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Ready, set, …

June 30, 2012 No Comments

by Marshall Scott Well, it’s almost here. In a few days, we’ll be getting started. Let’s get started. Of course, I’m referring to General Convention.

Resolution for unicameral General Convention combines clergy, lay orders

June 28, 2012 20 Comments

The new house would consist of diocesan bishops, bishops co-adjutor and suffragan bishops; two clergy deputies and two lay deputies from each diocese. The presiding officer would be a bishop chosen by the bishops eligible to vote at the convention and approved by the deputies.

Pension fund limits employees’ role in wider church

June 28, 2012 5 Comments

CPG Employees who serve the Episcopal Church Employees may not serve, in a personal, elected, or appointed capacity, on any Church-wide governance body of the Episcopal Church including, but not limited to, a deputy of General Convention, a member of the Executive Council or any Committees, Commissions, Agencies and/or Boards of the General Convention, or any other church-wide position.

Woman of blood

June 28, 2012 No Comments

Reflection on Sunday’s Gospel Mark 5:21-43 Isolated and aloneWoman of bloodpours herself towardsthe fabric of life. Dewdrop of hopeslips down the threadto the womanwith outstretched

Baptism and Communion: identity and inclusion

June 28, 2012 20 Comments

Water, Bread and Wine: Should we offer communion to people before they are baptized? asks the reader to say “yes” or “no” to the question, but after reading this book, I think I can say “yes” to every single person’s essay in this book, no matter which “side” they were asked to champion.

Is $2 million for church planting a good idea? Yes! No! Help!

June 27, 2012 9 Comments

My enthusiasm for planting new churches is in conflict with my concerns about whether we’ve thought this all the way through. Well, actually, no. We haven’t thought this through at all. But I am not sure whether this is primarily a matter of thinking, or a matter of making a commitment.

Sacramental Theology 101: Baptism and Eucharist

June 26, 2012 35 Comments

by Derek Olsen The Episcopal Church is a big-tent organization when it comes to theology. This is often a good thing as it allows a

“That’s why they crucified him.”

June 25, 2012 No Comments

I wanted to suggest that maybe if Americans could see the cross in the light of the lynching tree, they might be able to understand what the cross really meant in the 1st century and what the cross might mean for the people who have put other people on crosses.

On Anglican Covenant, Australian primate’s diocese demurs

June 25, 2012 1 Comment

The Diocese of Brisbane, which is led by Archbishop Phillip Aspinall of Australia, a key player in Anglican Communion politics, has passed up a chance to support the proposed Anglican Covenant.

Arizona bishop “guardedly pleased” with Supreme Court immigration ruling

June 25, 2012 No Comments

Bishop Kirk Smith: Although much work still needs to be done to insure that law abiding immigrants in our country are treated in a just and humane manner, I view the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down much of SB1070 as unconstitutional as a step in the right direction, although I wish that it had gone further.

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