Anglican Journal New Year's news roundup

A number of articles from the December issue of the Journal and the latest issue of Epiphanies have been shared through social media since the last email update. Here is what has been shared recently, along with the January issue:

• January issue looks at the state of the church by Tali Folkins: With a new year beginning, the Anglican Journal looks at how the church coped in 2020, and where Anglicans see its priorities for the future.
• Hindsight is 20–40 by Matt Gardner
• Positive presence by Matt Gardner: The Journal interviews the Rev. Joanne Webster to discuss how the pandemic has changed seniors’ ministry.
• Calgary priest elected 14th bishop of the diocese of British Columbia by Joelle Kidd
• Indigenous Ministries ramps up pandemic pastoral care by Tali Folkins
• Fyfe voted bishop of Nova Scotia and P.E.I. by Matt Gardner
• Church mourns former General Synod prolocutor, Anglican Award of Merit recipient by Joelle Kidd
• 'All my relatives' by the Rev. Ray Aldred
• Pandemic-era wedding a simple, beautiful day for bishop of Ontario by Joelle Kidd
• Blurred visions by Matthew Townsend: 2020 shattered our assumptions. What will 2021 bring?
• 'The colonizing instinct is all over us' by Matthew Townsend: Listen to (or read) this interview with the Rev. Graham Singh and Journal editor Matthew Townsend, as they discuss how colonialism and decolonization exist within the Church.

In the media

• Bradford community enjoys drive-by (ecumenical) Nativity tour via Bradford Today
• St. John's Rehab is North York's oldest surviving hospital via toronto.com: Now part of the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (the largest trauma centre in Canada),St. John’s Rehabilitation Hospital was founded by the Sisterhood of St. John the Divine.
• Sarnia refugee family pays it forward via the Owen Sound Sun Times
• Please return stolen baby Jesus, B.C. church pleads to public via CTV Vancouver
• UCP Christmas tweet with Bible verse slammed; priest says passage implies government has divine blessing via Edmonton Journal: A holiday greeting from Alberta’s United Conservative Party received considerable criticism on social media over the weekend, including from Bishop-elect for the Diocese of British Columbia, the Rev. Anna Greenwood-Lee.
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Beyond our borders

• After pandemic forced Eucharistic fasts, some churches experiment with Communion options via Episcopal News Service
• New WCC website welcomes global visitors, media—and heartfelt prayers via World Council of Churches