Nancy Pelosi hasn't quite thought this through just yet: "I think that women, we have to get away from the politics of victim. This is about you go out there and you fight," she said. "I think that what Hillary Clinton did was tremendous for the country. She has kicked open many doors, which now …
The Woman Who Outed the Archbishop of Canterbury
I was honoured to receive the following comment from my piece Rowan Williams and the High Price of Riding the Fence: I have been catching up with stuff on the Web concerning the letters the Archbishop of Canterbury wrote me. My reply to Dr. Williams’ first letter ran to more than six pages, and I …
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Disliking Hierarchy: Why Women Leave the Church of England
This seems to be my topic these days, now this from the BBC: Dr Aune, co-author of Women and Religion in the West, said: "In short, women are abandoning the church. "Young women tend to express egalitarian values and dislike the traditionalism and hierarchies they imagine are integral to the church." She said many women …
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Women in Ministry: Starting Something You Can’t Finish
This is a "blast from the past," originally written 20 July 2006 between the Episcopal Church's General Convention in Columbus, OH and the Church of God General Assembly in Indianapolis, IN. I'm reproducing it to make it more accessible; thanks to Jonathan Stone for his interest in this; Jonathan Martin also made a strong statement …
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From Whence Came the Difficulty, Also Comes the Solution
I found this entry in Nick Park's blog (also here) very interesting: My thinking about this was sparked by a meeting I attended while in the US recently. The preacher was a fairly young guy (younger then me anyway!) but his preaching was of a style that seemed to belong to an older generation. It …
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Yeah, Joe, We Take Regular Baths, Too
Barack Obama's choice of Joe Biden as his VP running mate may make good "policy wonk" sense (Biden is supposedly an ace with foreign policy) but strikes me as weak. (In fact, I found myself hard pressed to find anyone to be an Obama running mate who really struck me as being helpful to his …
Liberation Ordination and Women Priests in Roman Catholicism
There are some in (well, maybe) the Roman Catholic Church who are taking matters into their own hands: A few weeks ago, a group called Roman Catholic Womenpriests staged what it called an ordination, vesting three Boston-area women in white chasubles and red stoles. It told the local papers that the ordinations were valid, despite …
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One Thousand New Hispanic Churches in the U.S.
Recently, I commented on MissionalCOG that the greatest opportunity for the Church of God was the planting of 1,000 new Hispanic churches. Below is information on this program, in English and Spanish.
Declining Oil Supplies: When You’re Part of the Problem…
Many people don't like big oil, but we're paying the price... Oil production has begun falling at all of the major Western oil companies, and they are finding it harder than ever to find new prospects even though they are awash in profits and eager to expand. Part of the reason is political. From the …
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Why I Wouldn’t Obsess Over the Russians
The Russians are back in our news again. Our media is manic-depressive: it careens from supine pacifism to hyperventilating bellicosity, and these days the invasion of Georgia is inspiring the latter. Our government isn't much better: it can't seem to know whether to send the troops, send the diplomats, or just hide. I have a …
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