While everyone else struggles with same sex blessings. we have this: The Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea grounds keeper Keith Reisley has seen as many as 10 raccoons on the grounds recently. My Southern readers (and some of the closet redneck relatives I have up North) doubtless have ideas on how to deal with a problem …
Making It to the "Cover" of Stand Firm in Faith
It's been a busy time this year, and blogging has been a little harder than usual. But I'm pleased to announce that Positive Infinity is now listed in the "Around the Web" blog roundup of Stand Firm in Faith, which is in many ways the conservative Anglican blogosphere's "anchor" blog. Thanks so much to Greg …
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Cloud: Free to Fly (Holy Trinity Brompton)
Free To Fly (Dovetail DOVE 16) 1975 Their first album is a lovely group of songs, most of which are drawn from the Scriptures. The cover suggests the album's content: soaring and ethereal. But it's also well executed, with superb musicianship. Free to Fly is one of the best treasures from 1970's British Jesus Music. …
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The Keyhole/The Way In (Church of the Redeemer)
It's hard to think of a group that defines 1970's Christian folk/coffee-house music as much as this one, which morphed into The Fisherfolk. The group had its start in 1969 as the resident singing group of The Way In, a Christian coffee-house in the Allen Landing area of Houston, Texas. The Way In was, in …
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Non-Compete Clauses for Churches
Just when you think you've seen everything in the Anglican Revolt, we have this: There is a new twist in property settlements that forces fleeing orthodox parishes that wish to disaffiliate from the Episcopal Church over faith and morals. They can keep their properties in a lease back arrangement, but the church cannot affiliate with …
Hymn for the Fifth Sunday in Epiphany
The Epistle for the Fifth Sunday in Epiphany (which we don't always get to, but this year Easter is very late) is as follows: Therefore, as God’s People, consecrated and dear to him, clothe yourselves with tenderness of heart, kindliness, humility, gentleness, forbearance; Bearing with one another, and, when there is any ground for complaint, …
Celebrating the Boar's/Bore's Head at Bethesda-by-the-Sea
Disclaimer: in posting this, I feel like Sarah Hey at StandFirm did when she posted this gem: "I'm sorry. I was unable to resist." So with that out of the way we come to this, from the Shiny Sheet: The 33rd annual Boar’s Head will have two performances at 2:30 and 4:30 p.m. Sunday at …
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The "More Catholic Than the Pope" People Head to Rome
Westminster Cathedral sees a mass defection from the Church of England: Up to 50 Anglican clergy, some of whom oppose women bishops, could convert to Catholicism by Easter under a new scheme approved by the Pope. The first of the converts, including three former Anglican bishops, two of their wives, and three former Anglican nuns, …
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Cloud: The Resting Place
Cloud The Resting Place (Dove 62, 1978) Cloud was the large (>10) British folk group whose main claim to fame was its ethereal praise and worship music. The Resting Place continues in that tradition, up to Cloud's excellent tradition of musicianship and composition as well. Cloud was connected with the famous Anglican church Holy Trinity …
A Wiccan Proclamation of Anglican Success, as the Winter Solstice and Lunar Eclipse Coincide
Needless to say, the Wiccans are paying attention to the fact that this year is the first since 1554 that we have had a winter solstice and lunar eclipse at the same time: "It's a ritual of transformation from darkness into light," says Nicole Cooper, a high priestess at Toronto's Wiccan Church of Canada. "It's …
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