Andrew Rampton, Author at Rupert's Land News https://rupertslandnews.ca News from the Diocese of Rupert's Land in the Anglican Church of Canada Tue, 03 Dec 2024 07:48:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/rupertslandnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/solid-blue.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Andrew Rampton, Author at Rupert's Land News https://rupertslandnews.ca 32 32 62678561 The Communion of Saints: The Chosen Family of God https://rupertslandnews.ca/the-communion-of-saints-the-chosen-family-of-god/ https://rupertslandnews.ca/the-communion-of-saints-the-chosen-family-of-god/#respond Sat, 23 Nov 2024 02:06:01 +0000 https://rupertslandnews.ca/parish-profile-st-pauls-middlechurch-copy/ Christians are the family of God. We are described as being adopted through Christ in scripture (Romans 8:15; Galatians 4:5; Ephesians 1:5) and we often refer to one another as siblings in Christ. Jesus, in his last hours on the cross, demonstrates the depth of this familial connection when he gives his mother, Mary, and […]

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]]> https://rupertslandnews.ca/the-communion-of-saints-the-chosen-family-of-god/feed/ 0 172698 Hospitality Requires Honesty https://rupertslandnews.ca/hospitality-requires-honesty/ https://rupertslandnews.ca/hospitality-requires-honesty/#respond Fri, 05 Jan 2024 19:01:26 +0000 https://rupertslandnews.ca/?p=172186 Image by Jr Korpa   By: Andrew Rampton As Christendom began to visibly crumble in the middle of the twentieth century, mainline churches began to worry about their future sustainability. The steady maintenance of parishes was no longer assured as attitudes toward institutions like the Church changed dramatically in just a couple of generations. With […]

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]]> https://rupertslandnews.ca/hospitality-requires-honesty/feed/ 0 172186 Advent: Neither Here nor There https://rupertslandnews.ca/advent-neither-here-nor-there/ https://rupertslandnews.ca/advent-neither-here-nor-there/#respond Sat, 08 Jan 2022 00:49:27 +0000 https://rupertslandnews.ca/?p=170890 Today, it is commonplace for us to think of Advent as the beginning of the Church’s year and the time of preparation for Christmastide’s celebrations. This is how we arrange our liturgical calendars and, at worship on the morning of the First Sunday of Advent, people are often heard wishing one another “Happy new year!” […]

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