“What’s in a name?” Shakespeare’s doubting Juliet asks. So why title a book “The Global Anglican Communion” when I could have chosen otherwise? Juliet is tragically mistaken – names matter – and so, I contend, one cannot wish away the …
WELCOME TO CONTENDING ANGLICAN!
This is a blog about Anglicanism, the historic witness of Christian faith which took its distinctive form at the English Reformation and which has now spread worldwide to become Global Anglicanism. Sometimes “mere Anglicanism” has been caricatured as “milquetoast Anglicanism,” …
Anecdotage: I WAS A SIXTIES RADICAL
Note on “Anecdotage”: From time to time I shall include shorter notes or reflections drawn from my threescore years and ten(+). On April 5, 1967, I was a junior at Cornell University and awoke to the news of a tragic …
“I’M TRADING MY SHAME”: A Sermon Preached on Good Friday 2018
Today we remember the Passion of Jesus Christ. The word “passion” sounds odd to us, does it not? We associate passion with positive things, like love – “I love you passionately” or achievement – “he pursued an Olympic medal passionately.” …
THE LOGIC OF THE EMPTY TOMB: An Easter Sermon
Sermon Preached at Uganda Christian University Easter Sunday 8 April 2012 Today marks the end of the 40-day Lenten season and the beginning of the Easter Season, which runs for another 40 days up until Ascension Day. The Easter season …