Articles and video material

St.Anthony, father of monastisysm
Rev Peter Owen Jones, Anglican priest on a search for truth and meaning.
BBC Video. Highly recommended. About 1 hour. Will change how your see the faith.


"Do you see these great buildings?" - 30 mins teaching
by Rev Dr. Allen Churchill


Some powerful interviews by Susan Mardner, February 2008
  • Dr. JI Packer and Rev David Short share their thoughts on
        Anglican Realignment - Implications for the Church
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    If you found those helpful, you should also watch Choose This Day


    Holland's Post-Secular Future by Joshua Livestro, Weekly Standard, 1 Jan 2007
    The remarkable march back of Christianity in one post-Christian society


    A Crisis of Faith by Robert Sibley, Ottawa Citizen, 22 Dec 2006
    A helpful view from the secular press of the decline of faith and the advance of nihilism.


    Tickle their fancy  Anglicans for Renewal Summer 2006
    Bishop Malcolm Harding


    Leanne Payne newsletter Spring 2006
    - Gnosticism, da Vinci Code, the plot thickens


    Farewell to Babel - 5 Feb 2006
    Rowan Cantuar as servant of unity for the one, holy, catholic & apostolic Communion, by Michael Nai-Chiu, Director, Centre for the Study of Christianity in Asia based in Singapore.


    Deborah Gyapong Blogspot. Deborah is a local Christian journalist with her finger firmly on the pulse of the current debate. Her new blog collects her excellent articles in one place. Inaugurated December 2005


    What are Evangelicals?"
    From the Vancouver Sun, 3 Sept 2005


    Where are we at on the journey - Current (Sept/Oct 2005) deliberations at the Anglican Gathering of Ottawa.
    A perspective by Rev. Jennifer Wickham, AEC.


    The Glory under our Feet - Transcript of broadcast 27 Nov 2005 by Rev. Dr. Allen Churchill.
    Gives a historical background of the march of liberal thought in the western churches.


    Dr. Priscilla Turner's letter to the Canadian House of Bishops - July 13 2005
    This is a follow-up to her Sep 22, 2002 letter (see foot of this page), and encloses the 2003 brief to the Lambeth Commission by her husband Prof Chris Turner and herself, and also her 1998 letter to Bishop Michael Ingham commenting on resolution #9 of Synod 1998.


    An Unworkable Theology - Philip Turner, First Things, July 2005


    Christianity thriving in the face of obstacles - David Virtue, 31 March 2005


    Whither with the Windsor Report - Address to the Anglican Gathering of Ottawa by Dr. Edith Humphrey, St. George's Church, 11 February 2005


    Report from Anglican Essentials - The Reverend George Sinclair, St. George's Church, 11 February 2005


    ECUSA's God - A Descriptive Comment on the "Working Theology" of the Episcopal Church U.S.A. - by The Rev. Dr. Philip Turner, Jan 18, 2005


    Primates will consider communion's fate in February - David Virtue, Dec 28, 2004


    A personal reflection on the Archbishop's Council - by Jane Ozanne

    Click here to read the article - December 2004


    Reconciliation not at cost of truth - by Chris Chivers

    .pdf download from Cape Times, 22 October 2004


    Christianity hangs in balance, leading theologian warns - written by Michael Valpy

    .pdf download from Globe and Mail, 4 October 2004


    What God Hath Not Joined - Why marriage was designed for male and female - written by Edith Humphrey.

    Available at Christianity Today Magazine online


    Where is the candlestick? Reaction to General Synod decision - written by Edith Humphrey

    Available at Anglican Mainstream online


    Jane Manary's address at The Anglican Gathering, Pembroke, August 15

    Click here to download a copy


    A Crisis in Koinonia: Biblical Perspectives for Anglicans - written by Rev'd David Short

    Click here for article


    Seven ex-gay clergy and laity to make stand at General Synod

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    Désirée Stedman's talk from the worship service at St. George's Anglican Church, 12 May 2004.

    Click here for the talk


    Bishop John Baycroft, retired bishop of Ottawa, has spoken out recently on the same-sex blessings debate in the Toronto Diocese, at the Diocese of Toronto Same Sex Consultations (more than once) and at the 10 May 2004 Convocation Day at Wycliffe College.

    The usefulness of ecumenical agreements

    Diocese of Toronto Same Sex Consultations - Authority & Ecclesiology


    Are we an inclsive Church? An article from the Episcopal Diocese of Albany

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    Anglican Communion - Commission Announced

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    Archbishop of Canterbury's statement at the final press conference of the Primates' Meeting.

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    A Statement by the Primates of the Anglican Communion meeting in Lambeth Palace

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    Anglicanism's Communion of Saints -- Under the somber portraits of their predecessors, Anglican archbishops will discuss the fractious issues of the church and homosexuality.

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    WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- The crisis in the Anglican Communion seems to foreshadow a rift worse than a schism for world Christianity. It does not only divide denomination from denomination. Worse, its fault lines cut straight through many branches of the body of Christ.

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    ADDRESS OF JOHN PAUL II TO THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY AND PRIMATE OF THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION, HIS GRACE ROWAN DOUGLAS WILLIAMS
    Saturday, 4 ctober 2003

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    London — Leaders of the world's Anglican churches said Tuesday that they cannot support ceremonies blessing homosexual relationships, which one bishop in Canada has permitted.

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    Bishop Burton's letter
    to the clergy of the Diocese of Saskatchewan -  March 5 2003



    Dr. Priscilla Turner's letter
    to the Canadian House of Bishops -  September 22 2002
    This letter described the situation in her parish of Holy Trinity, Vancouver, at a crucial time in New Westminster diocese, and her clear analysis of the issues could have prevented the present crisis had her voice been heeded.


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