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General Synod of the Church of England November 2021: A Comparison with the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada
This past summer I was elected to be a clerical representative (technically known as a “proctor”) from the Diocese in Europe to the General Synod of the Church of England (“CoE”). As I had already been a member of the … Continue reading
Canada and the Refugee Crisis: Part Two
This is the second part of a talk I gave on Ascension Day 2017 at Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria, on Canada and the Refugee Crisis. The first part was where I give an overview of the history and current situation … Continue reading
Not All Delegates are Alike
General Synod Delegates and the Populations They Represent In the last blog post I reviewed the raw statistics collected by the General Synod in order to determine the number of clergy and lay delegates each diocese could send to General … Continue reading
The 21st Largest City in Canada: Anglican Church Attendance in Canada
This will be the first of three posts I am going to put up here on my blog. This one is going to be about the attendance statistics collected by the General Synod. The second will be about how the … Continue reading
That Other Blog I’ve Been Working On
I haven’t posted much on this blog lately because I’ve been posting on another blog – the Diocese of BC at GS2016. It’ll give you a partial view of the 41st meeting of the General Synod of the Anglican Church … Continue reading
Refugee Settlement Update June 21, 2016, Refugee Program of the Anglican Diocese of British Columbia
Part of my life is being the Refugee Coordinator for the Anglican Diocese of British Columbia. When I took this on in February 2015 we had only one settlement of a family taking place, and it was soon completed. We … Continue reading
On Being a Priest
At the age of twenty-six I became an elder. Not an elder in age, of course, but I was ordained to be an elder in the church. Elder in the Greek of the early church is πρεσβύτερος or presbuteros. This … Continue reading
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Will Our Bishops Have Faith?
I feel sorry for C. C. J. Carpenter, who was a bishop in the Episcopal Church of the US between 1938 and 1968. He was undoubtedly a decent man and an effective leader. But that is not what he is … Continue reading
There Will Be Same-Sex Marriages in the Anglican Church of Canada
If you are a member of the Anglican Church of Canada, you probably know that there is a meeting of the General Synod this July in Richmond Hill, Ontario. You are probably also aware that one of the motions to … Continue reading
Advocates for Changing the Marriage Canon
I did not draft the following letter, but I support what it says, and I am honoured to been asked to append my name to it. March 30, 2016 To Members of the House of Bishops of the Anglican Church … Continue reading
The Island Parson 