The Archive
Month: January 2010
Going to church even when you can’t go
Being stranded by winter weather does not mean you must pray in isolation.
Sunday Social Hour
Have you noticed on Facebook that our wall doesn’t always contain the most up-to-date posts? Check the “notes” box to see if there is a
How religion shapes the narrative of violence against women
Wherever it shows itself, religion is as capable of helping to justify damage against females as it is of doing any good.
Heaven was opened
The Lord was baptized. The heavens were opened, and the Holy Spirit came down upon him. A voice from the heavens thundered and said, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am pleased.” We should say that heaven was opened at the baptism of Jesus and for the plan of forgiving sins. There are not the sins of him “who had committed no sin, nor was deceit found in his mouth.”
The psychology of the transitional diaconate I
The 1928 Prayer Book is clear. The diaconate is a probationary period in which a man will show himself worthy (or not) to become a priest. This is highly questionable ecclesiology, but at least it makes sense.
Ugandan human rights lawyer says anti-gay bill should be rejected
Busingye Kabumba who teaches International and Regional Human Rights Law at Makerere University, Uganda says that the proposed anti-gay legislation ought to be rejected..
Iker group loses, again
The Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth prevailed on December 29th in Hood County, as it did in earlier in 2009 in Tarrant County, on two more Rule 12 motions filed on behalf of groups controlled by Bishop Jack Iker and others who have left the Episcopal Church but claim to still control the continuing Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth.
ABC’s visitors to Canada on
“aberrations south of the border”
“We sensed that in Canada there was a general consensus on the nature of orthodoxy, with fewer extreme views of the kind that have led to some of the aberrations south of the border. Even the bishops who were strongly progressive in the matter of same-sex blessings insisted that they stood firmly within the creedal mainstream.”
Saturday collection 1/08/10
Unsung heroes, are, by definition, not widely known. The Saturday Collection this week focuses on three formerly unsung, or little sung heroes, who are getting the attention they deserve.