It seems fair, doesn?t it, that at the end of a long, painful trek through a wilderness, there be a clear sense of direction and above all, relief. It seems so proper and fitting that in the end, problems, no matter how great or...
Category: November 2002, Editorial
The Environics survey of how Anglicans feel about several major issues (which is reported elsewhere in this edition) is described in its subtitle as "A snapshot of Anglican issues and visions in Canada." It's a faulty analogy....
Category: October 2002, Editorial
Let us pray for Rowan Williams.
The primate of Wales, appointed 104th Archbishop of Canterbury inherits the spiritual helm of a communion that at first blush seems more dis-union than cohesive. It has been a raucous,...
Category: September 2002, Editorial
THE letters to the editor that appear in the Anglican Journal are a representative sample of those received over the weeks leading up to publication. The tenet behind publishing letters to the editor is simply that if people are...
Category: June 2002, Editorial
THIS EDITION OF the Journal goes to press as the world watches a rapid and deathly serious escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. As of this writing, the infrastructure of the Palestinian Authority is in shambles, the...
Category: May 2002, Editorial
THE SECOND page of the Anglican Journal last month included standard "head and shoulders" photographs of the three men reputed to be the most likely possibilities to succeed the Archbishop of Canterbury after a ponderous...
Category: April 2002, Editorial
THE DISCUSSION that has swirled around the remarks the primate, Archbishop Michael Peers, addressed to a New Year's Day congregation in Ottawa actually reflects a malaise that goes much deeper than a concern over separation of...
Category: March 2002, Editorial
The Church enters a new year in the saga of residential schools lawsuits and seemingly endless talks with the federal government aimed at finding some sort of solution that all parties can live with. Readers of this...
Category: February 2002, Editorial
ONE OF THE strengths of the way in which the Anglican church is governed lies in a process for elections to boards and committees that allows, every three years, for a dramatic infusion of new blood, while never completely...
Category: January 2002, Editorial
What we call the beginning is often the end And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from. T.S. Eliot ENDS AND BEGINNINGS are inextricably linked, especially when they are tied to something as...
Category: December 2001, Editorial