https://northamanglican.com/a-second-look-at-lying-and-the-ethics-of-the-new-christian-right/ The response to Ben Crenshaw's bold statement strikes me as overcomplicated, I have a few thoughts on this issue. It's one thing to say lying is a sin, but to say that lying has no eternal consequences--the ultimate criterion--undercuts the sinfulness of lying. That's built into a number of theologies floating around today. I've …
Another Conclave, Another Pope…
Next week the Cardinals will begin their closeted deliberations which should result in a new Occupant of the See of St. Peter. The speculation on the result--and the process--has filled social and traditional media. I'm not here to "make book" (literally for many people) on who will end up winning that contest, but a few …
The Sad Passing of commonprayer.org
In the midst of the many things--good and bad--that transpire these days, one thing crept up on me that I wasn't expecting and regret to see--the passing of the website commonprayer.org. It was vanished completely since the first of the year. As a person who was raised on and still uses the 1928 Book of …
Pope Francis Goes to Meet God
It's official now. It has been my custom to reproduce sentiments of people who have died which I wrote while they're living, and I'll do the same for Pope Francis. First: I would quote from my 2019 piece Pope Francis to Bossuet: Hold My Beer, but it's the best summation of my attitude towards the …
Book Review: “What Still Divides Us”–North American Anglican, and Some Comments
https://northamanglican.com/book-review-what-still-divides-us/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=book-review-what-still-divides-us As someone who has been "there and back again" on this divide (and there are few of us who have made that journey) I think I could add something to the discussion, so here goes: In the first chapter, “How are we Saved?” Maloney points out significant differences in how Protestants and Roman Catholics …
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Francis Collins Calls it Quits
It's done: Late last week, Christian geneticist Francis Collins resigned abruptly as a researcher at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). On Wednesday this week, the U.S. Senate held a confirmation hearing for a new NIH director, Stanford University medical professor Jay Bhattacharya, a fellow Christian who Collins privately disparaged as one of “three fringe epidemiologists” during the COVID …
Something Worse than Monarchical Absolutism
Sometimes the most interesting and profound of statements come from some of the unlikeliest places, and this is one of them: it was reprinted in the January 1919 edition of Crane Valve World, the periodical of the Crane Company, the Chicago based company that makes valves and other fittings for piping of air, steam, water …
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“Old High Church” Planting–North American Anglican, with Some Comments
https://northamanglican.com/old-high-church-planting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=old-high-church-planting Ah, the Old High Church... The popularity of the Old High Church--both in the Colonial period and in the years immediately after World War II--is something that flies in the face of a lot of Evangelical church growth orthodoxy. How is it possible to grow a church with such as specific form of worship? …
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Hopefully, @JDVance Won’t Be Too Soon Old and Too Late Smart About Roman Catholic Social Justice Teaching
The Catholic Church in the US is distressed about Trump's immigrant policies: Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, the USCCB president, said in a Wednesday statement that some provisions of Trump's executive actions, including those that affect immigrants and refugees, "are deeply troubling and will have negative consequences." To which Vance came back: "I think that the U.S. Conference …
My Impressions of “Communion Chapel”
Most of you who have followed this blog know that I was able to do two series at my local church (the North Cleveland Church of God) on liturgical worship and the liturgical calendar. That’s not something that is typical in a Pentecostal church, but it isn’t unique either; I’ve been aware of things going …
Positive Infinity 