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 Passing of Briny Breezes
There has been a lot of publicity about the apparently "done deal" concerning the sale of South Florida's most illustrious trailer park, namely Briny Breezes. The idea that people would get $US1,000,000 for a trailer has a lot of mobile home dwellers envious. But there are some important economic forces behind his as well that …
More Troops in Iraq? For What?
There are three good reasons why increasing troop strength in Iraq is counterproductive for U.S. interest, to say nothing of anyone else's. The first is the current nature of the U.S. military. After the end of the Cold War, structural changes took place to make the U.S. military more flexible for smaller threats in more …
The Heart of a Child
Most people who are familiar with "classic" Chinese literature would say that the great novel of the genre is Tsao Hsueh-chin and Kao Ngo's Dream of Red Mansions. At the end of the novel, the central character Pao Yu, after the eventful course he has taken, makes the following statement: "So you talk about 'moral …
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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Capax Imperii, Nisi Imperasset: The Epitaph of the Boomers
At last we start a new year. The American voters spoke that they wanted something different; what they got was a Democratically controlled Congress. The left would like for you to believe that this is the greatest thing to happen to this country since Engle vs. Vitale. The rest of us look for analogies in …
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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 …
Positive Infinity 