|
|
|
EDIBLE
THOUGHTS &
INTO THE WORD:
________________________________________
 Drexel
Gomez: Jurisdiction and Oversight
Some thoughts
on the Panel of Reference's recent report on New Westminster from
the Primate of the West Indies.
Photo: Sue Careless
David Thurlow and
Ian Wetmore:
J. I. Packer and the
Evangelical Future
To
celebrate his 80th birthday, and to give thanks to God for his
profound influence on and great contribution to the wider Church,
Packer was recently honoured when Beeson Divinity School in Alabama
sponsored a conference.
Peter Toon: Anglican
Identity
No real
progress will be made in establishing a clear identity for a future
renewed (and perhaps reduced) “Anglican Communion of Churches”
without taking note of the Anglican birth certificate.
 Guy
Bellerby: You can't always get what you want
The
petition of our Lord’s model Prayer, “Give us today our daily
bread,” clearly teaches that we need His help to recognize the
difference between what we want, and what we actually need.
 Catherine
Sider-Hamilton: On a Communion
Crisis: Taking the Windsor Report seriously
Our reluctance to part decisively suggests that the way forward is more complex than the ‘either/or’
choice allows; because it suggests that truth and unity may in fact
necessarily belong together; because it reveals a surprising depth
of affection for this church that is in such a mess.
ON THE FRONTLINE:
________________________________________
Aaron
Tan: Hymn-playing marathon
Photo:
Colin West
There are organists -- and then there
are
organists.
Sue Careless discovered the latter at Church of the Ascension in
Toronto. Aaron Tan is making his mark in the world of music - and
making a mark at his local parish (and - we’re not surprised - they
love him!).
NOVEMBER
EDITORIAL TAP:
________________________________________
Breaking
all the rules
Choosing the easy route of ignoring the rules and process and doing
whatever we think is right can only lead to further division.
The fact is, such acts undermine the civil atmosphere in a Church -
and they threaten the very fabric which holds us together as
ecclesial body.
TAP
INTERVIEW:
________________________________________
Photo: CPM
Bethuel Mlula
By C. PETER MOLLOY
Bethuel Mlula is from the Diocese of
Central Tanganika, Tanzania. Our TAP editor talked with him at
Wycliffe College in Toronto where he is currently studying.
Heavenly Session:
Part of
the gospel (Psalm 110.1, Acts 2.34-35; 5.31; Ephesians 1.20; Heb.
1.3; Matthew 22.44) is that Christ crucified, risen, and ascended in
his own body, now “sitteth on the right hand of God the Father
Almighty” (Apostles’ Creed) This image of Christ’s heavenly session
(from the Latin for “sitting”) speaks of a transcendent reality: in
his exalted humanity, the Son of God exercises the authority of
God’s universal kingdom (Daniel 7.14; Matthew 28.18, Philippians
2.9-11; Rev. 19.16), in governing, defending, providing and
interceding for the church (Ephesians 1.3, Romans 8.34), until the
day that all his enemies, even death itself, shall be subdued, and
he shall deliver up the kingdom to the Father, “that God may be all
in all”(1 Cor. 15.24-28).
What are Angels?
In a skeptical age, angels may seem a sentimental or mythological
fantasy; but throughout the Bible their existence is taken for
granted (e.g. Psalm 33.6). An invisible spiritual creation (Col.
1.16, Heb. 1.14), their primary work is the glorification of God
(Psalm 103.20; 148.2, Dan. 3.59; Isaiah 6.3; Rev. 4.8), but they are
also the agents of God’s providence in human history (Heb. 1.7), his
messengers (the literal meaning of the word “angel”) to mankind
(Gen. 19.1-16; Judges 6.11-23; 13.3-5; Daniel 8.15-26; 9.21-10.20;
Matthew 1.20-21; Luke 1.5-2.15); and the warrior guardians of the
faithful (Psalm 91.11; Dan. 12. 1; Acts 12.7-11; Heb. 1.4) against
evils, particularly against the
hostility of the fallen angels (cf. Ephesians 6.11-12), who under
Satan’s leadership turned against God in rebellion and fell into
darkness (Rev 12.7-12). In the doctrine of the angels, we perceive
the spiritual depth (or rather, height) of creation, which goes far
beyond what any materialistic philosophy can account for.
|
|
|
INTERNATIONAL NEWS:
________________________________________
Photo: Sue Careless
 Global
South urges parallel church in USA
By SUE CARELESS
Anglican
primates call for a new “ecclesias-tical structure” to help resolve
crisis in the Episcopal Church in the USA.
Hellish grudges
can kill
By TERRY MATTINGLY
Schoolhouse killings shock the Amish &
Mennonite communities - and the whole Christian world.
 Too
little, too late
By SUE CARELESS
After waiting
for two years for the Archbishop's Panel of Reference to hear their
appeal for help, six parishes in New Westminster are told to
Photo: Sue Careless
keep waiting.
Anglicans prepare strategies to achieve
Millennium Development Goals
(ACNS)
Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Njongonkulu Ndungane, met with
national and international planning committee members to discuss an
international Anglican conference to be held in Gauteng, South
Africa
from March
7-14, 2007.
Intervarsity sues to hire Christians
(AgapePress)
A Christian organization has filed a federal lawsuit against
the University of Wisconsin-Superior, asking that the campus chapter
of the group be reinstated and allowed to apply religious criteria
in selecting its leaders.
International TAP
Briefs
•
Multi-faith coronation for future King Charles
• First German
rabbis ordained since 1942
• India bans
child labour
• Anglican
Book Series: Taking Things Seriously
CANADIAN NEWS:
________________________________________
Photo: TAP
In praise of uncommon ministry: Part two:
Chaplaincy work with Canada’s Armed Forces
By SHARON DEWEY HETKE
Whether in
the actual theatre of war, or on a base here at home, dozens of
Anglican chaplains have made themselves available to provide a
critical “ministry of presence” to Canada’s troops. This is part two
of our series which examines the too-often forgotten ministries
which go on under the radar of our life here in Canada.
 Bishop
Disciplines Retired Archbishop
By SUE CARELESS
Colin Johnson,
Bishop of Toronto, revokes licence of retired Archbishop and
Metropolitan of Ontario.
A new church
structure for Christ the Redeemer Congregation
arrives by barge in Pender Harbour, north of Vancouver (inset).
Organ donation
after cardiac death a danger to patients
By HILARY
WHITE
Calgary Anglican doctor speaks out on
controversial issue of brain-death vs. cardiac-death.
Defence
of Religions Act proposed
(Staff)
The Conservative government is planning to introduce measures that
would allow public servants the right to refuse to perform same-sex
marriages if such an act goes against their religious beliefs.
Canadian TAP
Briefs
•
Sanctuary seeker deported
•
New chief chaplain for the Canadian forces
BOOKREVIEW:
________________________________________
 The
ways that women are serving God
Reviewed by
DONNA McCORMICK
When Women Build the Kingdom
By Leslie Williams.
When Women
Build the Kingdom is a refreshing look at the many ways a whole
variety of women are serving God as they live their everyday
lives.... Despite a lot of gender reorganization in
recent decades, the respective roles of men and women remains a
discussion issue and challenge both inside the church and out.
 Anglican
book series: taking things seriously
By SUE CARELESS
J.I. Packer has written the first of a series of booklets intended
to for use in Christian adult education, and will oversee the series
as its editor.
________________________________________
And this I pray, that your
love may abound yet more
and more in knowledge and
in all judgement; that ye may approve things that are excellent;
that ye may be
sincere and without offence
till the day of Christ; being
filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are
by Jesus Christ, unto the
glory and praise of God.
Philippians 1:9-11
|
|
November
20061.jpg)
