The child-rearing world is profoundly ambivalent about male aggression. Should it be suppressed, cultivated, channeled? Which of these? Read Walter Kirn’s insightful essay. Then discuss.
When Michael McManus lauds the CANA initiative and how it preserves “freedom of choice” in his syndicated column, a reader from Spotsylvania Co., Va., explains something about the freedom of choice. “My choice, like that of the majority of Episcopalians, is to remain a member of a denomination that provides safe haven for disagreement and that entertains diversity,” writes Bill Mehr.
Scott Gunn at Inclusive Church blog has done his history homework on former Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey. Comparing “then” with “now” he finds “there
Guardian columnist Andrew Brown has issued a challenge to the Archbishop of Canterbury in light of Akinola’s call to boycott Lambeth: Stand up for yourself, Rowan.
Promoting a faith based culture of reconciliation is the hope of 65 Episcopalians attending “The Third Way” training seminar led by The Rev. Brian Cox,
Generally, the Church only ever sees the good in the idea of community. Yet, in the name of community, all manner of nastiness and bigotry is frequently excused. Precisely because we are so focused on the sins of the first person singular, our radar is insufficiently attuned to those committed in the first person plural. It’s a moral blind spot.
Where have all the letters to Archbishop Peter J. Akinola gone?
The Falls Church News-Press comments on the visit to Virginia by Abp Akinola: While the political elites in Abuja will use guns to maintain dominion
“In showing their willingness to take on such risks, the people in these parishes are making a strong statement against friends, acquaintances, and members of their own families who are gay or at least sympathize with gay people—sons, daughters, aunts, uncles, cousins, and siblings.”