The rather plaintive letter from the Rev. Mark Lawrence trying to explain why his departure from California to take his post as the new Bishop of South Carolina is being delayed is a sad commentary both on TEC and the left-wing boomers that presently dominate its leadership. His explanation of the process is about as …
Create Your Own Anglican Communion Network
A little over a week ago, we called for a new "instrument of unity" by suggeting that the orthodox Anglican groups put together a "new" prayer book for their own use. In the interest of balance, this week we're going to look a an "instrument of division" by showing how you can create your own …
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The First Step to Unity: A New Prayer Book
We noted last year that the great challenge of Orthodox Anglicans in North America was to find a way to coalesce into some kind of organic unity, which is necessary if we are serious about establishing an additional province in the Anglican Communion. This is trickier than it looks. Beyond the obvious problems of women's …
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When Church Becomes Pointless, Part II
Later this year, this website will celebrate its tenth anniversary. A decade is an eternity on the Internet, especially when we've spent a good deal of it following the agony of the Anglican Communion's struggle between its liberal West and conservative Global South. One of the first pieces we posted was When Church Becomes Pointless, …
The Basic Problem with Reforming a Church
The back and forth in the Church of England over the new "covenant" Evangelicals have proposed highlights the central problem that reforming or renewing any church has: without the explicit support of its hierarchy or other leadership, the effort is doomed to fail. It's a story that has been repeated too many times in chuch …
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The Funeral Message I Did Not Deliver
Recently at my church we had an event take place that was so horrific it's hard to write about. One of our more esteemed members, with an active lay ministry, shot and killed himself in front on his wife on Christmas Eve after losing his job. For a long list of reasons (not the least …
Henry Louttit: Not a Chip off the Old Block
The letter from the Bishop of Georgia, Henry Louttit, to his oldest parish trying to force them to pay up to an Episcopal Church they have no confidence in shows in vivid terms how far the Episcopal Church has gone in the last forty years. As we reminisce in a piece from our "Palm Beach …
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Leaving the Episcopal Church: Doing What Has to be Done
The in-process exodus from the Episcopal church by various parishes in Northern Virginia has been greeted with glee by many in the Anglican community. The reality is, however, that what they are doing is more of a necessity than a joy. When a denomination or other church organisation decides to abandon the basics of Christianity, …
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What Episcopalians Used to Expect from Themselves
On the back of an Episcopal baptismal certificate, 1863. The only similarity between then and now is the authoritarian command of the church. And these days the Episcopal Church is getting its authority from somewhere other than above. After Jesus had come into the Temple Courts, the Chief Priests and the Councillors of the Nation …
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An Advent Reflection
Although the Thanksgiving holiday is past, we as Christians should not make it an end of being thankful. Being thankful to God for all of the blessings that He has given us—especially the gift of redemption by His Son Jesus Christ—must be a part of our daily living. The same psalm that says “Let us …
Positive Infinity 