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Anna is the granddaughter of one of our parishioners at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Tuckahoe.
She is a sweet, smart, funny 4 year old who loves all things princess and Dora. Anna loves playgrounds, swimming in her pool and seeing her friends. She also loves to [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Please Pray for Anna
Posted in Noted with Interest on February 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Andrew Sullivan Quoting Archbishop Cranmer Blog: The Death Of A Child
Posted in Noted with Interest on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Atlantic’s Andrew Sullivan quotes the archcon archpundit of Anglican blogging. He has a point:
"Archbishop Cranmer" blogs about religion and politics in England. He takes on the death of Ivan Cameron:
The suspension of Parliament as ‘a mark of respect’ may not have been appropriate, but it felt it. Politics, like theology, has to embrace [...]
Imagine: Controversy over Liverpool Anglican Cathedral plans to peal John Lennon’s Imagine
Posted in Noted with Interest on February 27, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Imagine no controversy:
Church leaders are being criticised for allowing a John Lennon song linked with atheism, to be performed on Liverpool’s Anglican Cathedral bells.
Imagine – voted one of the greatest songs of all time – is to be played to mark the start of the North West’s Futuresonic Festival on May 13. [...]
Zen and the art of Episcopal news
Posted in Noted with Interest on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Terry Mattingly has a perspective on the Buddhist story or non-story as is certainly the case: the what’s up about Kevin Thew Forrester:
Those rowdy Anglican conservatives out there are very upset that the mainstream press has not paid more attention to the election of Father Kevin Thew Forrester as the new bishop of the [...]
Personal statement from the Episcopal bishop-elect of Northern Michigan
Posted in Noted with Interest on February 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Folks,
I now feel free, as the bishop-elect, to state my faith and zen meditation practice in my own words. Please read below. I need you to know that I am deeply honored to have been trained in Zen practice and that it is integral to my spirituality. I state this below.
I also state [...]
The Bus Ad Wars
Posted in Noted with Interest on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Eugene E. Cho, on his blog writes:
My Thoughts: I don’t think Christians need to go crazy and/or “up in arms” but see this simply as a wonderful entrance into conversation and culture. I know that some may think the money could have been used by the Christian groups [who have been buying opposing ads] [...]
State Department on on human rights in China
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Ethan Cole, Christian Post:
In stark contrast to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s softer remarks on China’s human rights, the US State Department report reveals sharp criticism of the eastern superpower over rights violations ranging from religious repression to extrajudicial killings.
The report, which was mainly drafted during President George W Bush’s administration, covers 2008. It [...]
Uniqueness of Christ and Drainage Bills
Posted in Noted with Interest on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Thinking Anglicans blog lists some items for General Synod in England. In order:
UNIQUENESS OF CHRIST: Bishops asked for help in pressing Christian claims
DRAINAGE BILLS: Water charges are taxation, Synod told
YOUTH LITURGY: Request for teenage eucharistic prayers rejected
ANGLICAN COVENANT: Wide-ranging opinions on the St Andrew’s Draft
Priorities? Thinking Anglicans: General Synod – detailed Church Times [...]
Frustrated Liberal Catholic
Posted in Noted with Interest on February 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The blog is called, liberal catholic sports music. A recent posting is called “Sixteen Reasons.” It is worth reading:
A couple of years ago I came to "blogdom" with the main purpose of learning. One thing I wanted to learn was were there any Catholics of a reasonable and, yes, liberal bent. Well, there may be [...]
Atheist Mardi Gras Picture
Posted in Noted with Interest on February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Said Doug, the sign holder:
The overwhelming response was extremely positive. Many people told me that they were glad I was there to counteract and generally piss off the Christian fundamentalists. This message was true even for people that said they were devout Christians. I was also confronted by many fellow atheists with the general [...]
Catholic Bishop who denied Holocaust apologizes
Posted in Noted with Interest on February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
AP via MSNBC
ROME – A British bishop whose denial of the Holocaust embroiled Pope Benedict XVI in controversy has apologized for his remarks, a Catholic news agency said Thursday.
Bishop Richard Williamson, with the conservative Society of St. Pius X, had faced worldwide criticism over a television interview in which he said no Jews were [...]
Prayer and More When the President Speaks at Public Events
Posted in Noted with Interest on February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mollie at GetReligion is on this story that is starting to get coverage, particularly on the Atheist blogs:
Dan Gilgoff, who runs the God & Country blog over at U.S. News & World Report, picked up on a little noticed but terribly interesting development in civil religion. Apparently President Obama’s public events are now being [...]
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor’s Wonderful Lecture at Westminster Cathedral
Posted in Noted with Interest on February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ruth Gledhill, Times Online:
Wonderful valedictory lecture by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor at Westminster Cathedral tonight. He delivered such a superb history of Roman Catholicism in Britain since the Restoration of the Hierarchy, and such a brilliant analysis of the issues facing all religious believers not just Catholics in secular society that it merits reproducing [...]
Supreme Court: City Not Obligated to Display Religious Monument
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Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service via Christianity Today:
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a city park in Utah does not have to include a monument of a small religious sect even though it already features a Ten Commandments monument.
Summum, a Salt Lake City-based group, had argued that officials in Pleasant Grove City, [...]
Two Views on the Tragedy of Aasiya Zubair Hassan
Posted in Noted with Interest on February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
These two views appear simultaneously in the Washington Post / Newsweek On Faith forum
1) Daisy Khan, Executive Director of ASMA Society (American Society for Muslim Advancement), writes:
While I would unequivocally assert that domestic violence and religion share no connection, that religion encourages harmonious relationships in the home, nonetheless, we would be naïve to ignore [...]
Cardinal condemns limits on religious freedom
Posted in Noted with Interest on February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Jennifer Gold in Christian Today reports:
Anti-discrimination legislation is being used to limit freedom of religion “in unacceptable ways”, says the head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales.
In a lecture at Westminster Cathedral on the Church’s future, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor said the state needed to acquire a better understanding of the [...]
Lord Carey of England, Archbishop Orombi of Uganda, and Bishop Frank Gray of Virginia lead retreat for Bishops of the Episcopal Church of Sudan
Posted in Noted with Interest on February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Anglican Mainstream reports:
In February 2009 Archbishop Daniel Deng Bul convened the first ever Bishops’ and Spouses’ Retreat for the bishops of the Episcopal Church of the Sudan and their wives in Yei, Southern Sudan. The retreat was led by three visiting bishops: Bishop Frank Gray, retired Suffragan Bishop of Virginia, Lord George Carey [...]
Kevin Thew Forrester Controversy Heating Up
Posted in Noted with Interest on February 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »
February 24, 2009
To the Bishop Ordinary and Standing Committee of the Diocese of Southern Ohio
Rt. Reverend Sir, ladies and gentlemen of the Standing Committee,
We hope you will prayerful consider voting no to the confirmation of the Rev’d Rev. Kevin Thew Forrester as the next bishop of Northern Michigan. Our reasons for asking you to vote [...]
Barbara Harris, First Woman Bishop in the Episcopal Church 20 Years Ago
Posted in Noted with Interest on February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Episcopal Life Online reports:
On February 28, 2009, the first female primate in the Anglican Communion, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the elevation of women to the episcopate. The celebration and Eucharist at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston marks two decades since the consecration on [...]
Ash Wednesday Picture Worth a Thousand Prayerful Words
Posted in Noted with Interest on February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Andrew Sullivan picked this as his daily Face of the Day:
Construction worker Victor Saume prays after receiving ashes during Ash Wednesday celebrations at St. Paul’s Chapel February 25, 2009 in New York City. The historic chapel where George Washington worshiped is located directly across the street from the World [...]
