December 1, 1999 Impossible to serve both ancient faith and religious pluralism

THERE IS NO doubt, that in our modern and postmodern global village, we daily encounter people from various and varied faith traditions. There are two questions that, inevitably, cross the minds of the curious and thoughtful. Is...

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December 1, 1999 Surfing with youth can be educational for all

THE YOUNG teen chewed a fingernail while typing with one finger. She seemed a bit apprehensive about being online, but game to give it a try. Since she was 13 or so, I was surprised to discover she had never before sent...

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December 1, 1999 Finance department asks taxing questions

If church bureaucrats narrowly avoided stepping into a mess, federal civil servants haven't. After losing ? badly ? a tax case involving nearly 50 ministers of various religions who Revenue Canada wanted to deny a tax...

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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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October 1, 1999 Still haven't found what you're looking for?

IT IS ABOUT three years since I stumbled into cyberspace for the first time at an Internet café. I recall logging on and nudging the woman sitting next to me and asking her, "What now?" At the time it felt like walking...

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October 1, 1999 Single prayer book no panacea

ONE CHURCH, One Faith, ? One Book? Dr Reginald Stackhouse echoes a refrain which has been sung by other voices within our church when he writes, "It is time for us to be one church with one book again." This melody is perhaps...

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September 1, 1999 'One Church - One Book'

IT IS TIME for us to be one church with one book again: not the Book of Common Prayer nor the Book of Alternative Services; but a new book that will incorporate the main services of worship in both traditional and contemporary...

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June 1, 1999 Anglican chat rooms foster on-line community

CHAT. The word evokes images of jawing away at your neighbour over the fence or of friendly gossip in the church basement after the Sunday service. But ask any teenager about chatting (or their parents who despair of ever...

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May 1, 1999 Peace no more certain today than at that first Easter

PEACE I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives." Christians were celebrating last month the mystery of faith that Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace, was put to death by a military...

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April 1, 1999 West has much to learn from Third World believers

IAM DEEPLY GRIEVED to learn that there are post-Lambeth rumours and accusations of bribes to Third World bishops. I wonder why the voices and opinions of Third World bishops have upset us so much in the West. Have they...

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