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A Voice In The Wilderness

Emily Rowe June 1, 2025

At the end of this month, the Church will be celebrating John the Baptist—cousin of Jesus, and the last of the Old Testament prophets. For ...

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The Rev'd Canon Jeffrey Petten Columns

Feast of Love

The Rev'd Canon Jeffrey Petten June 1, 2025

What is it that we mean when we tell someone that we love them? There are lots of four-letter words in the English language that ...

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The Rev’d Andreas Thiel Columns

Reflections From The Table

The Rev’d Andreas Thiel June 1, 2025

There are many things that I appreciate about life in rural Newfoundland. One of them is the way community life naturally includes the church. As ...

The Rev'd Amber Tremblett Columns

Two Recent Poems

The Rev'd Amber Tremblett June 1, 2025

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 Rose Columns

The Beauty of Small Churches

Bishop Samuel Rose June 1, 2025

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 Spencer Columns

Taking the Church to The “Young People”

The Rev’d James Spencer May 1, 2025

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 Watton Central Newfoundland

Reflections From The Sky

Bishop John Watton May 1, 2025

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 Petten April 2025

I Need Easter: Version 2.0

The Rev'd Canon Jeffrey Petten April 1, 2025

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 Tremblett April 2025

Holding Out Hope

The Rev'd Amber Tremblett April 1, 2025

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 Thiel April 2025

Grace

The Rev’d Andreas Thiel April 1, 2025

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 ...