He's blowing off many of us, as he does here: 'I have made a decision. I will no longer debate the issue of homosexuality in the church with anyone. I will no longer engage the biblical ignorance that emanates from so many right-wing Christians about how the Bible condemns homosexuality, as if that point of …
Bishops: A Luxury the Church of England Can’t Afford
As my own church ponders the number of Administrative Bishops it needs, the Church of England shows everyone how to bloat the episcopal budget: The running costs of the Church of England’s 113 bishops increased by £2 million, or 13.5 per cent, to £16 million last year at a time when the Church has been …
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Ya missed a line…typical Anglican…
In response to this posting about broadcaster Paul Roberts, I got the following response from WGOW (Paul's last radio station) Program Director Bill Lockhart: Towards the end of his (Paul's) life I visited him at Memorial Hospital (our Catholic hospital in Chattanooga) on a Sunday morning. A Lay Minister (Catholic) came in...offered communion (I declined...being …
Reason Isn’t the Issue in Education
The Archbishop of Canterbury may think so: "...the sober testimony of the twentieth century is that the rationality of secular thinking is no guarantee of universal understanding and reconciliation. A rationality that has brought us into the age of nuclear weaponry and global economic meltdown invites some sharp questions, to put it mildly ... As …
All Saints Pawley’s Island: Col. Nicholson Takes His Lumps
Sure looks that way: While it is true that “[c]ourts may not engage in resolving disputes as to religious law, principle, doctrine, discipline, custom, or administration,” Pearson, 325 S.C. at 53, 478 S.E.2d at 854, the resolution of the 2005 Action does not require such judicial meddling. The 2005 case turns on a determination of …
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The Power of the Laity
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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Positive Infinity 