An international coalition of Anglicans has been created to campaign against the proposed Anglican Covenant. Campaigners believe the proposed Covenant constitutes unwarranted interference in the internal life of the member churches of the Anglican Communion.
“Since church attendance collapsed in the province in the 1960s, at least two secular generations have marched through life hardly tasting a Eucharist wafer or hearing an angelus bell, while the Council for Quebec’s Religious Heritage estimates that 20 churches a year are sold or torn down.”
Over the past several days we’ve heard a lot about how the church’s leadership structures need to be more nimble: structurally, maybe, as well as intellectually and spiritually. So we offer the following meditation on what it means to be agile.
“Based on the Antichrist’s orders, our tour group was being initiated into something called ‘Citizen Change Camp.’ A main part of our ‘initiation’ was witnessing the execution and torture of people who refused to denounce their Christian faith.”
Pretty quiet this week on the social networks, if you don’t count the fact that everyone is tweeting and Facebooking about the Rally to Restore
“The Festival is hosted by Vision Forum, the Reconstructionist, Christian patriarchal homeschooling organization. Vision Forum’s President, Doug Phillips, is no minor player in conservative politics: he is the son and follower of Howard Phillips, founder of the Constitution Party.”
One of the two explosives-packed parcels recently intercepted was likely bound for Or Chadash, a Chicago-based Jewish congregation that’s known for its openness to the
1 I spread your idea because it makes me feel generous.
2…because I feel smart alerting others to what I discovered.
3…because I care about the outcome and want you (the creator of the idea) to succeed.
4…because I have no choice. Every time I use your product, I spread the idea (Hotmail, iPad, a tattoo).
“In contrast to pacifism, it is often assumed that just war reflection is “realistic.” It is by no means clear, however, if advocates of just war have provided an adequate account of what kind of conditions are necessary for just war to be a realistic alternative for the military policy of a nation.”
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori on the challenge and importance of building a church that’s agile, nimble and–yes–deals in deadlines.