Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
He poses the problem: "Let's be honest, most of the discrimination ... has come at the hands of religious people, and the greatest single hindrance to the achievement of full civil rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people can be laid at the doorstep of the three Abrahamic faiths: Christianity, Judaism and Islam," Robinson …
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Air travellers know that an "open jaw" itinerary is one where the destination from which you return is different than the one you departed to. My idea of an "open jaw" itinerary is one where you arrive at the airport to suddenly find your flight has been cancelled, so you stand with an open jaw...hopefully …
Continue reading "Rowan Williams’ Haunted England, or Why Europeans Aren’t Found In Church"
A.S. Haley may have missed the unintentional humour of Judge Larry Schwartz in his decision favouring TEC in the case involving Grace Church and St. Stephens in Colorado. Part of his decision reads as follows: For one thing, it appears to be rare that parish members, induding members of the governing Vestry, know anything about the details …
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Thad Stevens wonders why it's hard to get people out of the Episcopal Church: Most Common Cause parishes don’t compare favourably with neighbouring Episcopal parishes in worship and the Sacraments. In most cases, the problem isn’t due to size or limited financial resources, but to attitude–‘snake-belly’ low services and sloppy celebrations of the Eucharist don’t …
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The Episcopal Bishop of Western Kansas has a point: Now I read that the "New" Diocese of Fort Worth passed a $632,466 dollar budget for a part-time bishop, a little over 19 priests and 62 delegates who represent way less than a thousand people, and $200,000 is from the General Convention budget!... If I, as …
The Gospel for Quinquagesima is on this wise: “Gathering the Twelve round him, Jesus said to them: “Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem; and there everything that is written in the Prophets will be done to the Son of Man. For he will be given up to the Gentiles, mocked, insulted and spat upon; …
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Something Anglicans need to remember: Heretics are those who entertain in Christ's Church unsound and distorted ideas and stubbornly refuse, even when warned, to return to what is sound and right, to correct their contagious and death-dealing docrtrines, but go on defending them. When they leave the Church they are ranked as enemies who try …
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From the 1662 Book of Common Prayer: O LORD God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing that we do; Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. That says a lot. It's only by God's mercy and love--and the …
Peter Ould's piece on Anglican Blogs - How do they stack up - Part the Second is an interesting comparison of the Alexa ranking of various Anglican blogs. There's no surprise that Stand Firm in Faith is the first and Titus One Nine and VirtueOnline are in the top five. The conservative blogs and news …
N.T. Wright thinks that the Bible can put a new zest into ecumenism, in part because of this: The synod (of Catholic bishops in Rome) was, in effect, inhabiting more fully the teaching of the Second Vatican Council, particularly the document Dei Verbum. Many bishops at the Synod spoke excitedly of the effect of Bible …
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