Apostrophe’s banished
February 11, 2009
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Barbara Wallraff who writes the blog In a Word for The Atlantic draws attention to the AP’s report, Its a catastrophe for the apostrophe. Birmingham,
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This day in Anglican history
February 11, 2009
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On February 11, 1989, Barbara Harris was consecrated a bishop suffragan of the Diocese of Massachusetts, the first woman to be ordained to the episcopate in the worldwide Anglican Communion. It is twenty years on, and today the Church of England debates whether to follow the Americans. And the Canadians, the Australians, the New Zealanders….
Presbyterians will study same-sex unions
February 10, 2009
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The Presbyterian Church (USA) has tapped a 13-member committee to investigate the place same-sex unions should have in Christianity and wider society and issue a report in 2010.
Grace upon Grace in the city
February 10, 2009
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How one small parish in the city center of Allentown, Pennsylvania, renovated their sanctuary into ”a beautiful, practical and liturgically useful” space that has also expanded the capacity of the parish to minister in their neighborhood.
1967: Virginia allows women to serve on vestries
February 10, 2009
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The Diocese of Virginia has a reputation for seeking a middle way. But if in the 60s “the diocese could be labeled centrist on issues
ABC addresses General Synod
February 10, 2009
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‘What is the form of legislation best adapted to the good of the Church as a body where The Others do not simply go away and become invisible?’
Is Anglicanism too incoherent to fracture?
February 10, 2009
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The Anglican world turns its attention from the primates meeting to the Church of England General Synod. The navel gazing continues. Andrew Brown and Giles Fraser think that’s not Christian.
How we spend our time
February 9, 2009
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Episcopalians sometimes complain that all anybody ever learns about our Church is that it is conflicted over the issue of homosexuality. It is almost impossible, this line of argument goes, to get the mainstream media interested in other facets of our life. But every once in a while, a hometown newspaper simply shows up and offers some fairly straightforward coverage of Episcopalians being Episcopalian, and it is a welcome relief.
Amnesty in the hereafter
February 9, 2009
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In recent months, Roman Catholic dioceses around the world have been offering Catholics a spiritual benefit that fell out of favor decades ago — the indulgence, a sort of amnesty from punishment in the afterlife — and reminding them of the church’s clout in mitigating the wages of sin.
Bonnie Anderson on the Primates and the Windsor Continuation Group
February 9, 2009
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The two principal documents released by the Primates at their recent meeting in Alexandria, Egypt, namely The Primates Communiqué and the Report of the Windsor Continuation Group are a study in contrast.
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