The Archive
Year: 2010
Assorted links on relationships and sexuality
1. Marriage is down because of the recession? Not. 2. Gays more likely to have multiple partners? Guess again. (Plus other interesting comparisons.)
Southern Cone stonewalls Kearon over interventions
“I wrote to the Primate of the Southern Cone … asking him for clarification as to the current state of his interventions into other provinces. I have not received a response. Consequently, I have written to the person from the Province of the Southern Cone who is a member of the Inter Anglican Standing Commission on Unity Faith and Order … withdrawing his membership and inviting him to serve as a Consultant to that body.” – The Revd Canon Dr. Kenneth Kearon.
Declining membership and the either/or decision
“Everybody comes to understand that we cannot continue just to keep our church buildings open and meet the missions of the church, so it’s in that context that people have to make such a difficult decision.”
Colbert has faith
There are still folks who don’t know that Steven Colbert is an active Catholic. As he puts it, ” “I love my church, and I’m
The Church and the state of gay rights in Kenya
The Kenya Government presented its second periodic report on compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in 2005, to the United Nations Human Rights Committee, and cited the differences and conflicts within the Anglican Church and communion and the strong homophobic stance of the African Anglican Bishops as one of the factors it was considering in framing its policy towards same sex relations.
Education in mission
Samuel Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky, who had lived in Peking for several years laying the foundations of a deep knowledge of the Chinese language, was elected Bishop of Shanghai in 1875, after Bishop Williams’ withdrawal to Japan. He declined the bishopric at first, but yielded his wish when elected a second time in 1876.
Drew Brees speaks out about bullying
Ellen’s favorite quarterback, Drew Brees, spoke out about teen bullying.
Collapse of the church is nigh?
We are on the verge – within 10 years – of a major collapse of evangelical Christianity. This breakdown will follow the deterioration of the mainline Protestant world and it will fundamentally alter the religious and cultural environment in the West.
“Pink Smoke Over the Vatican” highlights the women priest movement
On Sept. 18, 2010, the WOC had the first public showing of “Pink Smoke Over the Vatican,” a one-hour documentary on the women priest movement made by Jules Hart for her company, Eyegoddess Films.