Columns

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The Rev'd Canon Jeffrey PettenColumns

Feast of Love

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 ThielColumns

Reflections From The Table

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 ...
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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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