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What have we done?

September 16, 2007 2 Comments

“I think they’re pushing us because they want to polarize the issue,” said Bishop Parsley of Alabama, who did not vote for Robinson. “The primates want us to say that we don’t approve public rites of blessing, and we have not done that. They don’t want us to approve gay bishops, and the 2006 general convention resolution makes that unlikely. Basically, what I’m saying is that what they are asking is essentially already the case.”

God and evolution

September 16, 2007 No Comments

Is an acceptance of neo-Darwinian evolution possible for a Christian? Catholic theologian Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J., offer three different Christian approaches to reconciling scientific evidenc eof evolution with faith in a creating God.

Salty returns

September 15, 2007 1 Comment

As an American Episcopal priest, however, I feel that no one is looking at the real issue, which is not to get the archbishop to come on board the gay world cruise, but rather to deal with far more critical issues at local and regional levels. It’s really not up to Rowan to make everything all right. Why should we demand that our spiritual leaders become supermen?

Gen-X bishop ordained in Seattle area

September 15, 2007 No Comments

“Everybody under age 35” is a priority, says Greg Rickel, who will soon be bishop of the Diocese of Olympia. Rickel, who has an 11-year-old son, Austin, with his wife of 23 years, Marti, a psychiatric nurse, says, “If we can’t master or figure out what to do with that age group, the church is dead.”

Rowan Williams on a “broken” society

September 15, 2007 4 Comments

Rowan Williams tells the Telegraph that he believes our society is “broken,” in an interview that has nothing to do with the Anglican Communion. “Is

What is the moral course in Iraq?

September 15, 2007 4 Comments

George Packer can hardly be described as a supporter of the war in Iraq, but in his latest for The New Yorker, he both skewers the architects of the war, and poses some difficult questions for those who favor a rapid pullout. On the one hand, he writes: “[T]he inadequacy of the surge is already clear, if one honestly assesses the daily lives of Iraqis.” On the other hand, he finds all of the “quick exit” strategies being advocated on the left shortsighted and superficial.

Mormons exposed. Literally

September 15, 2007 No Comments

A group of young Mormons, out to counter their church’s stodgy image have hit upon the idea of a beefcake calendar. As they explain it: The 2008 Men on a Mission calendar features twelve handsome returned Mormon missionaries from across the United States who, for the first time ever, have dared to pose bare-chested in a steamy national calendar.

Nigerian Bishops seek Lambeth postponement

September 14, 2007 3 Comments

The bishops of the Church of Nigeria, in an open letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury posted on the Nigerian website, have asked for the Lambeth Conference to be canceled lest it cause scandal because of acrimony. They further call for an urgent meeting of all Primates to judge whether the Episcopal Church’s response is adequate and to quickly create an timetable for the formation of an Anglican Covenant which will in turn serve as a gate-keeper to the next Lambeth Conference.

Nets for life

September 14, 2007 No Comments

Episcopal Relief and Development has had an important role in the distribution of hundreds of thousands of nets used to protect sleeping children and their

The PB on the HoB Meeting

September 14, 2007 No Comments

Episcopal Life Online is carrying a video by the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church providing some background and her reflections on the coming House

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