October 15, 2024

On Original Mortality

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The following is my more considered reflection on some issues raised by my friend Bosco  at his Liturgy blog. One of the things that divides...
October 11, 2024

Early Christian Socialism?

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There's a meme going around the net quoting the 13th chapter of C S Lewis’ Mere Christianity , in which he observes that by economic sta...
June 23, 2024

Love and Envy

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Proper 7b 2024 • Church of the Advent, Baltimore • Tobias Stanislas Haller BSG  Saul was afraid of David ... Today’s reading from First Samu...
February 7, 2023

Maybe Two (or more) Churches of England?

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General Synod of rhe Church of England is meeing this week, and it is forcing them finally to begin to address the fact that there have been...
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January 21, 2023

There will always be an England [, Church of?]

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Reading the Church of England’s bishops’ half-hearted outreach to same-sex couples (many of whom have already bypassed the church and are ma...
July 27, 2022

Lambeth Resolutions Come and Go

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In response to claims that Lambeth resolutions "hold" until expressly repealed, and citing Lambeth 1958's rejection of the for...
March 18, 2022

The Widow Walks

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The hallway retained the scent of lilies and hyacinth, mixed with the faint edge of mothballs. The funeral had been a few days earlier; I wa...
February 1, 2022

I saw heaven

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 I saw heaven in a dream the other night. In heaven, everyone is 22, and they all wear Hawaiian shirts and Bermuda shorts and go barefoot. T...
December 2, 2021

Infrastructure Plan

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John went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, as it is written in the bo...
November 19, 2021

A Future for the Church

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I had some serious thoughts about the future of the church this afternoon, after reading about a diocese deciding to close a parish that was...
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October 4, 2021

Naked Need

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 Proper 22 • Advent 2021 • TSH  Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never ente...
September 28, 2021

Elephant, Snake, and the Garden

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A Not Just So Story by Tobias Stanislas Haller When God made the earth there was a special place called the Garden that was full of beautifu...
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