Category Archives: Anglicanism

"Not the same God" – Gene Robinson backs into the truth

Posted on December 29, 2008 by Rick

The uproar (among a vocal few) about President-elect Obama asking Pastor Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration has been illuminating. On the one hand conservatives who complain that Warren is somehow “endorsing” what they view as Obama’s … Continue reading →

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Dog bites human, sun rises in east – and Presiding Bishop lies

Posted on December 17, 2008 by Rick

Oh where to start? There is plenty with which to find fault in what Presiding Bishop Katherine Jefferts-Schori had to say to the National Press Club on December 16. Baby Blue characterizes it as: … an amazingly sophomoric speech (which … Continue reading →

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William Witt on how critical orthodoxy is a better response to theological revisionism

Posted on October 27, 2008 by Rick

I recently perused a brief post by D. C. Toedt who maintains the Questioning Christian blog in which he explains how the Greek term kyrios used for Jesus does not necessarily imply that Jesus was somehow divine. I thought it … Continue reading →

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The Presiding Bishop is not entirely wrong about everything

Posted on October 23, 2008 by Rick

Pentheus. Pharaoh. Oven Mitt. Balrog. These are some of the unflattering and not terribly respectful comparisons and epithets I have used to describe Katharine Jefferts-Schori the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church. (Okay – not balrog. I love Tolkien too … Continue reading →

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Post-colonial Anglicanism – or Western Orthodoxy here we come

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Rick

I am on record as one who argues for a more Orthodox approach to Anglicanism – or for Anglicanism as Western Orthodoxy. That if Anglicanism borrows a page or two or several from the Orthodox playbook – that is (re?)envisions … Continue reading →

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NPR's Terry Gross with Presiding Bishop Jefferts-Schori: The Great Interviewer fails

Posted on October 6, 2008 by Rick

If I think National Public Radio is so liberal and biased why then do I listen to it almost exclusively? Good question. Usually I have an answer but not today. (Scratch that. The answer is that NPR provides so much … Continue reading →

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Akma and that pesky Golden Rule

Posted on September 29, 2008 by Rick

The blogger AKMA – ak(m?)a the New Testament scholar Andrew Adam – has long been someone that I respect and admire even when I disagree with views. He is a delightful example of that person who cares about how one … Continue reading →

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Pentheus or Pharaoh? Is the Presiding Bishop ready for the Pesach?

Posted on September 20, 2008 by Rick

I have by allusion compared Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts-Shori of the Episcopal Church to Pentheus in The Bacchae by Euripedes. (You all did catch that right?) Two weeks after Hurricane Gustav (which is how one tells time in South Louisiana … Continue reading →

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How the Episcopal House of Bishops breaks its own rules – legally

Posted on September 20, 2008 by Rick

Episcopal Bishop Bob Duncan of Pittsburgh was (supposedly) deposed at the House of Bishops meeting in Salt Lake City. Nearly any disinterested and/or clear-thinking person recognizes that Presiding Bishop Katherine Jefferts-Schori has run roughshod over the canons in what has … Continue reading →

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BabyBlueCafe – "How Blended Worship Builds Community"

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Rick

BabyBlueCafe is a thoughtful blog by an Anglican who lives in northern Virginia(?). She is on my short list when it comes to intelligent commentary on religious happenings particularly within Anglicanism. From BabyBlue’s fine and thoughtful post: So instead of … Continue reading →

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