Andrew Gerns – Page 133 – Episcopal Cafe

21,000 Jedi in Canada

August 5, 2010 6 Comments

Is this innocent satire, or are these individuals making a statement? Could you be a Christian and a Jedi Knight simultaneously?

Sure. When the church lost its purity under Rome, the ascetics went out into the desert to forge their relationships with God more or less alone. Jesus withdrew in order to pray. However, he did not stay there.

Meaning afresh as Louisiana boats are ritually blessed

August 1, 2010 No Comments

It is perhaps only more evidence for why we need ritual in our lives: that act of doing something one has done before, but, even though it’s the same thing, being able to see it as one never has before.

CoE vicar to parishioners: Swear more

August 1, 2010 3 Comments

What Would Jesus Do? … Really? … Are you sure?

Anne Rice uses Facebook to break up with Christianity

August 1, 2010 21 Comments

Rice’s fiction has made her the star of the niche she dominates, with many acolytes, and her ideas gain quick traction.

On Faith: Should religions intermarry?

July 30, 2010 5 Comments

Is interfaith marriage good for American society? Is it good for religion? What is lost -and gained -when religious people intermarry?

Cathedral of Second Life nuances a proposed constitution

July 30, 2010 23 Comments

What happens when a virtual ministry dips its fingers into the tangible aspects of incorporation? As it works the details, a fledgling international online Anglican community shows us how it understands itself.

Running on empty

July 29, 2010 4 Comments

What would happen if you planned an elaborate bus tour through 20 cities over the summer in an effort to stop the legalization of gay marriage, and no one showed up?

“Breaking”: TEC still in the AC

July 29, 2010 10 Comments

First resolution: “TEC should be invited to withdraw from all Anglican Councils: 2 votes for, and 8 votes against, no abstention recorded”

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Author: Andrew Gerns