Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
One of the things I’ve learned in the many years I’ve worked on this site is that my family has a habit of following in the wake of its ancestors, even if the followers were reluctant to admit it. Our trips to the Bahamas were in the wake of Chet’s SPA trips; our moving to […] …
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This Week in AG History — January 2, 1926 By Darrin J. Rodgers Originally published on AG News, 2 January 2019 John Eric Booth-Clibborn, a 29-year-old Assemblies of God missionary, laid down his life in the French West African colony of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) on July 8, 1924. He died from dysentery and […] …
The prayer book controversies, however, are an illustration of one of the banes of the English speaking world: debating substantive issues by arguing over documents. Today in the U.S. we debate many issues in our society, not on their merits, but by their constitutionality. The basic problem with the newer prayer book is that many […] …
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The release of the ACNA's new prayer book this past year doesn't change the fact that not everyone is happy with it, even in the ACNA. One competitor in the field--especially amongst churches that most would classify as High Church in one form or another--is the venerable 1928 Book of Common Prayer, kept in front …
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Chris Findley's piece (Why) Are Priests and the Liturgy Necessary for Holy Communion? is an interesting exploration of the topic, but it's also (for me at least) an illustration of some of the weaknesses of the way Anglicans "do theology." Perhaps it's too much to ask in one internet piece (which need to be brief …
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An interesting account from A.H.M Jones' classic The Later Roman Empire, 284-602: a social, economic and administrative survey: We possess a curious contemporary document. Jacob, a Palestinian Jew who arrived at Carthage in 634, was seized and forcefully baptised under a recent law of Heraclius. Pondering the Scriptures in prison he came to the same …
The ANCA's 2019 Book of Common Prayer is just starting its first full liturgical year, and the ACNA has thoughtfully put out this guide to same for this year. You can download the Sunday, Holy Day, and Commemoration Lectionary, Year A ~ 2019–2020: The Anglican Church in North America, The Book of Common Prayer (2019) …
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Yes, he does: An internationally renowned Anglican bishop and former chaplain to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is leaving the Anglican Church to become a Catholic. Bishop Gavin Ashenden will be received into full communion by Shrewsbury's Bp. Mark Davies on the fourth Sunday of Advent at Shrewsbury Cathedral, England. From the standpoint of the online Anglican-Episcopal world, this …
It seems that I gravitate towards following the "loose cannons" on the Anglican warship. In the past those included David Moyer (who ultimately did the right thing,) John Hepworth, Chuck Murphy, and later Tory Baucum, Truro Anglican's rector until this happened: The Rev. Dr. Tory Baucum, rector of Truro Anglican Church since 2007 has resigned, …
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https://www.youtube.com/embed/-pBKvmbZ5EA?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent One of the many “characters” in Vulcan’s long (144 year) history was Jesse H. Perry, Vulcan’s senior field service representative right up until his sudden death. As I mention elsewhere, it took a very special kind of person to do what Jess did. Construction is a high risk activity, and that’s especially true with …
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