The Archive
Day: May 19, 2007
A new generation
The Diocese of Northwest Pennsylvania (Erie and its environs) has elected the Rev. Sean W. Rowe, 32, as its bishop. If confirmed, he will be,
Thanks, USC
The Diocese of Upper South Carolina is featuring the Café in its Web site spotlight. It’s always nice to be noticed, but that much nicer
Disputing Gerson
In his op-ed column, “Missionaries in Northern Virginia,” Michael Gerson of The Washington Post did Christians in the developing world a disservice by assuming that leaders such as Archbishop Peter Akinola of Nigeria have their best interests at heart.
Transparency
One enduring sense I have is that everything will be revealed in the hereafter. In the words of the old Anglican collect for purity, heaven exists in the presence of the God “unto whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid.” I think of this when I say something disloyal about someone who is not present
Fragile, tattered unity
We Anglicans believe that the Bible contains everything necessary for salvation. We do not believe that the Scriptures contain all spiritual truth or everything spiritually helpful. From generation to generation, the Church accumulates and passes along spiritual wisdom exactly as we transmit the knowledge of Jesus, anticipating that each generation will further refine and expand spiritual wisdom.