Day: June 26, 2008

Bennison guilty

AP: An Episcopal bishop was found guilty by a church panel of covering up his brother’s assaults of a teenage girl in the 1970s. Charles

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A gay writer at GAFCON

We are the lucky ones, we are free to march and live our lives. In many, many, countries around the world, including many in which Anglican church leaders are powerful politically, people are still harassed, arrested, tortured and killed for their failure to love the right person; their failure to be a “real man” or “real woman”. We are all real people, made in the image of God.

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Limbering up for Lambeth

After the fiasco of GAFCON, will these words from Rowan Williams receive a second hearing? “To those bishops who don’t wish to attend, I recognise their absolute right to choose in good faith and in conscience whether or not they can be there. The invitation’s on the table; naturally I shall be delighted to see more rather than fewer bishops there, that’s their choice – but the door is open.”

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Quiet day at GAFCON

The Dallas Morning News says: If Time is right, the war of words over the role of gays in the Anglican Communion will continue ad nauseum — with nothing, really, being decided as a result.

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Chicago Consultation unveils new Web site

The Chicago Consultation’s Web site went live yesterday. It includes the first of several videos about the group, and resources to help visitors “make the case” for the full inclusion of all baptized Anglicans in the life and leadership of the Communion.

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Same sex marriage and Christian theology

Conservative Christians say opening marriage to gay couples would undermine an immutable institution founded on divine revelation. But, theologically, support for same-sex marriage is not a dramatic break with tradition, but a recognition that the church’s understanding of marriage has changed dramatically over 2,000 years.

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Holy ground in cyberspace

Originally we thought doing Education for Minstry (EfM) online would be great for rural isolated students. We have discovered that it is great for those who travel for work, those who live in cities and don’t want one more night out, those who have children at home and snowbirds. The intimacy and depth of sharing is beyond my dreams. When we do find time to see each other in person – we are like old friends.

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Can the center hold?

This is the least prayerful chapter in the Rule. It is fairly bristling with tension. Perhaps because of his own personal experience, Benedict is wary of the office of prior, probably because of the problems arising from the appointment by an outside authority and the dangers of a power struggle that it carries. The ideal, of course, is what we have been given in the previous chapter, a community of “peace and love.” But Benedict is completely realistic about human nature and its weaknesses and what happens when the spirit of pride enters in. . . .

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