Ven. John Hassan, Author at Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)

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Wakeful Inquiry

Article by Jill Carattini for A Slice of Infinity There is a line in the story of the prodigal son that is easy to miss. It comes as the transition in the story, but it also seems to mark

By Stuart McAllister Sometimes I get the feeling from our media that there is a serious effort underway to keep us all anxious, in a state of informed concern, and always on the alert against—well, everything. Rather than a

Thinking Faith

In many circles today, we are given the impression that we face a choice between thinking and faith. We are given the impression that somehow the postures of faith and reason are mutually exclusive. We live with words in

The Enduring Problem

By Mark Eldredge When I was fighting against revisionist theology in the Episcopal Church (TEC) in the early 2000s, most of those who pushed the progressive agenda would not, by most of the Christian Church, even be considered

Advent: The Peace given

As we reflect on Christmas this year, it is difficult to rise our feelings; worries, anxieties, pains and tragedies the year 2020 dropped on us right from the moment the Corona Pandemic crept to into almost every corner of

If God, Why Suffering?

By Vince Vitale According to Christianity, what God values above all is relationship. But for relationship to be meaningful, it must be freely chosen; for relationship to be freely chosen, there must be the possibility of it being rejected;

Reading the Psalms and Other Ancient Hebrew Poetry

Article By Trina Dofflemyer (RZIM) Losing a fortune in the Chicago fire of 1871 was just the beginning of Horatio Spafford’s agony. Two years later a transatlantic shipwreck claimed the lives of his four daughters. In his deep grief, he

The Church That Prevails

08/04/2020 By The Rev. Canon Phil Ashey One of the most powerful scriptures that arrests me is Jesus’ proclamation about his Church: “When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, Jesus asked his disciples, ‘Who do people say

homes destroyed in Fulani attacks in southern kaduna

In Southern Kaduna, it is everything but…

The crises in southern Kaduna continue to deepen as more villages are devastated by Islamist Fulani Militias and hundreds are killed while rhetoric, intimidation and falsehood take centre stage rather than a concerted and coordinated effort to stop the

Courageous Martyrs

As jihad continues in northern Nigeria (From Barnabas Aid July/August 2020) Under cover of darkness the extremists come, planning to kill, maim, pillage and destroy in northern Nigeria. They surround the village and shatter the silence of the night