General Synod 2023 posts
I’ve been writing a series of posts both in advance of and from the 2023 General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada in Calgary, Alberta. Here are links to all those posts.
Posts from Synod
Something new being born: Wrapping up General Synod
A great sight of relief: General Synod Diary, Day 5
Jamming for Jesus: General Synod Diary, Day 4
“Called out of our assumptions”: General Synod Diary, Day 3
“Amalgamation”: General Synod Diary, Day 2
“Fully Alive”: General Synod Diary, Day 1
“The healing of the nations”: General Synod Diary, Day 2
Pre-Synod posts
Looking forward (?) to General Synod: an overview of what’s coming and three modest hopes for the gathering. (May 22)
A smaller, stranger church: what the church’s attendance figures foretell about the future. (May 23)
Returning to ‘all in each place’: reclaiming an old vision of ecumenism. (May 29)
Anglicanism’s ecumenical future: reading the reports of Canada ecumenical commissions. (May 31)
A vision without a plan: The church’s fitful progress towards strategic planning. (June 4)
Race, racism, and anti-racism in the Anglican Church of Canada: the church’s Dismantling Racism Task Group reports. (June 7)
The surprisingly interesting topic of church governance: do proposals before the General Synod actually reduce the power of bishops? I say no. (June 8)
The lightning round: Loads of reports, including the egregious report of the Communications Coordinating Committee. (June 11)
Learning from “The Covenant and Our Way of Life”: what new indigenous governance documents can teach the non-indigenous church. (June 13)
Next stop: Calgary: what’s not in the Convening Circular, some possibilities for ecumenical action, and some reflections on responses to this series. (June 15)
General Synod: called to be a ‘big’ church: Looking back to a 1962 address to General Synod for wisdom for this week’s gathering. (June 26)
