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It is harvest time for strawberries in the northern Philippine town of La Trinidad, so strawberry farmer Alice Rivera will start repaying a loan extended by a Geneva-based ecumenical church loan fund. “This is what we appreciate ...we can start repaying our loans only...
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Residents of the Occupy London camp outside St. Paul’s Cathedral are challenging church and society to consider their stance on global economics. Speaking to the U.K.-based USPG [the 300-year-old Anglican United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel]) mission agency,...
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In his video message to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day last week, the Archbishop of Canterbury urged us to have the courage to speak out on behalf of the neighbour and on behalf of the stranger as part of this year’s theme: Speak Up, Speak Out. “Holocaust Memorial Day...
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In a bid to reduce tensions with other religious groups and to highlight challenges, the Protestant Federation of France has turned the spotlight on chaplaincy this year. At the group's General Assembly on 21 and 22 January in Paris, members examined the issues chaplains...
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I was preaching a sermon one Sunday evening in a little country church, when a man stood up and shouted, “Preacher, preacher, you don’t really believe that stuff, do you? Where in the Bible does it say that?” Before I could respond, another man stood up and shouted, “Read the...
Do-it-yourself (DIY) wills
Some people prefer to bypass the cost and time of the law office altogether and complete...
Encouraging Anglicans to be thoughtful, generous trustees
“Consider your possessions loaned to you by God.”—St. Catherine of Siena, 14th c.Canadian...
Wait for me...
It was an unexpected setting in which to find deep, enduring and passionate married love.
Faith and politics
Dennis Gruending foresees more rivalry between conservatives and progressives of faith
Test your ecclesiastical IQ!
A. Hesychasm refers to… 1. An eastern church tradition of quiet mystical prayer2. A...
“God” particle found?
Scientists at the 17-mile-long Large Hadron Collider in Geneva are homing in on the Higgs...
Three songs of truth-telling beauty
“Beauty will save the world” is a saying attributed to Dostoevsky.Yet given all that...
The accidental Anglican
The Most Rev. Thabo Makgoba, Archbishop of Cape Town and Metropolitan of the Anglican...
Shared ministry of four denominations ‘a charmed situation’
At a time when many churches are struggling with the costs of maintaining their buildings...
Encouraging Anglicans to be thoughtful, generous trustees
“Consider your possessions loaned to you by God.”—St. Catherine of Siena, 14th c.Canadian...
Do-it-yourself (DIY) wills
Some people prefer to bypass the cost and time of the law office altogether and complete...
Tuesday Drop-in
It was two o’clock on a Tuesday afternoon before Christmas at the Cathedral Church of St....
Now that’s well put
I have much sympathy with Bishop Spong [The Bible…to be continued, Jan. 2012, p. 9]....
Faith today
Thank you for the review of John Spong’s new book on expanding the Bible to include other...
Spiritual new wave
In the January 2012 issue [The Bible…to be continued, p. 9], we were told how Bishop John...
A refreshing breeze
It’s sad to read about the demise of a diocesan newspaper [Youth ministry, newspaper...
More lay people, please
I wish to protest the tone of Marites Sison’s lead article in the November Journal [Women...
Wrong side of history
That the Anglican Church of Canada has taken steps to develop links with the Episcopal...
Essential ingredient
Aiming for Islam [Oct. 2011, p. 5] conjures up the spectre of a takeover of Christendom...
Time and talent to act
The Rev. Dr. Gary Nicolosi’s column in your December issue [Nine lessons on the missional...
