Current issue—Spring 2010:
Highlights from archives
The Rev. Kyle Wagner
Christmas through new eyes
This is my first Christmas as an ordained priest, and I feel like I’m looking at the season a bit differently this year. I’m more tuned in to both the generosity—and the poverty—that are especially visible at Christmas.
First, the generosity. These words from Charles Dickens ring true for me:
I have always thought of Christmas time…as [...]
Tomorrow I will be ordained
Tomorrow I will be ordained to the priesthood at All Saints Cathedral in Halifax, N.S. When I reflect on the long journey up to this point, I sometimes feel like Job, listening as God speaks these words out of the whirlwind: “‘Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up your loins [...]
read moreMe and my clergy collar
“It must be hard for you to wear your collar today!” These words from a stranger hit me like a Mac truck as I walked into the local gas station to pay for my fill-up and get the morning paper.
I couldn’t help but feel a little uneasy. Just the night before a former Roman Catholic [...]
Rapping and youth ministry: doin’ it for da kids
I am a rapper. Well, I try. This past spring, I (as “DJ Cranmer”) teamed up with my Lutheran friend, Peter “Via Media” Reinhardt, to write a little rap called “Straight Outta Compline.” It was a lighthearted attempt to show how Anglican liturgy and tradition is indeed cool.
read moreSnapshots of my first month
Zzzzzzz. That’s what happens when you’re in the ministry. Sometimes you get busy and tired, like I have during this first month in my new parish.
read more
Yup. I chose ministry.
On June 11, 2009, I was ordained a deacon after a long journey: seven years of education—four for a history and political science degree at Mount Allison University, and three at the Atlantic School of Theology. Two degrees and a lot of debt for this 26-year-old.
read more
