From the late Rev. Lou Tarsitano, Rector of St. Andrew's in Savannah, Georgia: Someone mentioned, too, the potential power of the laity. And they do have great power, which most of them never choose to use, partially from a lack of sacrificial leadership, but also from a lack of taking up the cross themselves. Any …
There’s More to Frade’s Allowance of Same Sex Blessings in SE Florida Than Meets the Eye
Somehow, I struggle to classify this as news: Further south, the Rt. Rev. Leo Frade, Bishop of Southeast Florida, has authorized his clergy to provide pastoral blessings—but not to preside over same-sex weddings—within about a month. Bishop Frade announced his decision to a clergy conference that met on Sept. 9 and 10. Bishop Frade told The …
The Episcopal Church Cuts Their Budget, Too. Well, Most of It.
Working for a church which is undergoing budgetary contraction, I cannot be triumphalistic about this, even though the agenda is frequently distasteful: Recently, the church's Office of Government Relations (OGR) announced that Washington, D.C.-based Episcopal lobbyist Maureen Shea will retire at the end of the month. Similarly, New York-based Director of Advocacy Rev. Canon Brian …
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Letter from Maj. Henry Winslow, aide-de-camp to Confederate Gen. Leonidas Polk, Shortly After Polk’s Death
Marietta, June 19th Morning Dear Son = On yesterday all day we had heavy fighting on the left. Walker’s (Maj Genl William Henry Talbot Walker, KIA Atlanta July 22, ’64)) division suffered a good deal the 53 & 54 Geo had a good many killed wounded but none from Fort Valley. Mrs Mims had a …
The Archbishop of Canterbury’s Concept of Hell, and a Note on Women Bishops
I'm surprised he even has one, but... When asked if hell exists and what it is like, he said: “My concept of hell, I suppose, is being stuck with myself for ever and with no way out. “Whether anybody ever gets to that point I have no idea. But that it’s possible to be stuck …
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Is It Legitimate to Leave a Church Because of the Coffee?
One of the rude awakenings I received recently on Titusonenine was that it was the policy of the blog that "...comments requiring, encouraging or intimating that other readers must or should leave or join a particular church are well known to be against T19 comment policy."Â I was aware that this was StandFirm's policy, and …
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Bill Maher Thinks G.K. Chesterton was Smart. But is Bill Maher?
He waited until the end of this diatribe on how stupid Americans are to throw this in: A smart guy named Chesterton once said: "My country, right or wrong is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying... It is like saying 'My mother, drunk or sober.'" My Anglican and Roman Catholic friends know …
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Let the Laity Arise: “People are starving, and you want us to wait for a meeting of the Standing Committee?”
This from Anglican Mainstream, showing that ecclesiastical bureaucracies are frequently part of the problem and not the solution: So, the following Tuesday, the Women of Purpose met for a fund-raising. From within their Fellowship they raised 2.6 million shillings. When they approached one of the clergy at All Saints’ Cathedral, Kampala, about making an appeal …
Katharine Jefferts Schori Needs to Take the Money and Run
In a recent address on this subject, TEC Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori reveals the biggest problem in her position on the property: I will continue to uphold two basic principles in the work some of us face in dealing with former Episcopalians who claim rights to church property or assets. Our participation in God's …
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To Leave TEC, or Not to Leave TEC: That Is the Question StandFirm Doesn’t Want in its Threads
Sarah Hey lays the law down: Everyone who has been commenting any length of time here is well aware that we don't allow comments exhorting people to leave TEC or stay in TEC, nor do we allow comments castigating either decision... But for ourselves, we are so determined to have a blog with a larger …
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