2017 – Page 98 – Episcopal Cafe

the Objective God

March 19, 2017 13 Comments

Again and again we find ourselves as subjects addressing God as an object, a separate being – one whom we seek, appeal to, and praise. We ask this divine being to respond, to have mercy, to grant, to forgive, to act, just as we would ask another person to do the same. “We” speak to a God who is not “us,” but something else, whether we think of God as the one in whom we live and move and have our being, or as something impossibly far away. In other words, we think dualistically.

Transformation not conversion

March 19, 2017 4 Comments

by George Clifford The theological term conversion has sufficiently troubled me that I have avoided using it for decades. Initially, this avoidance was

Speaking to the Soul: Wild Waters

March 19, 2017 No Comments

This encounter is for thirst quenching, for knowing and for being known.

Resisting Evil

March 19, 2017 3 Comments

In baptism we promise to resist evil, but how do we know evil in our life and how do we best resist it? Here’s our top ten ways for resisting evil.

Promoting services of Thanksgiving & Eucharists for LGBTQ couples in the Church of England

March 18, 2017 1 Comment

The Rt Revd Steven Cottrell, bishop diocesan of the Diocese of Chelmsford, Province of Canterbury in the Church of England has called for the CoE to offer services of Thanksgiving and Eucharists to celebrate the civil marriages of LGBTQ folks in England.

Designing Lambeth Conference 2020

March 18, 2017 4 Comments

This past week the Lambeth Conference Design Group has been meeting for the first time. Two things have been set. The 2020 Conference will be during July of 2020 in Canterbury England. The theme of the Conference will be “God’s Church for God’s world.”

Called to be one with the Apsotles

March 18, 2017 2 Comments

Andrew Gerns offers another perspective on the much-maligned proposal to create a list of pre-vetted candidates for bishop elections.

A Statement from the Australian Primate regarding the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse

March 18, 2017 No Comments

In 2013 the Australian federal government established the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. As the Commissions moves to a final hearing with the Anglican Church of Australia, to be held in Sydney, the Primate, Archbishop Philip Freier, of that national church has issued a statement.

Another Anglican first in Rome

March 18, 2017 1 Comment

Anglican Choral Evensong was held in St Peters Basilica last Monday night with music from the choir of Merton College, Oxford. The service was led by Archbishop David Moxon, the director of the Anglican Center in Rome and the Archbishop of Canterbury’s representative to the Holy See.

Retired Primate of Burundi accepts appointment to the Anglican Center in Rome

March 18, 2017 3 Comments

The Archbishop of Canterbury has appointed Archbishop Bernard Ntahoturi to be his representative to the Holy See and the new director of the Anglican Center in Rome.

The Archive

Year: 2017