questions generating discussion at www.generation.anglican.ca, the Anglican Church of...

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March 1, 2007 Correction

Last year, the National Church Council – not the Eastern Synod – of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada voted to ask the 2007 National Convention to reconsider its 2005 decision rejecting same-sex blessings. Incorrect...

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March 1, 2007 ‘There isn’t one Anglican church,’ says U.S. academic

Nine months ago, the Episcopal Church met in convention in a mild-mannered city, Columbus, Ohio. What transpired was anything but mild-mannered and the emotional temperature since has steadily risen, both within a vocal minority of Episcopal churches in the United States and several countries of the global Anglican Communion.

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March 1, 2007 Book sets up God as a straw man

‘Professional atheist’ is really man of faith

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March 1, 2007 Musicians sing songs of faith

Two recent CD releases provide different, yet equally rewarding, approaches to faith. The venerable Canadian Brass quintet, formed in 1970, brings its joyful, brilliant sound to People of Faith, 12 selections of sacred music that...

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