Tag: Experience

• 20th Feb 2023

  Conflict and Forgiveness: Solidarity with young mothers in the church

  

  Eva Abel (Anglican Church of Kenya, Religious and Ecumenical Studies student) My name is Eva Abel. I was born and raised in Kenya in a Pentecostal church (Full Gospel Church), but now I am a member of the Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) through marriage. My husband is an Anglican priest in the same church.…
• 6th Jan 2023

  Editorial: Conflict and Forgiveness

  

  ‘Recognising that those in power have sometimes used talk of reconciliation to maintain status and impede efforts towards justice and wholeness, we seek a Communion-wide focus on a renewal of this ministry.’ (Lambeth Call on Reconciliation Statement, 2022) We intentionally conceptualised the theme of “Conflict and Forgiveness” beyond communal understandings, to also include personal encounters…
• 3rd Oct 2022

  Wallace de Góis Silva: Why Am I An Anglican?

  

  Porque aqui me sinto em Casa! Como a maioria dos brasileiros, fui batizado com um ano de idade na Igreja Católica Romana. Bom, até hoje não sei bem se eu estava emocionado ou apenas entediado, mas em boa parte das fotos daquele dia eu aparecia chorando. Bem, seja como for, não éramos o que se…
• 5th Sep 2022

  Andrew Soshi Kawashima: Why Am I An Anglican?

  I am an Anglican because Anglicanism is like the body of a tree fostering and supporting branches to me. Reflecting on myself in writing this essay, I concluded that it is difficult or even impossible to give a simple and definite answer to this question, ‘Why am I an Anglican’. Many complexly intertwined factors led…