Is time really “unredeemable,” as the poet, TS Eliot, appears to suggest? Is the past – our lives, relationships, decisions – lost to us forever? Only in the sense that these things have a fixed and unchanging identity, or only if we allow ourselves to be trapped in them.
The safeguards for those opposed to women priests were unclear. “While we could no doubt expect sincere expressions of goodwill, sympathy, etc. at the time of the Bill being passed, nothing would be spelt out about provision for us until a woman was actually on the point of being consecrated,” he said.
Lambeth library will join COPAC, which gives free access to the merged online catalogues of major University and National Libraries in the UK and Ireland, including the British Library.
Hard Gospel is a commitment by the Church of Ireland to examine not only the challenges of faith which arise for Christians in the “vertical” relationship in loving God but also the practical implications for the outworking of faith in “horizontal” relationships as expressed in Christ’s command to “love your neighbour”.
The Diocese of Maine is using an innovative method of communicating information about the candidates for their next bishop. Besides the standard question and answer essays, the diocese has provided online interview videos of each candidate.
The 2007 General Synod meeting in Canada has left mixed messages to the dioceses of the Anglican Church of Canada on the status of performing same sex blessings. Does the legislation prohibit or allow blessings?
God calls the whole person and all of their experiences – so that one can have a life of meaning and service at same time.
A friend of mine, a Lutheran pastor, said “You Episcopalians seem very earnest and dedicated in your worship, but you don’t seem to take yourselves so darn seriously.” But he went on to say, “You guys are the only denomination that can laugh at yourselves often enough to keep conversation going to be able to make decisions. But lately, you have seemed to get all serioused up.”
The Diocese of Colombia has made an urgent plea for the release of one of its priests, the Rev. Ricardo Morales Gaviria, who was abducted August 20 by outlaw militias. Update: Bishop Duque reports that the priest has been found and is safe.
Dr Barry Morgan, Archbishop of Wales conducted a debate in a bar on the subject of Is Religion Bad? in front of around 50 people, wearing his clergy collar and a sports jacket. A mixture of believers, atheists and drinkers from the bar downstairs combined to create a lively debate.