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Category: The Lead
Having The Talk
Two articles on the sex talk, both from the New York Times (well, one is from a NYT blog, Freakonomics), caught our attention in the last two days.
Can we look forward to a mixed society?
It wasn’t so much that the members of the two churches did not get along, Hurd and Cartwright agreed. They just existed on different sides of an invisible wall that ran between one church on Swinton Avenue and the other on Southwest Third Street.
‘I am Episcopalian’ microsite draws half a million visitors during Lent
A communications initiative, launched on Ash Wednesday, which provides a new way for Episcopalians to share their connection to and appreciation for the Episcopal Church,
Jane Williams: God’s verdict
Part of the meaning of Easter is to be wary how we judge. We do not see things the way God does, and we are extremely likely to get things wrong.
Breaking: Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth files suit
This lawsuit is necessary because of actions and decisions of these former diocesan leaders that sought to alienate property and assets of the Episcopal Church and deprived Episcopalians of their use and benefit. Despite courteous demand, the defendants and others continue to use the name and seal of the Diocese and maintain possession and control over diocesan property….
We’re not splitting, only slicing
Eight archbishops are meeting in closed-door session at a London hotel this week to review plans for the creation of a new Anglican Communion province to be known as the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) says The Living Church. But under the current canons of the communion ACNA could not be recognized as a province without the consent of the Anglican Church of Canada and The Episcopal Church.
Holy See rejects Caroline Kennedy
None of the three candidates informally proposed by the Obama administration so far is acceptable to the Pope because of their support for abortion rights, say reliable sources in Rome.
Sydney rectors are advised lay presidency is allowed
Church Times: It is believed that regional bishops have advised Sydney rectors that they may permit diaconal presidency under certain circumstances.
Jesus condemned sacrificial theology
“I desire mercy, not sacrifice,” Jesus insists, going on to side with the scapegoats themselves. The Gospel is clear. I am with the one cast out. He became one with the rejected and the cast out. And thus he suffered the same fate. This is not to endorse sacrificial theology but to condemn it.