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A chaplain preoccupied with God, not mammon.


Dear editor,

Thank you so much for Peter Moon's article about Capt. Fraser Harvey (Array chaplain jumps in feet first after his flock, Jan. 27 story, www.anglicanjournal.com).

How delightful to read of an Anglican priest not preoccupied with his pension, whether his bishop is male or female, wishing to marry someone of the same gender, or what colour the person in question might be. I suspect that Capt. Harvey does not expound ex·pound  
v. ex·pound·ed, ex·pound·ing, ex·pounds

v.tr.
1. To give a detailed statement of; set forth: expounded the intricacies of the new tax law.

2.
 the merits of vegetarianism vegetarianism, theory and practice of eating only fruits and vegetables, thus excluding animal flesh, fish, or fowl and often butter, eggs, and milk. In a strict vegetarian, or vegan, diet (i.e. , frozen politeness, the decline of Anglican funds/congregations, or torching "the old liturgy."

Indeed, I will venture that the padre offers a sense of the ridiculous, understanding, and interest in people. If plunked in a Canadian city, the padre could be counted upon to converse (logic) converse - The truth of a proposition of the form A => B and its converse B => A are shown in the following truth table:

A B | A => B B => A ------+---------------- f f | t t f t | t f t f | f t t t | t t
 honestly with vagrants--not "minister to" them--undeterred by tuberculosis and lice, or sharing his lunch with a criminal

Far more Anglican clergy should be dispatched to Canadian Forces Base A Canadian Forces Base or CFB (French Base des forces canadiennes or BFC) refers to a military installation of the Canadian Forces. For a facility to qualify as a Canadian Forces Base, it must station one or more major units (eg.  Borden or Cornwallis, and pronto pron·to  
adv. Informal
Without delay; quickly.



[Spanish, from Latin prmptus; see prompt.
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Megan S. Mills

Toronto
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Title Annotation:LETTERS
Author:Mills. Megan S.
Publication:Anglican Journal
Article Type:Letter to the editor
Date:Mar 1, 2006
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