The Archive
Year: 2008
Live: TEC-Sudan relations, what happens now?
Archbishop Daniel Deng’s call for the resignation of Bishop Gene Robinson today surprised many of his friends and colleagues in the Episcopal Church because the Sudanese Church has extensive relationships with Episcopal dioceses and parishes, and openly gay clergy and lay people are active in these relationships.
A sense of “Place”
Many of us have learned to find an internal “happy place,” as a way to cope with stress and anxiety. But how many of us have learned to find a real-life “happy place” — a three-dimensional, reality-based, imperfect-but-still-nourishing PLACE in which to find rest and refreshment?
Love trumps dogma
The current state of the Anglican Communion is tenuous. Of all the issues confronted in the church’s two millennia—persecution, war and famine, the rise and fall of nations, of economies, of political systems, of churches—why should this great expression of the Christian faith be shaken to its core over issues of sexuality?
Blogging bishops, July 22
Everyday life at the Lambeth Conference is settling into the bishop blogosphere. After the “high” of Sunday’s services and the beginning of what is called ordinary time – only the most committed blogging bishops seem to be posting today.
Saudi Arabia holds interfaith conference
Saudi Arabia won praise Friday for taking a leading role in an interfaith conference in Madrid, with participants saying it was another sign the conservative Muslim kingdom is opening up.
Live: telling Zimbabwe’s story
The bishop skillfully avoided the media’s attempts to get him to make a statement about the issue of homosexuality. “We’ve got different issues,” he said. “In Zimbabwe, our issues are poverty, unemployment, no medication… these are the burning issues in Zimbabwe. At the present moment, we have the problem of being oppressed by a system.”
Live: Sudanese primate calls on Robinson to resign (updated)
“Gene Robinson should just go away from the Anglican world and be a normal Christian,” said Deng. He said he could not predict the future of the Communion if Robinson did not resign.
Live: whispers, impressions
Just as I am writing, the Church of Sudan has released two statements, one on war, genocide and hopes for peace, the other asking the Episcopal and Canadian churches to refrain from ordaining additional gay clergy or approving rites for same-sex blessings; cease court actions, etc. Guess which one is engendering more interest in the press room?