Yesterday was the final day of the presentations to the trial court convened to rule on charges of misconduct against Bishop Charles Bennison. The trial concluded with closing arguments and a not unexpected move by the defense to dismiss all charges. The verdict is expected in 30 days or less.
The Lead has been passed along an essay entitled “Our Journey Into the Future” that is reportedly to be presented to the Global Anglican Futures Convention (GAFCON) which occurs later this month in Jordan. This is a new document and not the paper published by SPREAD that appeared a few weeks ago.
The Diocese of Pittsburgh has moved its yearly Diocesan Convention forward by a month so as to be better positioned to respond to the expected action by the Episcopal Church’s House of Bishops following the Lambeth Conference.
When she was gone and lay lifeless on the floor, we agonized over whether we had made the right treatment choices: to amputate her leg after the diagnosis of OS six months ago or to put her to sleep right then and there; to gauge almost on a daily basis how much pain she was in, and how much medication to give her; to assess when to live and when to die. Is not the power of life and death even over family pets an awful responsibility?
Returning from the nursing home, I feel empty.
She who nurtured me no longer knows me.
Suddenly, I need to be taken care of.
The unkempt homeless man on the steps of the church invites me in.
“The food here is good,” he says.
The Scottish Episcopal Church is meeting in its General Synod now. The reports from the first day’s business have appeared on its web site, and are summarized on Thinking Anglicans. In their meeting, the Synod expressed a willingness to participate in the design of a possible covenant, but pointedly stopped at saying anything more committal.