After putting up the tough fight, a deal: In this Easter season of rebirth and renewal, Truro Anglican Church is pleased to announce a new ministry of peace making and reconciliation called the Truro Institute: A School of Peace and Reconciliation. The Institute represents the continued fulfillment of God’s work at Truro over many decades and …
Palm Sunday: God Unlimited's "Ride On"
I've featured traditional music (well, unless you're Baptist...) for Palm Sunday, but this year I'm posting something more contemporary, namely "Ride On" from God Unlimited's album by the same name. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A620i9zbQ2g It's something of a "tour de force" which covers most of the Passion. I noticed that the YouTube poster of the song used my …
A Lesbian Bishop Learns a Hard Lesson
She got the boot from Jon Bruno: The Episcopal Church’s first “lesbian” bishop was forced out of office by the Bishop of Los Angeles after she defied him by backing the congregation of St James the Great in Newport Beach in its dispute over the proposed sale of its parish properties. On 29 March 2017, …
The Five Lessons of Creation
From Philo Judaeus, On the Creation of the World, LXI: And in his before mentioned account of the creation of the world, Moses teaches us also many other things, and especially five most beautiful lessons which are superior to all others. In the first place, for the sake of convicting the atheists, he teaches us …
An Anglican Divine Gets the Point
Growing up at Bethesda-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church was my first exposure for the rector to have an earned doctorate. That exposure came from Hunsdon Cary, who "oversaw" the beginning of the Church Mouse resale shop and whose relatives got the property boot from Jon Bruno. This has generally not been the case with the churches I …
Some Lessons for Pentecostals from the "Recent Anglican War"
Those of you who are regular followers know that I have followed/participated in what I call the "Anglican Revolt," a term which comes from a North American perspective. Brewing for years, in 2003 it was detonated in full force by the ordination of V. Gene Robinson, an openly gay man who subsequently went into and …
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Is It Necessary for a Roman Catholic to Agree With Everything the Church Teaches?
One thing that comes up for those of us who "swim the Tiber" is the idea that anyone who becomes a Roman Catholic must agree with "everything" that the Church teaches. This issue came up when Greg Griffith stunned the Anglican blogosphere with his conversion. "Does he really agree with all that?" people asked. The …
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Empower the Laity? Don't Hold Your Breath
The Church of England takes a crack at it: A LONG-AWAITED report on lay leadership in the Church of England, published last week, has set out to “empower, liberate and disciple” the laity — not in churches, but in schools, workplaces, gyms, shops, fields, and factories. It is to be presented to the General Synod …
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National Cathedral Doesn't Really Want to Participate in the Inauguration? Let Bethesda Handle It!
They're getting nervous over at the National Cathedral: The Episcopal cathedral is garnering criticism from some Episcopalians – including within the Episcopal Diocese of Washington – for hosting a regular interfaith prayer service as part of festivities marking the U.S. Presidential Inauguration, and for agreeing to send its boys choir to perform at the Inauguration …
The Episcopalians: Trying to Change History While Missing What's Important
In the middle of a post on her "Rip van Winkle" return to Seattle, Julia Duin makes this observation about growing up Episcopalian: In high school, we had just moved to Seattle from Maryland, where there was so much social ferment. It even affected the Episcopal church we attended in Severna Park, which was close …
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