January 29, 2014

Finally

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In the better late than never department, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York have finally issued a short but pointed statement addressin...
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January 21, 2014

Speaking Up

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As you can see, blogging has been light for a bit. However, the lack of reaction from certain church leaders to the dangerous legislation in...
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December 27, 2013

The King's Apology

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King Herod was a man who weighed things in the scale of his own judgment, in his selfish-ordered world, in which his life out-weighed a...
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December 25, 2013

Warning for Storytellers

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Saint Stephen is considered the first martyr — the first Christian to perish as a result of his proclamation of the gospel. As I encounter...
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December 24, 2013

Christ Child's Play

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We are called to welcome Christ, yet how often is he left out, outside in the cold in the feed-trough? SJF • Christmas Eve 2013• Tobias H...

Surprise

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Amdist all the busyness of Christmas, including the best-laid plans that go awry, and the expectations that fail to come to pass, recall t...
December 20, 2013

Believing "In"

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When I say "I believe in God" I am not just affirming a proposition concerning my opinion about God. I am affirming something stra...
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Weaned from a Pickle

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The perennial question of the location of the headquarters for The Episcopal Church is on the table once more, in part in response to a reso...
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December 18, 2013

Homophobia Test

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This is a test of the homophobia detection system, designed particularly for the people who say that they are not homophobic, just firmly co...
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December 14, 2013

Religion as Shield for Bigotry

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A thought for anti-gay religious people who don't want to be thought of as homophobes Consider this: the fact that a given belief has...
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December 13, 2013

John of the Cross, 1591

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Juan de la Cruz was a Carmelite mystic who died on December 14, 1591. He is famed for the phrase, “dark night of the soul” — the title of ...

Thought for 12.13.13

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On Salvation Through Christ Alone I tend to think it's a bit like gravity. "Nothing falls to the earth, including sparrows, except ...
December 11, 2013

Not Just Stuff

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Jim Naughton reports on an interview between Patricia Churchland and Graham Lawton, concerning her book Touching a Nerve: The Self as Brain...
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December 10, 2013

Rachel Weeps

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From my 1980 Requiem for Children. MP3 File A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and wailing. Rachel cries for her children and will no...
December 7, 2013

Welcome Bishop-Elect Shin

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Happy to report that the Diocese of New York has elected Allen K Shin as Bishop Suffragan, on the fourth ballot. I thought we might be at...
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December 5, 2013

Saint Nicholas

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Saint Nicholas of Myra is the patron of children, sailors, and pawnbrokers — as well as many another town or nation. No wonder he is consi...
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December 2, 2013

Thought of Train

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The terrible train accident yesterday took place only about ten minutes by bus away from my church. It is a train line I take quite often wh...
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Mission East

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Channing Moore Williams Missionary Bishop in China and Japan, 1910 How does a poor farmer's son grow up to be a bearer of the Gospel ...
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November 29, 2013

Episcopal Elections

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Over at Facebook I posted a comment , as follows, which has engendered a lively discussion. I am distressed to see that our upcoming elec...
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November 27, 2013

Thought for 11.27.13

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Reading all of the debate on the attempted settlement to the English “women bishops” row, I noted someone claiming that “Our Lady” would be ...
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