Although the main celebration today is the Third Sunday in Lent, it's also the Feast of St. Matthias, the apostle chosen to replace Judas. The Collect for the feast is especially relevant in view of the current state of the Anglican Communion: Almighty God, who into the place of the traitor Judas didst choose thy …
The High Price of Rowan Williams’ Shar’ia Remarks
In all of the furor over Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams' remarks on Shar'ia law in the UK, one backwash many people in the West forget is the impact it will have on Christian-Muslim relations in places such as Nigeria. As David Virtue points out in his most recent newsletter: Most British pundits viewed Williams' …
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The Great Mistake (Almost) Everyone’s Overlooked
Daniel Finkelstein's post on the ten worst mistakes in British history is one of the most fascinating things I've seen on the Web in some time. But he (and, unless I've overlooked something, all but one of his respondents) have overlooked a big one: Vortigern's bright idea of bringing the Saxons over to defend post-Roman …
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If They Can Have Their Law, Why Can’t We?
Rowan Williams thinks that some in the UK should have their own legal system: Dr Rowan Williams told Radio 4's World at One that the UK has to "face up to the fact" that some of its citizens do not relate to the British legal system. Dr Williams argues that adopting parts of Islamic Sharia …
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Bible? What Bible?
The complaint from within the Church of England that it's hard to find a Bible in an Anglican church strikes me as odd, Henry VIII's decree of having one in every church notwithstanding. Since the complaint originated with Tim Cox, from Blackpool, one of England's more visited resorts, it's fitting to respond with a reminiscence …
To Leave is to Die a Little
Robert Easter's lamenting of the backwash of departing from the Episcopal Church has some merit: I'm not saying everyone needs to stay in "TEC," because many people who have been in it for any amount of time are probably too conditioned by the milieu to stand up against it or ask the hard questions. But …
Message from South Florida: Give ’em the boot!
It should come as no surprise that the message from South Florida Episcopal Bishiop Leo Frade to orthodox Anglicans is simple: It was with great sadness that I concluded I had no other choice but to vote to move to inhibit two of my brothers (Episcopal bishops of Pittsburgh and San Joaquin) who have betrayed …
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When Pentecostals and Anglicans Get Together
It's gratifying to know that this site isn't the only place where Anglicans and Pentecostals find themselves together, as an Orlando-area church that left Episcopal diocese finds a home in a Pentecostal church. The Epiphany Celebration Anglican Church, formerly St. Edward's Episcopal Church, is now worshiping at the Bethel Assembly of God in Mt. Dora, …
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A Verse for Epiphany
“For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.” Malachi 1:11. From …
The Unsolved Mystery of Judge Hagler and the Murder of Integrity Leader Marty Davis
In 1997 Episcopal Rev. Marty Davis, a leader in the TEC GLBT group Integrity, was murdered. Recently a tape surfaced made by Judge John Hagler (who had known Rev. Davis at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Cleveland, TN) has led to the re-examination of the case: The former secretary to Judge John Hagler testified Thursday …
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