“The vanishing point is always the same. Our eyes go out of focus as we try to discern where and when the world began, or to ascertain the source of the stories and graphic dreams that seethe in our heads,”writes Peter Conrad.
The political disputes over The Episcopal Church’s place within the Anglican Communion have spilled over into Central Africa, leading to the replacement of the provincial dean, the Rt. Rev. Trevor Mwamba, Bishop of Botswana. This week’s synod will be the last for the church’s primate. Archbishop Bernard Malango turns 65 in January and is expected to retire at that time. Mwamba’s replacement will serve as acting primate. (Living Church)
The Archbishop of Canterbury will be contacting the Archbishop of Nigeria to seek clarification of Bishop Orama’s remarks. Williams said “The Anglican Primates, along with all other official bodies in the Anglican Communion, have consistently called for an end to homophobia, violence and hatred….”
The Rwandan House of Bishops has elected three new bishops to serve in its Anglican Misssion in America. Read the communiqué here. George Conger observes,
Among American readers religion is a best seller. There’s the flurry of books by committed atheists. But did you also know that three of the
“The actions of the Episcopal Church have created a situation in which some Anglicans in the United States and throughout most of the Provinces of the Communion are convinced that the gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ is clear in its teaching and must take precedent over culture. Holding fast to this belief, they cannot accommodate those who believe the contrary,” stated Gomez. chair of The Covenant Design Group appointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The subject of Sunday’s sermon at St. Stephen’s Anglican Church in Nairobi was repentance, and the preacher found an obvious example of the sinfulness of contemporary culture within the branch of his own denomination an ocean away in the United States. An usher warned that the reporter could be assaulted if he asked worshipers about inclusion of homosexuals, and said that America’s had led to 9/11.
CNN: Bartlett, an accountant from Dundalk, said he made a bargain with the multiple gods associated with his Wiccan beliefs: “You let me win the
Pittsburgh Bishop Robert Duncan said he expects to see a new Anglican province in North America that will replace the Episcopal Church. “We are realigning.” He added he would attempt to pull his entire diocese out of the Episcopal Church, a move that would raise an unprecedented set of legal and financial questions about the ownership of parish buildings and diocesan property
It’s Labor Day Monday in America, one of those comparatively rare holidays relative to number mandated in European countries. In the UK today, they’re not