I think it’s time to admit that the tradition of liberal Anglicanism is finished. Those Anglicans who carry on calling for an “inclusive church” are relics of a previous era. They should face the fact that the religious landscape has changed utterly. For the first time this church has defined itself in opposition to liberalism, taking a decisively reactionary stance on a crucial moral issue.
Paul O’Donnell writes in New York Magazine: Martha Ainsworth rides a bus into Port Authority from New Jersey at least three times a week, twice
Americans are too darn happy, says Eric G. Wilson, who believes there is a war on melancholy. “Why are most Americans so utterly willing to have an essential part of their hearts sliced away and discarded like so much waste?” he asks. “What are we to make of this … obsession with happiness… that could well lead to a sudden extinction of the creative impulse?”
Paul Canady, deputy for youth in the Diocese of Washington, is also a candidate for Holy Orders. As part of his training he has just completed an immersion ministry at a truck stop in Carlisle, Pa. You can read about this off-beat ministry and the people he met on his blog.
…after reviewing all the supporting documents that give evidence of their actions, I was astonished that we neglected to take action any sooner on their obvious violation and breach of their oath to engage to conform to the doctrine, discipline and worship of The Episcopal Church.
A Muslim girl from a Washington, D. C. high school was disqualified during an invitiational meet in neighboring Montgomery County after meet officials ruled the unitard she wears for religious reasons violated National Federation of State High School Associations standards. The girl’s coach pointed out that she has competed in that uniform for two years without incident.
Isaiah the prophet wrote about the sevenfold gift of God in his prophesy about the Holy Spirit and about his sevenfold gifts. The sevenfold gifts are named thus: sapientia in Latin, that is wisdom in English;