May 30, 2012

Resource for Polity

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Shared Governance: The Polity of the Episcopal Church is now available from Church Publishing and Google Books (with preview) and is maki...
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May 29, 2012

Goodbye, A.V.

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“Euthanasia - small.” That’s what the receipt from the vet reads, a concise summary to this morning's sadness. Of course, the burial f...
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May 27, 2012

Facing the Corporal

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A priest’s prayer... If I set the table will you here abide? Is this small space able, just four hand-breadths wide, by your Wor...
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May 24, 2012

Putting the English On It

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The bishops of the Church of England have introduced a few amendments to the legislation designed to come before the General Synod, permitt...
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May 20, 2012

Polynuptial equations

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At some point in any discussion of the rightness or wrongness of same-sex marriage, or the reasons for and against it, the question, "W...
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May 19, 2012

Both Your Houses

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Should General Convention be Unicameral? I’ve commented before on the rumblings abroad concerning the “restructuring The Episcopal Church” ...
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May 15, 2012

Framing Some Questions

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But suppose there is no child; do they remain two and not one? No; their intercourse effects the joining of their bodies, and they are made...
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May 14, 2012

The Nature of Marriage

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I find myself nonplussed by those who see marriage of any sort as primarily about self-fulfillment or self-realization. I see marriage pri...
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In Africa, The Spirit Leads Us

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Conversations on the Scripture in South Africa 2011 In October 2011, some 25 Anglican leaders from across Africa gathered ...
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May 13, 2012

Word Play

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One of the constant themes in discussions of same-sex marriage is the "just don't call it 'marriage'" meme — call it a...
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May 11, 2012

Quest for the Holy Grail

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Four Pages from an Illuminated Manuscript 1. The Madness of Lancelot: March and Lament 2. Percival: Chaconne 3. Bors: Elegy 4. The Conf...
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May 10, 2012

Of Slippery Slopes

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Conservatives often assert that same-sex marriage will push us along the slippery slope towards the breakdown of marriage and polygamy. On t...
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May 9, 2012

Great Coach, What's the Game?

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The Presiding Bishop has been attending the Provincial Synods of The Episcopal Church and delivering a stirring address at each of them. Wh...
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May 6, 2012

Thought for 5-6-12

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The argument that The Episcopal Church isn't hierarchical because the Constitution and Canons do not use certain code words is rather ...
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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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