Tag Archives: Anglican Church of Canada

Canada and the Refugee Crisis: Part Two

Posted on June 2, 2017 by

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 →

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Not All Delegates are Alike

Posted on September 16, 2016 by

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 →

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The 21st Largest City in Canada: Anglican Church Attendance in Canada

Posted on September 15, 2016 by

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 →

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That Other Blog I’ve Been Working On

Posted on July 14, 2016 by

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 →

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Refugee Settlement Update June 21, 2016, Refugee Program of the Anglican Diocese of British Columbia

Posted on June 21, 2016 by

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 →

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On Being a Priest

Posted on May 28, 2016 by

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?

Posted on April 17, 2016 by

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 →

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There Will Be Same-Sex Marriages in the Anglican Church of Canada

Posted on April 15, 2016 by

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 →

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Advocates for Changing the Marriage Canon

Posted on March 31, 2016 by

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 →

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We Might Still Get the 2/3rds in the House of Bishops

Posted on March 8, 2016 by

The General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada will meet in July 2016 in Richmond Hill, just north of Toronto. General Synod includes all active bishops in the church, the Primate and various officers of General Synod, and lay … Continue reading →

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