Via the Diocese of Virginia e-communique of January 16, 2008: The Hon. Randy I. Bellows has set Oct. 6-30, 2008 for the second phase of
Basically the Anglican spirit aches for unity and I don’t think there are going to be many people who are going to be in a rush to run away from the See of Canterbury. – George Carey, the former archbishop of Canterbury, in an interview with the Houston Chronicle earlier this week.
Progressive Episcopalians of Pittsburgh (PEP) sees reason for hope in the statement issued yesterday by The Episcopal Church’s Title IV Review Committee certifying that, in its view, Bishop of Pittsburgh Robert Duncan has abandoned the communion of The Episcopal Church. PEP believes that the canonical procedures set in motion by this decision will clarify issues of polity that have become confused in this diocese.
Are there nuts? As we learn more about allergies churches are adapting liturgical practices to accomodate those who have allergies. The Baltimore Sun reports: Communion
Be radically honest on what you believe and why you believe it, and let the other do the same. Bishop Mark pointed out that in Ecumenical conversations the point is not to be “nice” but to be truthful. That is the best way to acknowledge our ultimate common ground in Christ.
The desert fathers withdrew from ordinary society and sought the solitude of the desert. This was the first step in their ‘spirituality’. Then they placed themselves under spiritual fathers. After that, the daily life was their prayer, and it was a radically simple life: a stone hut with a roof of branches, a reed mat for a bed, a sheep-skin, a lamp, a vessel for water or oil. It was enough.
The Episcopal Church’s Title IV Review Committee has certified that Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh Bishop Robert Duncan has abandoned the communion of the church but the three senior bishops have not agreed to his inhibition. By canon, with or without an inhibition, the House of Bishops acts on the abandonment charge at their next regular or special meeting after the 60 days for recanting has elapsed.
According to a recent survey adults who do not attend church are cultivating their spiritual life through retreats, prayer, meditation and other spiritual practices. USAToday
The village is the brainchild of Pastor Steven Gahigi, an Anglican clergyman who survived the genocide by fleeing to Burundi with his wife and two children. His mother, father and siblings all died and Gahigi thought he had lost his ability to forgive.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg said that while being a Jew does not affect her view of the law, “being part of a minority, I know what it is like to be an outsider, what it’s like to be the victim of prejudice.”