Youth view: Living in the time of Maybe
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article38112
- Author
- Stephens-Rennie, Andrew
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2012 October
- Author
- Stephens-Rennie, Andrew
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2012 October
- Volume
- 138
- Issue
- 8
- Page
- 4
- Notes
- The author theorizes that "our church is living in Holy Saturday, wedged firmly between Good Friday and Easter Sunday -- between the death of the known and the birth of the new". "Back in 2010, Welsh singer-songwriter Martyn Joseph penned the award-winning song, 'There's Always Maybe'. The song prophetically announces: 'There is always maybe/ When there's no answers/ That's what faith becomes'. We live in a time of Maybe. While many outwardly acknowledge that the church will look very different in the years ahead, we are still afraid. .... And so, a question remains, will we remain faithful ? It has become clear to me over many years of working with young people that they are the ones best equipped to walk through this tension. Young people know a world of ambiguity and provisional answers, of religious and cultural differences".
- Author "is a member of the national youth initiatives team of the Anglican Church of Canada".
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada - 21st century
- Youth in the Anglican Church of Canada
- Youth - Religious life - Anglican Church of Canada
- Uncertainty - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Future - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada