Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
Well, it's that time again: at the end of the month the Church of God (at least some of it) meets in Orlando for our General Assembly. From a formal procedural standpoint it's a two stage process: first the General Council of ordained bishops meet to debate and pass on appointments and resolutions/changes to the …
The North American Anglican has given Colletti his opportunity to respond and he does so with Colletti: A Response to My Critics. His response mostly stuck with those who were given an opportunity in the North American Anglican itself. I've said most of what I want to say in my pieces The Cattle Have Already …
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The Chinese novel Dreaming of Red Mansions (or Dreaming of the Red Chamber) by Tsao Hsieh-chin is considered a classic in Chinese literature. The title though has nothing to do with the fact that it's the colour of the Chinese Communist Party (it was written during the Ch'ing Dynasty.) Red in China is traditionally the …
The North American Anglican has not included me (wisely, some would say) in the official responders' list to the above referenced post. But I would like to do so, and since I have this forum (and have commented on many of their posts in the past) I will do so on this one. I only …
The whole subject of the Eucharist is one which has occupied this site for a long time. Probably my most read--and infamous--post on the subject was my 2015 piece Bill Clinton's Eucharistic Theology: It Depends on What 'Is' Is, where I tried to use the legal woes of our last Scots-Irish president to make a point …
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The failure of of the ice maker in our refrigerator--which we thought premature--has led us to videos like this, where we found out we were blessed: https://youtu.be/iP1JwoRSTDs?si=YqFzkoXg_NRuffpz One of the brands mentioned as "not what they used to be" was Frigidaire. Fundie and fundie-adjacent types will recall the days when preachers--sweating, bawling and thumping the …
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The Baptist News, of all places, makes this observation: Beneath the salacious headlines from the Anglican Church in North America lies a high-stakes battle about military chaplaincy. Although one of the nation’s smaller Christian denominations, the ACNA endorses a disproportionately massive share of United States military chaplains. And that has been a profit center for the Jurisdiction …
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As we careen from one year of artificial intelligence combined with (and to some extent born out of) real stupidity, it's time to stop and take a look at the Anglican Church in North America, that rickety chandelier of an organisation mired with serious problems with its bishops, and three in particular. The matter of …
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As some of you know, I teach at Lee University in their new Engineering program. Recently I reserved a computer lab to administer a test, and was regaled with the above, from St. John Chrystostom's Pascal Homily. It was written on the white board (the students were amazed it was in cursive, I guess I …
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And more acrimonious too: It’s getting downright nasty and legal. ACNA bishops led by Bishop Phil Ashey contend that the charges of misconduct (but not of a sexual nature) laid at the feet of Bishop Derek Jones of the Special Jurisdiction of the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy (SJAFC) are grounds for an inhibition. The complaints …
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