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Pulpit filled with “weary Willies”

November 9, 2010 2 Comments

A man who starts preparing his sermon at 10 p.m. on Saturday and finishes it at 2 a.m. on Sunday might arrive in the pulpit looking like a weary Willie. Many members of our congregation are women; they see people rather differently from us. They notice that a preacher has a clean collar, or that he is wearing one that might be cleaner. They spend the rest of the sermon wondering about things that need cleaning at home

Board member, editor resign from Baptist newspaper

November 9, 2010 1 Comment

“To print only opinions with which we all agree does not teach us or encourage us to learn or to think about an issue in a different way,” said resigning board member Pat Faulkner. The Biblical Recorder has always considered itself editorially independent. But two weeks ago, editor Norman Jameson resigned amid threats to strip the paper of its funding from the state convention.

A reminder regarding Dan Martins

November 9, 2010 16 Comments

I noted that it was entirely possible that voting in the Rev. Martins’ favor could potentially be good for the Church, and said that I would “happily surrender” my objection “if someone could explain to me why a person who is never going to embrace the notion of diocesan autonomy (i. e., me) should support a bishop who has not made up his mind about this issue.” So far, no takers.

Christianity’s buried treasure

November 9, 2010 1 Comment

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On the path

November 9, 2010 No Comments

I have reflected at length upon spiritual discipline, what it is, what motivates it at best, what it is oriented toward. I have concluded that I cannot “capture” it with my mind, because it inevitably involves what I regard as opposites—strictness and fear as well as generosity and delight. It seems to me that at some point I must simply give up my struggle to understand and give myself to a regimen that has been tested by others of faith.

Commission asks help in research on rites for same-sex blessings

November 8, 2010 16 Comments

We are inviting members of The Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion to help us know what resources are or have already been used in a congregational discernment process to welcome same-gender blessings and to prepare couples for a Christian life together and for a blessing ceremony.

Five C of E bishops decide they are Roman Catholics

November 8, 2010 15 Comments

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales said Bishop of Ebbsfleet Andrew Burnham, Bishop of Richborough Keith Newton, Bishop of Fulham John Broadhurst — as well as retired bishops Edwin Barnes and David Silk — have decided “to enter into full communion with the Catholic Church.”

A single objection

November 8, 2010 1 Comment

I sense that voting in the Rev. Martins’ favor would in some significant ways be good for the Church. So I would happily surrender this objection if someone could explain to me why a person who is never going to embrace the notion of diocesan autonomy (i. e., me) should support a bishop who has not made up his mind about this issue.

My favorite music is way better than your favorite music

November 8, 2010 23 Comments

Hey, I have an idea: let’s argue about church music! Bruce G. Epperly and Darryl Hollinger wrote this week’s offering from the Alban Institute. It

Bishop Alan Wilson challenges Covenant supporters

November 8, 2010 1 Comment

Please, Covenant people, tell us what you think your pet project will achieve and how. We know it’s fallout from the Windsor process, and I’ve seen the text endlessy, but still do not understand exactly what problem it will address and how.

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Author: Jim Naughton