As I see it, this latest move is hypocrisy squared: shameful and shameless.
LAMBETH HYPOCRISY: Disinviting the Spouses
As I see it, this latest move is hypocrisy squared: shameful and shameless.
“SIX RESOLUTIONS FOR LAMBETH”: A Quick Response to Ephraim Radner
On 12 February, Dr. Ephraim Radner sought to “clean up the playing field” with “Six Resolutions” for Lambeth” in 2020. As one who has written extensively on the state of the Anglican Communion – I commented recently on Andrew Goddard’s …
WHEN IS “GOOD DISAGREEMENT” NOT GOOD? When It Contradicts God’s Word
So let’s remember that the Lambeth Conference was not conceived as a garden party or a photo op but rather as a solemn assembly of bishops who have vowed to “banish and drive away all erroneous and strange doctrine contrary …
“LIVING IN LOVE AND FAITH”: Tree or Billboard?
I doubt the final Living in Love and Faith Report will be lively, lovely, or faithful. I suspect it may function more like the billboard in Ogden Nash’s "Song of the Road": I think that I shall never see a …
IMPAIRED COMMUNION: A Flawed Compromise in the Episcopal Church
When all is said and done, why don’t the Communion Partner bishops simply agree to officiate the same-sex services themselves.
“TAKING SWEET COUNSEL TOGETHER”: Lambeth Edition
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then the photo of the Toronto “marriage” says it all. Anyone who is not appalled at the idea of a bishop of the church of God being married to a same-sex partner, …
THE EMPTY TOMB: SACRAMENT OF THE MATERIAL GOD
The Empty Tomb stands at the head of the Easter season as a remembrance that the Resurrection life – Jesus’ and ours – can be entered only by the gate of the body’s death. Jesus did not just “enter into …
ARCHBISHOP OKOH’S EPIPHANY LETTER: A Close Reading
Rest assured, friends, Nicholas Okoh, like Peter Akinola before him and Ben Kwashi after him, are girded with the whole armor of God. I am not sure how many other bishops in the Anglican Communion will follow them, but they …
SHAZAM! HEY, UNTO YOU A CHILD IS BORN!
One of our family’s favorite Christmas activities is reading Barbara Robinson’s wonderful story, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. It tells of how some ragamuffin children called the Herdmans invaded a sedate Sunday School pageant and in so doing brought alive …
IT’S THE PROPERTY, STUPID!
I can hardly imagine what it might mean to walk away not only from the property but the heritage of a thousand-year-old parish church. And if there comes a genuine "win-win" solution, I would say, "take it in a moment." …