Day: October 21, 2010

Michael Nazir-Ali finds his calling

When the then 59 year-old bishop of Rochester announced his early retirement in March 2009 there was considerable speculation about what calling he would pursue next. How good were the forecasts?

Read More »

Synagogue dues don’t raise more than church pledges

An examination of the aggregate data indicates that the amount raised per individual member is very similar between synagogues and churches. But the level of participation is quite different: While synagogues require roughly the same amount of dues from each of their members, church giving does not appear to be so evenly distributed.

Read More »

Berenstain Bears get religion, in parallel universe

The Berenstain Bears, once known for promoting family values sans religion, have broken their self imposed moratorium on declaring whether they are people of faith or no faith. Actually, it’s more complicated than that. Their sans religion titles will continue to be published by Random House. Their overtly Christian titles are being published by Zondervan

Read More »

Venables reacts to Kearon sanctions

In an interview with AnglicanTV — an outlet frequented by Gafcon, Global South Anglicans, disaffected Episcopalians and schismatic Episcopalians — the Presiding Bishop of the South Cone, Gregory Venables speaks about the Anglican Consultative Council, revisions to the Anglican Consultative Council constitution and the recent punishment the South Cone received for interventions in other provinces.

Read More »

TEC bishops compared unfavorably to Borgia popes

Guinness stated that inclusivity is indifference to truth which is profoundly dangerous. He referred to a conversation with a Roman Catholic cardinal who noted that while the Borgia popes, one of whom fathered children with his own daughter, never denied a single issue of the creed, the Episcopal leaders in The Episcopal Church deny much of the creed and remain in post.

Read More »

Father of the bride

When talking with one of my wisdom friends recently (wisdom friend means someone with more grey hair than me) they talked about how we often don’t make room in our lives for times of transition; we don’t consciously acknowledge and attend to the emotional space of life changes, be they hopeful changes such as a new job or new opportunity or tough changes such as the loss of someone or the physical or cognitive changes in ourselves or those we love.

Read More »

Practice heaven

Love for God cannot be separated from love of neighbor. Jesus calls us to love God through our neighbor—by visiting prisoners, by hospitality to strangers, by actions that ostensibly give us no reward at the end of a long day’s work. Jesus seems idealistic at best. When we look around and see others prospering through violence or greed, most of us pay little attention to God’s love. How can we?

Read More »
Archives
Categories