Costumes draped over chairs: white tunics for angels, brown or striped for prophets, peasants, shepherds. Feathers and fake fur to dress creation’s extravagant parade. Blue robe and veil for Mary. Children have come, said their lines, sung their songs, and gone home. In the wake of their leaving, the helpers
The museum attendant watched me quietly as I shuffled slowly from artifact to artifact before she gestured and asked, “Peregrina?” “Si.” Even on a rest day in a large city without my backpack and poles, I couldn’t blend in with the rest of the patrons. My telltale shuffle and pain-filled
A small group of senior youth from St. Margaret’s Anglican will be walking the Camino in the spring, documenting their experience along the way. In this issue, we’re introducing who they are and why they’re going. And, when they get back, we’ll run a follow-up piece about what they learned.
Healing takes a lot of courage for an individual person to learn to forgive and to move forward from life’s hurtful experiences. Creator, the Spiritual Being, Kisa Munito, loves all his children regardless of race and colour, and has given us gifts to use when battling each day’s daily challenges:
It’s July 8, 1917. The Great War rages on the Continent and an 18-year-old C. S. Lewis settles into his new life at the University of Oxford. Studies are on hold, the school nearly empty. Most his peers are on the battlefield, many already dead. He himself will reach the
December’s issue explores Sacred Space. We’ll hear from Elder Sylvia James on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Graham MacFarlane on the design of Anglican church buildings. We also have two pieces on the Camino de Santiago and a poem by Joanne Epp. Lastly, in via media, Michael Gilmour writes about C.S. Lewis preparing for his service
The Church is the family of God, the body of Christ, and the temple of the Holy Spirit. – The Book of Alternative Services. Most Canadians, when asked what a “church” is, picture a building, perhaps of brick or white clapboard, with stained glass windows, gothic-style arched doors, a steeple
Every now and then I catch a glimpse of the TV program Antique Roadshow and am always amazed at the historic items that appear to be in great shape, returning us to an earlier time and certainly a slower pace. Then there are antiques that are not in such great
As the head of an organization that supports men in the justice system, I spend a lot of time observing or reading about criminal trials. What strikes me is how few people are actually satisfied with the outcomes. Naturally, those convicted are not likely to be happy, but the victims,
I first read Nietzsche’s On the Genealogy of Morality as an undergrad. I return to that book every few years, as it remains for me the biggest challenge to my Christian faith. In this work, Nietzsche tells a story of how morality as we know it today came into being,
November’s issue explores Restorative Justice as a follow-up to October. We’ll take a look at how Restorative Justice works in both Canada’s correctional system and Indigenous communities, with articles by John Hutton and Murray Still. This issue also has a report on Diocesan Synod and, in via media, our Diocesan
Julie Collings is a retired priest who has served for many years as a volunteer in both the Remand Centre and the Women’s Correction Centre. She currently sits on the Manitoba Multifaith Council’s Justice and Corrections Committee as the representative for the diocese. I had the chance to ask her
In June 2018, we ran a story about the Kasaka Water Project, a new program designed to provide clean water to our sister Dioecese of Central Buganda. Alvin Jacobs has reported that things are going well with this project. Phase One was to find and drill a well. So far, the
I remember exactly where I was when the news of Errol Greene’s death hit the news in 2016. He was a 26-year-old inmate of the Winnipeg Remand Centre, who died of an epileptic seizure after the guards refused to give him his medication. I was sitting in my office at
October’s issue explores Criminal Justice. With an article from Hannah Foulger, about the death of Errol Greene at the Remand Centre, and an interview with Julie Collings, about her experiences volunteering as a spiritual care provider in prison, we’re hoping to bring to light some of the problems in Canada’s
This is a short excerpt from a book that I am currently writing on the theological and political significance of witnessing to atrocity. The book is a theological dialogue with Italian philosopher, Giorgio Agamben, on the nature of remembering as a political and theological task. In his unforgettable Remnants of
I would like to introduce you to Theo Robinson, a theological student who has been training to be a minister at St. Luke’s for the 2017–2018 academic year. Though I have always known him to be authentic and sincere, when I met him back in 2011, things were quite different.
In 1998, I took a physics-for-liberal-arts-majors course to fulfill the science requirement for my sociology degree, and I took a job at a photo store as manager, cashier, and portrait photographer. I’d never managed anything or worked retail before, but I’d been taking photos for years and the store was
We start this month’s issue off with an article from the Rev. Theo Robinson on the resolution at General Synod on Pastoral Liturgies for Journeys for Gender Transition and Affirmation. This article explores the context leading up to the resolution and the good news of the Anglican Church of Canada becoming the first in the worldwide communion of Anglican Churches to have a pastoral liturgy for gender transition.
Next, the Rev. Dixie Bird describes the experiences and teachings shared at Sacred Beginnings. Sacred Beginnings is an embryo of Sacred Circle for youth to learn traditional teachings and get involved in the work being done by Indigenous Anglicans and just had its second gathering in May this year.
The Rev. Alan Hayes reflects on the 1963 Anglican Congress in Toronto which was a turning point in Anglican history and began significant conversations about decolonization and the Anglican Church’s relationship with the British empire. A recent conference marking 60 years since this congress has brought forward reflections on what has changed in the Anglican church in the intervening years.
A note from Refugee Coordinator Marlene Smith invites you to the diocese’s marking of World Refugee Day on June 23rd at Epiphany Indigenous Church. This day is meant as an invitation to “welcome the stranger” and calls us to explore the relationship between moving towards reconciliation with Indigenous peoples and supporting those displaced by war abroad.
Robyn Sulkko of the PWRDF youth council announces their 12 month Youth to Youth program which provides opportunities for people ages 12-16 to learn about each other’s cultures and build right relationships with each other.
Finally, a parish profile on St. Michael and All Angels’ explores how that community’s unique Anglo-Catholic worship connects with both retired clergy and congregants in their 20s all looking to worship with all the senses in a context outside of the business of daily life.
I hope you enjoy this month’s articles.
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