“My question that I pose today, because those hands haunt me: Is it time to fill those hands? Can we fill those hands together with the absolute love of God?”
The decision exposes the flaw at the heart of attempts to order the Communion on the basis of single issues. There is no less reason to join together at the eucharist, share theological ideas, engage in jointly funded enterprises, and so on, this week than last. A few Episcopalians have said more clearly what they have believed for some time; many still disagree with them. Nothing much has changed.
In the afternoon, the Houses came together in joint session to hear Program, Budget, and Finance (PB&F) present the proposed budget for The Episcopal Church in the next triennium. The Presiding Bishop warned us that it would be painful, as it calls for the substantial reduction for program and mission funding, cuts in staff across the board, and a massive restructuring of how The Episcopal Church goes about its ministry in the Gospel of Christ Jesus.
Resolution C056, the same-sex blessing resolution passed yesterday by the House of Bishops, will be heard on Friday at 9:30 am Pacific in the House
That moment, at Matthew Shepard’s funeral, is when Caldwell became an activist. He concluded his speech on Sunday by saying, “My question that I pose today, because those hands haunt me: Is it time to fill those hands? Can we fill those hands together with the absolute love of God?”
News sources around the world are reporting on the Bishops decisions to approve the development of rites for same sex couples and to allow those states with marriage equality to respond to couples in their churches.
Anglican Centrist breaks the news that nearly a century ago there was talk of schism raging over the whole of the Anglican Communion.
In the meantime, as a teen, my “clergyman” asked me if I wanted to go to church camp. I had loved attending Camp Fire Camp as a child so I thought it would be fun and the church paid my way. I discovered there that the church was more than half an hour of Sunday School followed by a long service from the BCP. But after high school, like many I drifted away.
I am giving Thee worship with my whole life,
I am giving Thee assent with my whole power,
I am giving Thee praise with my whole tongue,
I am giving Thee honour with my whole utterance.