The Archive

Day: December 10, 2011

Wrestling with Santa

December 10, 2011 3 Comments

Does Santa Claus innoculate children from religion? Can the cultural myth and the Gospel message co-exist in a way that makes sense?

Original design for the National Cathedral

December 10, 2011 5 Comments

In an article on the Smithsonian website on Washington DC monuments that were designed, but never built, you can see that original plan was very different than what we have now.

Evangelicals in the 21st century

December 10, 2011 No Comments

Evangelicals are moving away from many of the positions that the people who do politics in the States imagine they hold. Young Evangelicals are more likely to hold “progressive” stances on political issues, to support “green” issues and be more open to same-sex relationships than their elders.

Scottish Episcopal Church and same-sex marriage

December 10, 2011 1 Comment

Online reports that the Scottish Episcopal Church had joined voices in Scotland calling for a ban on “gay marriage” turn out to be more hype than fact according to information presented on Thinking Anglicans this afternoon.

Bishop Packard on #OWS and Trinity, Wall Street

December 10, 2011 5 Comments

Bishop Packard, in a blog post, worries that Trinity is going to be on the wrong side of history. He posted that concern on Trinity’s Facebook page. It has since been deleted.

Mulishness

December 10, 2011 No Comments

Do not be like a horse or a mule, without understanding,

whose temper must be curbed with bit and bridle, else it will not stay near you. Psalm 32