There's plenty of angst: I am happy to announce that the parish vote has reached a quorum with more than an 80% majority in favor of disaffiliation with the Anglican Church in North America and pursuing affiliation with the Episcopal Church with the Diocese of Texas. The last month has been intense for all of …
The 1928 and Cranmer’s Shape — The North American Anglican
The Question of a Weltanschauung (Worldview) by Sigmund Freud (1932) — Books and Boots
https://astrofella.wordpress.com/2023/07/07/the-question-of-a-weltanschauung-sigmund-freud/ This is the last in Books and Boots' series on Sigmund Freud, where Freud presents one of his most wide-ranging polemics against Christianity. Reviewing that polemic leads the author to find Freud wanting in his critique, to say the last. Although he gives his own reasons, I have a different take on why Freud's …
Prayer Walking — Northern Plains Anglican
Break the Church? What Choice Did We Have?
Daniel Martins' long piece on the road from GC 2003 until the formation of the ACNA--and beyond--ends in this way: A priest I know wrote many years ago (and I paraphrase here), “There are two cardinal rules: You don’t change the faith, and you don’t break the church.” The Episcopal Church, in redefining marriage, has …
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Free to Do Otherwise [Commentary on Browne: Article X] — The North American Anglican
https://northamanglican.com/free-to-do-otherwise-commentary-on-browne-article-x/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=free-to-do-otherwise-commentary-on-browne-article-x Long-time followers of this site know that this is a very serious issue with me. As I explained in my post/video Liturgy, Pentecost, Wesley and the Book of Common Prayer, Part I: What is a Liturgy?, I do not believe that Anglicanism--and by extension those churches founded on Wesleyan theology, such as Holiness and Pentecostal …
This Ends Here — Northern Plains Anglican
Light On, Light Off — Northern Plains Anglican
May His Soul Be Bound Up…Northern Plains Anglican
http://northernplainsanglican.com/2023/05/28/may-his-soul-be-bound-up/ This tragedy--a serviceman being killed right at the end of World War II trying to come home--is on par with my uncle, who was killed while training to go overseas in the Army Air Force.
We Are Already Defeated — Stand Firm
No more is it about your personal conscience. Are you not bound in obedience to your bishop? And if you are, how is he ok with you saying any of these things? 28 more words We Are Already Defeated — Stand Firm It's worth recalling that much of the rot in the Episcopal Church that finally …
Positive Infinity 