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(Staff) THE REV. Catherine Short will be celebrating the Christmas Eucharist at...

Arson suspected in St. Anne’s fire

By Sue Careless THE four-alarm blaze that gutted St. Anne’s Anglican Church in Toronto last...

A Christmas Eve Sermon

The first Christmas was a night of long journeys, closed doors, and unexpected visitors smelling of...

ANGLICAN MIND

The Anglican Planet (TAP) seeks to serve the worldwide Anglican Communion as
a source of intellectual, biblical and spiritual renewal.

A Christmas Eve Sermon

The first Christmas was a night of long journeys, closed doors, and unexpected visitors smelling of woodsmoke and sheep.

Mixing Up Faith and Politics

AS WE WRAP up 2025, the TAP team is so grateful that you are reading our stories, sending us notes of encouragement, and helping us grow. Our switch to digital-only has gone more smoothly than expected, and we are doing our best to respond to those who have questions and concerns. We are excited to launch a digital campaign (soon!) to reach many more readers. And the new focus on our online platforms will allow us to update stories even more frequently than we had been doing in the past. As always, if you have thoughts about how we can better serve and encourage you, please email us at anglicanplanet@gmail.com. For technical and subscription issues, please email office@stpeter.org. 

Christmas in Prison: A Ministry of Hope and Light

FOR MOST Christians, Christmas is a season of joy, family and celebration. Yet, for those behind prison walls, it can be the most difficult time of the year – a stark reminder of separation, regret, and brokenness.

The New Year’s Resolution

IT’S POSSIBLE that the notion of making positive New Year’s resolutions finds its origins in 18th-century Anglican history.


People

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as a source of intellectual, biblical and spiritual renewal.

Tribute

Tribute: Balfour Mount 1939-2025

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Kristen Deede Johnson

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Tribute: George Egerton 1942-2025

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TRIBUTE: Pope Francis I (1936-2025)

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Interview with David Short

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Young choristers sing out at St Thomas’s in Toronto

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Timothy Dudley Smith (1926-2024) Hymnwriter


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The Anglican Planet (TAP) seeks to serve the worldwide Anglican Communion as a source of
intellectual, biblical and spiritual renewal.

Books for the New Year

Play Review: Narnia

IT’S ALWAYS RISKY when you buy tickets for a stage or film adaptation of a beloved book. Taking my grandchildren to see Narnia, the musical, I really hoped the play would not mess too much with C.S. Lewis’ 1950’s classic, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.   

Singing the Lord’s Song The Sing! Hymnal

I HAVE COME to realize that I probably felt a little skeptical about the new Sing! Hymnal from Getty Music. I wasn’t aware of this, but I suppose I hear of so many big product launches – and experience so many that end up being a mite disappointing – that I am prone to be a bit jaded. But I realize now that I should not have been, because this hymnal delivers.

Six for Summer

Two TAP book reviewers share their reading recommendations for the summer. 

Faithful, Creative Hopeful: Fifteen Theses for Christians in a Crisis-Shaped World

CRISIS is not new. Crisis, such as a major war or plague, is often the hinge point of historical research – but what is different today is the globalization and accessibility of crisis. Societies are intertwined more than ever, which means a crisis across the world that we may have never heard of or been affected by now has a direct impact on our daily lives. This new context requires a re-evaluation of the Christian response to crisis. Jesse A. Zink’s book, Faithful, Creative, Hopeful: Fifteen Theses for Christians in a Crisis-Shaped World, brings together thoughtful ideas that speak to the response of Christians in a world filled with crises

The Good for Nothing Puddle: Finding Hope When You’re Stuck in Sadness

IN THIS powerful picture book about a girl experiencing loss, The Good for Nothing Puddle helps children explore the nature of grief and loss. It does not offer the quick fix of a superficial band aid for those “stuck in sadness.” Instead, it leads them gently and gradually to finding hope in the midst of their pain.

New liturgical resource

WHEN I was a child, I learned Old Testament stories in Sunday school (often told using felt board figures) and in illustrated Bible story books at home. But three Sundays each month I also heard lessons from the Old Testament read aloud in the main morning service of my parish church.

The Seven Tools: Rediscover Your Church’s Hidden Potential for Growth and Vitality

THE Rev. Canon David Roseberry is Provincial Canon for Mission in the Anglican Church in North America. In 2016, he retired from Christ Church, Plano, Texas, after 31 years of ministry. He has written several books, including devotional books on the Psalms, Ruth, Mark, and 2 Timothy, as well as books for pastors and church leaders on stewardship, church organization and preaching. I have enjoyed many of them so looked forward to the release last August of The Seven Tools: Rediscover Your Church’s Hidden Potential for Growth and Vitality

A Place at the (S)table

Mia Anderson follows in the illustrious tradition of poet-priests such as John Donne, George Herbert and Gerard Manley Hopkins. But she can also add to her resumé: actor, chorister, shepherd and goatherd.

Books for the New Year

Julie Lane-Gay and Bill Reimer share their annual book reviews.

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever tells the story of six wild, intimidating children who basically bully their way into taking all the main parts in a church’s Nativity play, with unexpectedly profound results.

A Canadian Chaplain in the Great War: Revisiting B.J. Murdoch’s The Red Vineyard

Now there is a fine annotated edition of this war memoir from priest and historian Dr. Ross Hebb, a fellow Maritimer, and the author of A Canadian Nurse in the Great War.

Seasons of Sorrow: The Pain of Loss and the Comfort of God

EVERYONE experiences grief. We have grieved the deaths of friends and family, including our only son, Sean, who died at the age of eleven.  For Canadian Tim Challies, a Christian pastor, author and blogger, the sudden death of his son, Nick, on a playing field at the age of twenty, led him to process his grief by keeping a journal of reflections published as Seasons of Sorrow: The Pain of Loss and the Comfort of God.

New book celebrates parish’s 150th year

Household of God, Volume 2: 1994–2024 celebrates the 150th anniversary of St. Thomas’s Church on Huron Street in Toronto. It supplements the first volume, which appeared in 1993 to mark the 100th anniversary of the modest brick Arts and Crafts church designed by parishioner and noted architect Eden Smith.

The Riches of Your Grace: Living in the Book of Common Prayer

WE ARE what we read. At a retreat, author Julie Lane-Gay of Vancouver was asked what had shaped her as a Christian. She writes in the introduction to The Riches of Your Grace: Living in the Book of Common Prayer that her answer came as a surprise “and made total sense.”  And that answer was, of course, The Book of Common Prayer (BCP).