That's probably not how he would characterise his absence from the race to become Episcopal Bishop of Central Florida, but that's what it amounts to: It is ironic that George Conger, a Central Florida rector who attempted to become the Bishop of Springfield is not a candidate. I haven't listened to Anglicans Unscripted in a …
Journeying with The Table
That's what the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis is doing: With thanks for God’s abundance, I am writing to tell you about a sign of new life and growth in our diocese. Over the last year, The Table, an Indianapolis congregation planted in 2015 as part of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), has discerned a …
Horrors! John Wesley had a Prayer Book!
It's Monday morning. Worship pastors and leaders at Pentecostal (especially semi-Charismatic ones) are gathering at their favourite coffee shops (or Chik-fil-a) to celebrate their taking the congregation to the "Throne Room" once again with their Spirit-led worship. No thought of liturgy enters their heads, even though the schedule they followed was down to the second. …
The EU is sleepwalking into anarchy — UnHerd
All eyes may be on the Italian election results this morning, but Europe’s got much bigger problems on its hands than the prospect of a Right-wing government. Winter is coming, and the catastrophic consequences of Europe’s self-imposed energy crisis are already being felt across the continent. As politicians continue to devise unrealistic plans for energy… The …
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The Queen shows the democracy of death — UnHerd
Edward VII was the first monarch to lie in state in Westminster Hall. Half a million people queued up to see the King over those three days in May 1910, many of them in the rain. 1,214 more words The Queen shows the democracy of death — UnHerd
Gen Z’s worship of the Unabomber
“The industrial revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.” Writing those words as the introduction to his 1995 anti-… Gen Z’s worship of the Unabomber His idea is more mainstream amongst his contemporaries that they care to admit, as my outline of American environmentalism in Should My Students Be Here? …
Who can rule Britain now?
I never imagined I’d feel profound grief at the passing of a public figure. At those points in my life where someone close to me has died, the hours …Who can rule Britain now?
When Morning Gilds the Skies from @StJohnsPriest
It's a little late in the liturgical calendar, but I present this hymn, not well known outside of proper circles, from St. John's Episcopal Church in Detroit, my usual "go-to" for proper High Church procedure: https://youtu.be/jF3bFyKGoFY On a separate note, one of the thing necessitated by the Daily Office is prayers for the country and …
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Joe Biden Finds Out the Police are Eternal
It was inevitable: Biden explained how his plan is based on one specific tenet: giving law enforcement the resources and funds necessary to engage safely in public policing. He's found out what his Chinese counterparts could have told him a long time ago: “All police forces get buffeted from time to time, but they know one thing: …
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RIP Mikhail Gorbachev
The former General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is gone: Alongside Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, Gorbachev was a key protagonist in a global drama that many thought impossible and, for those who lived through it, seemed almost surreal. Under Gorbachev, the Berlin Wall crumbled, thousands of political prisoners were released …
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