A picture of today’s events is emerging from mainstream media reports from New Orleans. Taken individually, you might draw any number of conclusions, but together they form a collage that reveals more.
Bishop Kirk Smith of the Diocese of Arizona has sent his thoughts about the past two days of the House of Bishop’s meeting. His weekly
There are numerous resolutions to be considered, and the Presiding Bishop and the leaders of the House may find it challenging to do them all justice. As one bishop said: This is a big sandbox and everybody has brought their favorite toys.
The Church of Wales has voted “no” to the proposed language of the Anglican Covenant as it presently stands.
Listening online to the bishop’s press conference this afternoon, I heard Archbishop Williams say of the Dar Es Salaam Communique: My paraphrase of some of
Mary Ailes, posting on BabyBlueOnline, has the text of a speech delivered in the first morning session of the House of Bishop’s meeting in New
Mark Harris writes on his blog Preludium about the news that emerged from the House of Bishop’s meeting yesterday. He focuses particularly on the plan
There are at least four versions of proposed resolutions posted online this morning. Some are being put forward by coalitions of bishops, others by single
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams suggested September 20 during an ecumenical service at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center that New Orleans’s recovery could remake the city into God’s image of the holy city.
The most intriguing story on the wires at the moment comes from Australia, but there are also dispatches from the Associated Press, which quotes from the Day 1 item down blog a bit, Reuters and the Press Association. The story from Australia is based on an interview with Archbishop Philip Aspinall, given just before he left for New Orleans. In it he discusses the need to find a “middle way.”