January 1, 2003 Challenge is to share with others what we have received

ALMOST 60 years ago, a young priest, Bill Wright, having completed a two-year curacy at Christ Church Cathedral in Ottawa, was making his farewells to the dean, a gracious priest of great wisdom and pastoral experience. He...

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December 1, 2002 Grace and strength from the plaster dust

In our household, getting ready for Christmas is taking more effort this year than in any of the 40 years we have been a household. As well as all the usual pressures of cards and presents and celebration, we are into...

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November 1, 2002 God sees our lives in their totality

One of the aspects of my work to which I have become accustomed is travel by air.When I was a bishop on the Prairies I traveled a great deal (in a diocese the size of Britain) but it was all by car. When I became primate I took...

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October 1, 2002 Dynamics of hate still alive and well

In the past month we have had "more than we can ask or imagine" of commemoration of the attacks on New York and Washington. How helpful this will be in the long term is, in my mind, very much an open question, but in this...

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September 1, 2002 Rhythm of beads help to focus act of prayer

"...eagerly, patiently, continually, for ever..." This is an embarrassing column to write. I want to write about prayer, but I run the risk that I will sound as if I am writing with no experience at all about it....

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June 1, 2002 Anonymity, stress contribute to inhuman treatment

AIRPORTS ARE places where I have spent a great deal of my life since I was called to a responsibility requiring so much travel. Over the years the time spent in airports for each trip has increased. Security...

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May 1, 2002 Rich are not always saviours of the poor

AS CHRISTIANS we are accustomed to take bread seriously. The word ("lehem" in Hebrew, "artos" in Greek) occurs over 400 times in scripture, and bread itself is at the heart of the most characteristic action of Christians. We...

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April 1, 2002 A memorable Holy Saturday service

IF, FOR SOME reason, you found yourself in circumstances where you could only attend one church service a year, what would it be? For me, there's no contest: the service that takes place in the night between Holy Saturday and...

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March 1, 2002 Art's response

THOSE LATIN WORDS, "while I breathe, I hope" are the title of an art exhibition whose opening I recently participated in. David Opheim, a priest I have known since his seminary days, has become, in recent years, a painter and...

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February 1, 2002 Others in mind

On December last year I attended a service of scripture and music created for the Advent season. The music was powerful in content as well as splendidly presented. The lessons were thoughtfully chosen and intelligently read. ...

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