The folks from Wesboro Baptist traveled to New Hampshire over the weekend to protest against the state’s new same-sex marriage law. They protested at a high school, the city hall in Concord and the offices of the Episcopal Diocese.
The House of Bishops of the Anglican Church of Canada as well as the Conference of Bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada have sent a statement conveying a ‘deep sense of alarm’ over Uganda’s proposed anti-homosexuality bill.
The flashing red dashboard lights appeared mere miles outside the Beltway, just as they were driving past a gas station. Here two more angels appeared: Asian mechanics who spoke no English fixed a computer glitch and screwed the gas cap on properly. These angels were invited to come along as mechanics for the trip but politely declined – if they understood the invitation at all.
He who perseveres to the end shall be saved. Piety must be habitual, not by fits. It must be persevering, because temptations continue all our life, and perseverance alone obtains the crown. Its means are: the presence of God, good reading, prayer, the sacraments, good resolutions often renewed,
Months of hustle and footwork by bloggers and various news sources have turned the attention of certain mainstream media to the subject of what’s going on in Uganda.
From the evangelical and overt “The Blind Side,” to the corporate-greed message of “A Christmas Carol,” the cinema of the moment just might have something to teach us.
Among other things, tough language from Anglican leaders in Uganda’s Lango region has brought charges of political meddling.
Facebook readers also posted some of their favorites from 2009. Jim Beyer thought the headline “Covenant Farce Continues in Face of Schism” was a self-explanatory encapsulation of the big story from 2009, while Sandy Smolinski noted the Pope’s welcoming of disgruntled Episcopalians. Michael Cudney points to the disavowal of B033 at General Convention, saying “all else flows from that.”
“The Anglican Church today is in the forefront of fighting against cultism, making people to swear oaths that they don’t belong to cult and will never belong to cult. We are the first to do that. We led Nigeria to that. We are the only people in the world, to the best of my knowledge, fighting against evil in the world, against this homosexuality in America, other churches are keeping quite.”