Anglican Mind

MY AGNOSTIC-LEANING-ATHEIST friend tells me he got up at 5:00 a.m. to watch the coronation of King Charles, and found it very moving. He talked about the beauty of the traditional ceremony, how rituals like this convey a sense of purpose to our lives, how their beauty

THE GOSPELS teach us that Jesus is Lord, that having risen and ascended, he rules over heaven and earth. In the Nicene Creed we say that Christ is “seated at the right hand of the Father”  –  the picture is that of a Near Eastern Vizier, or vice-ruler, seated on a throne beside the King.

THIS IS an abbreviated version of the panel discussion that concluded the Mere Anglicanism Conference held Jan. 26-28 in Charleston, S.C. The theme of the conference was “Telling a More Beautiful Story: Lessons from C.S. Lewis on Reaching a Fractured World.”

A FRIEND of mine has corrected me more than once when I’ve written about “our church.” It’s Christ’s church, he points out. At first, I thought he was being nitpicky, although I saw the point.  But I’m beginning to think I may not be the only one who needs this correction. 

FOURTEEN BISHOPS – including nine of the Church of England’s 42 diocesans – have issued a 3,800-word paper that makes a theological case for preserving the Church’s historic doctrine of marriage. 

PERHAPS GOOD FRIDAY should be called Good Death Day as it would keep before us the paradox of what is going on. 

THE DIOCESE OF TORONTO took its theme for synod this year from the Gospel According to St. John: “Cast the net” (21:6). It is a wonderful passage of Scripture to reflect on as a diocese. It’s a promising passage filled with hope for God’s church emerging from COVID.

IF YOU COULD turn stones into bread, would you? If you could fly like a bird, would you? If you were offered all the money in the world, would you take it?

“COME for the money; stay for the winter.” Extremely harsh northern Saskatchewan winters and Council of the North salaries, lower than in the south, were part of the deal. But for clergy who went north in the 1990s there was also a unique opportunity. Despite the challenges