Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
GIA M/S-142 (1971) God Unlimited's earliest works were a hard act to follow. A group that, in some ways, set the pace for Episcopal/Catholic folk music sounds more "mainstream" than creative in this work. Part of that was the inclusion of a set of "Mass ordinaries" (use of the term "Mass" wasn't quite according to …
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Epoch VII EG100 (1974) "The old folk Mass" has become the phrase used by teary-eyed, nostalgic Catholics (and some who left the Church) for the liturgical events of the 1960's and 1970's, when the organ gathered dust and the guitars--six and twelve string--were unpacked for the celebration of the sacred mysteries. But was it really …
Shepard Fairey, who designed the Obama "Hope" logo back in 2008 (which has spawned many parodies) is "feeling the Bern" and backing Bernie Sanders, not only in word but in deed, with his tee-shirt design: I dunno, this reminds me of the old test patterns TV stations used to use at the start of the …
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Liturgical Press 11468 (1968) This "pre-NOM" album (which means we've had one and a half liturgical upheavals since then) is, despite its pretentious title, a mixture of a children's' album and early Catholic folk. Or maybe the pretentious title is reasonable: children are the future, something that the dropping birth rate of the time tended …
With the Iowa caucuses in the rear view mirror, our Presidential campaign begins to clarify a bit. Candidates drop out, others give mixed signals, still others need to quit but haven't figured it out yet. Most of that action is on the Republican side, but that's where most of the candidates are. When you have …
Such was the case in the late Roman Empire, by no less of a personage than Pope Siricius. Writing to the bishops in North Africa, he gave eight reasons why a person should not be consecrated to the priesthood, saying that "if after the remission of sins (baptism) he (the candidate for the priesthood) takes …
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I was looking through some papers and found a letter from an Episcopal rector with this: I did enjoy your letter and it just makes me that much more distressed that you left the Episcopal Church. Somehow, with your mind and keen feelings, we should have been able to hang on to you. We sorely …
Voting at eighteen years of age has been the law in the U.S. for nearly a half century now. But for those who are off to college, the same age bracket starts voting in other ways, and one of those are student evaluations of professors. There is a great deal of argument about how much …
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One of the things that some of the major Anglican blogs will throw out from time to time is the question of what their readers/commenters are reading on the side when they're not keeping up with the latest Anglican debacle (like the recent Primates' Meeting.)Â Through the Christmas holidays, while waiting for some long runs …
Continue reading "Some Thoughts on Bossuet's History of the Variations of the Protestant Churches"
It's just about over, and the Primates meeting in Canterbury have made their official statement, such as it is. Here are some observations: I've always felt that it was unrealistic to expect the current Archbishop of Canterbury to allow TEC and ACoC to get the boot. In that context what happened, i.e., TEC being put …
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