Opinion

General Synod’s decision to approve a ‘Prayer for reconciliation with the Jews’ on first reading demonstrates how Jewish-Anglican relations can bear lifegiving, lifesaving fruit,...

Editorial supervisor Matthew Townsend shares plans for the Journal’s coverage of GS2019, social media expectations and a prayer request

“How can we love others we disagree with? How can we respect people we’ve never met face-to-face? The answer may be simpler than we might expect: by reaching out. By making contact. By asking, ‘Help me to understand.’ By apologizing. Publicly. Online. By praying for our conversation partners. By praying with them,” the Rev. Jesse Dymond says.

When our spiritual travelers group recently visited the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, I had an experience that took me back more than...

On June 25, 2007, I was installed as the 13th primate of our beloved church. It was a hot and humid night, and St. Matthew’s Church in Winnipeg was like a sauna! I was so overwhelmed with the responsibilities of the ministry to which I had been called, I remember little of the liturgy except the great relief of the congregation in being sprinkled with water as we renewed our vows in baptism! While momentary, the relief was welcomed!

National Lutheran Bishop Susan Johnson and Anglican Primate Fred Hiltz will complete their ministry together as leaders in partnership of their respective churches this...

When non-Indigenous people hear that there is a widespread ambivalence and reluctance among Indigenous Anglicans to change the marriage canon to allow same-sex marriage,...

The widespread murder and disappearance of Indigenous women and girls in Canada calls us to value them differently—before they’re all gone—argues Ginny Doctor.

As General Synod approaches, scripture shows us we can speak the same language—even if we’re not of the same mind. The feast of Pentecost is...

This column has often had the theme of decolonization and the process of becoming a post-colonial church, though only rarely naming it that directly. It is a...

I’m excited about a new ministry prospect that is becoming available to the citizens of my city. We Christians have an opportunity to work...

That is an image that comes to mind as I think of our church’s efforts to become post-colonial. It speaks of a journey. As Indigenous...

The experience of new Canadians helps separate myth from reality. “Pour out your Spirit upon the whole earth and make it your new creation. Gather...

Before moving to Canada, I lived in Rochester, New York, where I worshipped at a Lutheran-Episcopal church plant. The congregation, which sat in a circle, began every service with a simple chant from Psalm 46: “Be still and know that I am God.” The chant served as a reminder, before the start of worship, that God was in the building: whatever our worries and trials from the previous week, God would be there to hear and hold them. The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.

A hopeful sign of spring occurs when house finches and prairie falcons appear near our northwest Calgary home, as they did in March. Nature gives...