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‘Blue Like Jazz’ offers an invigorating view

review by Michael Messenger 'I never liked jazz music because jazz music doesn't resolve. But sometimes you have to watch somebody love something before you can love it yourself… I used to not like God because God didn't resolve. But … Continue reading

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Spiral

This picture, which I did during a silent retreat day, doesn't exactly have any simple pictorial symbolism.  I find that art can be meditative and helps clear away excess thoughts.  For a half hour it was just me, the pastels, … Continue reading

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“Down to the River to Pray” at Ask & Imagine

by Constance Holman,  Charlottetown, PEI Gah.  Writing a “short” piece about Ask and Imagine is a cruel and unusual punishment. I could literally write a book about all of the amazing experiences that I had… One of the biggest things … Continue reading

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Advent Cavalcade of Bad Nativities

Yes, it’s coming over to the new site…wait for it, it’s gonna take a while for me to shift all those photos over  … it will be here soon.

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Generation 2008 sings “Amazing Grace”

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U7jHeen_wU This was the largest national gathering of Anglicans in Canada in 2008 – at the National Anglican Youth Ministry Forum at Huron University College in London, Ontario.

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Friendship and Marriage

This paper was published on the Anglican website and is written by Gary Thorne, Diocesan University Chaplain, University of Dalhousie and King’s College, Halifax. I wouldn’t suggest giving it out to your youth group (it’s a bit ‘academic’), but it … Continue reading

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Philip Yancey talks about Sex – Published in Christianity Today

  Yancey makes a lot of interesting points in this article. This one is not quite as ‘academic’ as the Thorne article on Friendship and Marriage.  This article is also worth extracting some quotes and points for a discussion on … Continue reading

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Advocacy Justice Camp – May 2006

Written by Sarah K., Church of the Incarnation, Oakville, Ontario On the morning of Sunday, May 7, I gathered up all my bags and headed out to the Via Rail station where I would await my train to Ottawa.  Not … Continue reading

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Finding Home

“After a day full of activities at the May Ask  & Imagine program, I decided to have some downtime to myself. So, this is what came out of my downtime.  After several attempts to find the missing gap in my … Continue reading

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