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Glynda SeabornJune 2025

Letter to the Editor

The recent challenges faced by clergy and parishioners at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist—and, more broadly, throughout the Diocese of Western Newfoundland—have once ...
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The Rev'd Amber TremblettColumns

Two Recent Poems

As we move toward the end of Spring and prepare for Summer, I invite you to read some of my latest reflections on Creation and ...
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Bishop Samuel RoseColumns

The Beauty of Small Churches

In a world that often celebrates the grand and the large-scale, there is a quiet, enduring beauty in the small churches that dot the landscapes ...
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The Rev’d James SpencerColumns

Taking the Church to The “Young People”

A fellow member of the clergy asked me the other day about my views, as a parent of teenage and pre-teenage children, on the struggle ...
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Bishop John WattonCentral Newfoundland

Reflections From The Sky

Recently, while returning home on a flight from Toronto, I re-read my copy of Daybreak in Gaza. It is a collection of writings, reflections, laments, ...
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The Rev'd Canon Jeffrey PettenApril 2025

I Need Easter: Version 2.0

A few years ago, I wrote an article for Anglican Life entitled “I Need Easter.” At that time, as a world, we were coming out ...
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The Rev'd Amber TremblettApril 2025

Holding Out Hope

I don’t know about you, but the beginning of 2025 has been exhausting. The trends we are witnessing in our social, political, and religious spheres ...
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The Rev’d Andreas ThielApril 2025

Grace

This being my first submission to Anglican Life, I offer these few words of introduction. I’m a relative newcomer to the Diocese of Central Newfoundland—in ...
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Bishop John OrganApril 2025

Easter Love: A Journey From Winter to Spring

I write this Easter article on St. Valentine’s Day. Weather-wise, it is a snowy, blustery winter day. It is not a warm spring day signalling ...
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Bishop John WattonApril 2025

An Easter Reflection: Encountering Love

Our instructional Christian narrative is rooted in all that came to us through past cultures, traditions, and the way in which society has elevated religious ...
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