Posted in Anglican Crisis on Aug 30th, 2009
No doubt about that; the question is, which god? From the Journal: Niagara’s nod to same-sex blessings draws mixed reviews. The decision by the diocese of Niagara to offer same-sex blessings as of Sept. 1 has drawn mixed reactions from Anglicans in Canada. Niagara is now the second diocese in the Anglican Church of Canada, [...]
Posted in Anglican Crisis on Aug 29th, 2009
New Westminster has a conference coming up that, apparently, is about: Church Depot (Diocese of New Westminster with the BC Synod Evangelical Church of Canada)-Ecumenical Multi-Faith Unit event. Spiritual But Not Religious! Carriers of Memory, Crucibles of Commitment, Cultivators of Novelty—Possibilities for the Church in a Post-Religious Culture. No, I have no idea what that [...]
Posted in Anglican Church in North America, Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada on Aug 27th, 2009
From VOL: In Canada there are three Anglican jurisdictions. * The first is the Anglican Church of Canada. Like its counterpart, The Episcopal Church USA, it is comprised mainly of moderates and liberals. Approximately 25% of the 33 dioceses would consider themselves orthodox in faith and morals. * Anglican Coalition in Canada (ACiC) comprises some [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on Aug 26th, 2009
One of life’s little mysteries is that the Anglican Journal is still delivered to my door for me to peruse and inwardly digest. There is an interesting number mentioned in the September edition’s editorial – I can’t point to it because it isn’t online yet. The editorial states that there are now around 325,000 people [...]
Posted in Anglican Communion Alliance, Anglican Essentials on Aug 23rd, 2009
Received via e-mail: On September 12, 2009 10:00 AM – noon at Trinity Church, 321 Main Ave, Halifax Essentials Nova Scotia invites you to come to hear about “The Agape Project” with guest speakers Rev. David Harris and/or Mr. Michael Edward The following descriptions taken from other sources may help you understand what will be [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 20th, 2009
There has been lots of talk in the comments about organizing Anglican orphans. If you are interested, please take a look at the new page I just put up, thanks!
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 20th, 2009
Off topic, I know, but the ELCA Lutherans are going the same way as the established Anglican churches in N America. Funnily enough, as all this is going on a twister rips off the cross from the steeple of the Central Lutheran Church, just next door to the ELCA assembly. I’m just sayin’…..
Posted in Anglican Crisis on Aug 19th, 2009
A secular perspective on the shenanigans of TEC as it sets its course resolutely for the dustbin of history where it can pursue conversations with Raelians, Neopagans, Polyamourists and Polytheists until they achieve Harmonic Convergence: The annual convention of the Episcopal Church ended last month in Anaheim, Calif., with a whimper, despite these rather staggering [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on Aug 17th, 2009
On its “Dream the Church, Vision 2019″ site, the ACoC is soliciting opinions on what its members think God wants the church to be in 2019. Here is one interesting response: There exist in the Anglican Church, at least in North American, some very deep, fundamental problems that have been pervasive for some time. Among [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada on Aug 13th, 2009
From the Vancouver Sun: In a step that could herald a similar declaration by their Anglican cousins in Canada, leaders of the U.S. Episcopal Church have formally renounced the “Doctrine of Discovery” that encouraged John Cabot and other English explorers to seize lands from non-Christian aboriginals in the New World, including this country’s First Nations. [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada on Aug 12th, 2009
From the Niagara Falls Review. The Niagara Falls Review reported recently that Anglican priests can start blessing same-sex marriages effective Sept. 1. Why wait? As long as we’re throwing away 4,600 years of Judeo-Christian theology and teaching, why not get right to it? Perhaps “throwing away” is a little strong, but radically reworking it is [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 8th, 2009
Deleted because Peter already posted about it here. I didn’t read the blog when I was on holiday…
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 8th, 2009
From the National Post: There is a good possibility the session at which Stanton Jones will present his paper at the 117th annual convention of the American Psychological Association in Toronto will be sparsely attended but raucous. First off, it is at 8 a.m. on a Sunday morning, not exactly prime time. And then there [...]
Posted in Anglican Crisis on Aug 7th, 2009
From the Telegraph: Americans planning to start a civil war in the Church of England. Could the American Church be about to start planting churches in England? That’s the intriguing possibility raised by one of its most influential clerics, who has indicated that this might be the only option given that Rowan Williams has sided [...]
Posted in Anglican Network in Canada on Aug 7th, 2009
From Abbey News: The parishioners at St. Matthew’s Anglican Church in Abbotsford have been told it will be Thanksgiving (Oct. 12) before they receive a Supreme Court decision over who owns the church property – the local congregation, or the Diocese of New Westminster. In June, Justice Stephen Kelleher presided over a three-week civil trial [...]
Posted in Anglican Crisis on Aug 7th, 2009
Liberal backlash to the two-track solution continues. From the Church Times: THE Archbishop of Canterbury’s notion of a two-track Anglican Communion is flawed, say 13 organisations working towards an “inclusive” Church of England. The group expresses “grave concerns” about the implications of Dr Williams’s reflections in Covenant, Communion and the Anglican Future, a response to [...]
Posted in Anglican Crisis on Aug 4th, 2009
From the Times: Liberals in the Church of England declared war on conservatives including the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams tonight. Condemning as “flawed” Dr Williams’s recent declaration that the way forward lay in a “twin-track” Anglican Communion, liberals revealed plans to bring in same-sex blessings and gay ordination in England, as has happened [...]
Posted in Anglican Church in North America on Aug 3rd, 2009
A video from Christ Church Plano
Posted in Anglican Crisis on Aug 2nd, 2009
From the Los Angeles Times: L.A. Episcopal leaders nominate 2 openly gay, lesbian priests as bishops. Episcopal Church leaders in Los Angeles today nominated an openly gay priest and an openly lesbian priest as bishops, becoming one of the first dioceses in the national church to test a controversial new policy that lifted a de [...]
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