Day: August 6, 2009

More English reservations about the covenant

Not a moment too soon, bloggers and activists in England are expressing reservations about Rowan Williams’ proposed Anglican Covenant. Andrew Brown’s column for the Guardian’s web site is the most recent installment.

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General Convention: Thanks for stopping by

Thanks to everyone who visited during the General Convention. The Cafe received 181,645 visits and 619,816 page views during the month of July. That’s our biggest month ever. The visits came from 77,961 sites–second only to the 86,000+ sites which connect to the Cafe in January, when we were involved in publicizing Bishop Gene Robinson’s participation in the Obama inauguration.

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APA: say no to reparative therapy

The Associated Press: The American Psychological Association declared Wednesday that mental health professionals should not tell gay clients they can become straight through therapy or

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The Mad Priest is on a roll

The proposed Anglican Covenant would be an out of the ordinary device that would completely alienate the Church of England from the culture it serves. Justice for gay people would continue to be won, step by step, in English society, but the churches would become an anachronism living in their own ghetto of bigotry.

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Should we hate Judas?

Did Judas deserve this fate? If Jesus informs you that you will betray him, and tells you to hurry up and do it, are you really responsible for your act? Furthermore, if your act sets in motion the process—Christ’s Passion—whereby humankind is saved, shouldn’t somebody thank you? No, the Church says.

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How generous is “pastoral generosity”?

Surely, I am not the only one who is tempted to see unhelpful condescension in this language. In this piece, I’d like to suggest a more charitable reading, which I hope might provide some guidance for how to apply C056 during the next triennium and beyond.

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Glorified is he!

The choirs of ransomed Israel,

The Red Sea’s passage o’er,

Uprais’d the hymn of triumph

Upon the further shore:

And shouted, as the foeman

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