There’s some lovely video of The Rev. Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows working with members of the congregation she serves in Syracuse to creates garden plots in the city. It’s hoped that the plots will provide healthy food this summer for Grace Church’s food pantry patrons.
There have a been a number of stories about the Global Anglican Future Conference appearing in the press and on NPR today. Here’s a list of a few we haven’t already mentioned.
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Bishop Bob Duncan’s address to the gathered at GAFCON has been posted to the Anglican Communion Network webpage. In his address Bishop Duncan claims that the Elizabethan settlement, out of which has grown modern Anglicanism, has now failed and a new model must be found.
“Hard-line bishops make a mess of it in the Holy Land” is how the Telegraph headlines today’s report on the startup of the GAFCON meeting in Jerusalem today. The article details a number of the initial organizational hurdles the meeting has had to overcome so far.
There’s a long interview in the Asian Times today with Bishop John Chane where he discusses his work in trying to create religious dialogue with Islamic leaders.
According to news reports the review committee looking into charges against the bishop of Pennsylvania has found that he did not act inappropriately in using diocesan funds as was charged. There is no ruling yet on the other charges brought against him.
Laurie Goodstein reports today that Archbishop Drexel Gomez of the West Indies, head of the team drafting the proposed Anglican covenant, was denied a visa to attend the pre-GAFCON strategy session in Jordan. Two questions, why was he denied a visa? and why was a man in his diplomatically sensitive position attending a meeting of schismatic wannabes?
How did it happen that every human activity except working — or at least appearing to work — has turned into a source of embarrassment?