April 25, 2012

Issues under Review

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The Church of England is undertaking a review of its Issues in Human Sexuality, which has been a guiding document for their explorations ove...
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April 22, 2012

Anglican Algebra

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Today's lesson is very short and consists of a single formula, which can be taken as an axiom:   Covenant ≠ Communion  This simple ex...
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April 18, 2012

The Universal Effect of Christ and the Church's Role, Briefly

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Far be it from me to say that a person who has never heard of Christ is not saved by Christ, and made part of his risen life — in fact I t...
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April 15, 2012

Leak Concerning John

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Dean Jeffrey John is rightly protesting the leak that he believes to have cost him the appointment to the See of Southwark. Whether it so c...
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April 13, 2012

Lack of Balance at Fulcrum

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Over at Fulcrum, Stephen Kuhrt is once again widely missing the mark by trying to portray the failed (in England) Anglican Covenant as if i...
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April 9, 2012

Fruits of Lenten Discipline

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Early this year, Arthur Longsworth, a member of my congregation who hails from Belize approached me to ask if I would be willing to write...
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April 8, 2012

The Good News

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There is one old story that never grows old, and it has an effect however often it is told. -- a sermon for Easter 2012 Saint James Fordham ...
April 3, 2012

Identity as Response to Social Pressure

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The Archbishop of Canterbury made some interesting observations concerning what is commonly called identity politics , which leads me to a ...
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March 28, 2012

Covenant Amendment

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Now that England has said No to the Proposed Anglican Covenant — though of course they can eventually reconsider, so claims it is "dead...
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March 27, 2012

On Rowan's Ministry, Briefly

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Many are penning or blogging “ post-mortems ” on the ministry of Archbishop Rowan Williams, and the dance of the aspirants round the greasy ...
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March 24, 2012

Political Science 101

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The voting in the synods of the Church of England Dioceses to date has resulted in a majority of dioceses against the adoption of the Propo...
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Cb4B 2 GC

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The Diocese of Eastern Oregon is bringing "communion without baptism" or "communion before baptism" to the General Conve...
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March 20, 2012

Meaning and Intent: Porneia in the Apostolic Fathers

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Peter Carrell of Anglican Down Under (and Hermeneutics and Human Dignity ) and I engaged in what for me was a fruitful discussion a while ...
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March 16, 2012

The Wrong Model

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How is one to address the issue of unity in the Anglican Communion, much less the church, without reference to Jesus Christ? Christ himself ...
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March 14, 2012

England and Canterbury: A Point to Note

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Regardless of the Archbishop of Canterbury's feelings regarding the possible failure of the Proposed Anglican Covenant in the Church of ...
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March 12, 2012

Scotland the Brave

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England is hogging all the attention in the Proposed Anglican Covenant arena these days, as their synodical process winds on in a pattern no...
March 11, 2012

Some Informal Notes on "Kovenaunty"

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by H. Dumpty, PhD. I have been asked by the blog host to say a few words about the poem Kovenaunty , that appeared recently on this site....
March 10, 2012

Essential Fault

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The most significant failing in the current rash of pro-Proposed Anglican Covenant propaganda is the disingenuous assertion that this propos...
March 8, 2012

Supreme Court on Freedom of Religion

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In an earlier post , I had said that I did not think the requirement that health insurance including contraceptives being available to the e...
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Not again: Golden Apples

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Yes, this is another comment on the Covenant. (Contrary to what some say, I do not spend all my time thinking about this. I'm a fast wri...
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