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Bringing the message home

September 26, 2007 No Comments

We’ve been visiting diocesan websites looking for letters from individual bishops. Many of them are underlining their contributions of time and resources to the dioceses of Louisiana and Mississippi, which has sadly seen very little air time in the mainstream press. Others are reaching out to help people understand the significance of the compromise, which winds up playing out in the media as we caved to the bullies to some and fell short of primatial demands to others.

Against re-colonization

September 26, 2007 1 Comment

In spite of everything I believe and teach about shared power and shared authority, I find myself buying the press’s line that the power and decision-making in the Episcopal Church in the United States are centered in the House of Bishops, and find myself hoping that whatever they decide this weekend down in New Orleans will set everything right. And I am always proved wrong.

House of Bishops: stories and reactions

September 25, 2007 6 Comments

Episcopal leaders, pressured to roll back their support for gays to keep the world Anglican family from crumbling, affirmed Tuesday that they will “exercise restraint” in approving another gay bishop.

The bishops also pledged not to approve an official prayer for blessing same-gender couples and insisted a majority of bishops do not allow priests to bless the couples in their parishes.

House of Bishops passes compromise resolution

September 25, 2007 7 Comments

The House of Bishops of The Episcopal Church has passed the following statement by a voice vote with only a single voice in opposition. A

Piecing it together

September 25, 2007 No Comments

The House of Bishops is preparing to receive the resolutions from the drafting committee. Bishop Wayne Wright of Delaware is currently reading the first of

Saying too much?

September 25, 2007 No Comments

Update: closing session getting underway. When the House of Bishops reconvenes, it will vote on a resolution of “seven or eight” bullet points written in

Bishop Epting predicts a long day

September 25, 2007 2 Comments

Bishop Christopher Epting believes it may take all day for the House of Bishops to finish work on a response to the Dar es Salaam

Joint Standing Committee departs

September 25, 2007 5 Comments

The members of the Joint Standing Commitee of the Primates Meeting and the Anglican Consultative (a group desperately in need of a shorter nickname) have

Bates: Williams escapes

September 22, 2007 1 Comment

Stephen Bates writes in The Guardian overnight of his impressions of the scene in New Orleans. He describes the surreal aspects of the Archbishop Williams’ visit to the city, his admiration of our church’s involvement in the rebuilding efforts and contrasts that with the specter of the breaking apart of the same church. And he writes of the events and the atmosphere surrounding the end of the Archbishop’s time with the Episcopal Church’s House of Bishops:

Kirk Smith reflects on events in New Orleans so far

September 21, 2007 4 Comments

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

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