THE LETTER CAN BE READ HERE:
On January 27, 2014 The College of Bishops of the Church of England met to begin a process of reflection on the issues raised by the Pilling Report (GS 1929).
Read moreIn this latest debacle Salmon has revealed himself to be a prevaricator, a fence sitter and useful idiot for the episcopal administration.
In this ecclesiastical conflagration he has been called out by his predecessor Dean Robert Munday who says that what he did was totally contrary to the faith we are called to believe and teach.
Read moreBishop Edward Salmon (formerly Bishop of South Carolina) is dean and is responsible for selecting all preachers for chapel. The matter was discussed at the last board meeting when Bishops [Robert] Duncan and (Jack) Iker were both at GAFCON. There was some disagreement among the trustees, but the sole discretion for such invitations lies with Bishop Salmon.
Read moreThen we learned that the Episcopal Presiding Bishop would give the annual C.S. Lewis Legacy Lecture at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. One blogger observed that Jefferts Schori exemplifies just about everything C.S. Lewis mocked and deplored in the Anglican Church.
"I wonder if she will take Lewis's famous essay, Priestesses in the Church? for her topic, or maybe she will speak on the apostate bishop Lewis caricatured in The Great Divorce."
Read moreApparently, Sentamu is not willing to say that all sex outside of marriage between a man and a woman is sin.
Read moreWith a whoop and holler, Katharine Jefferts Schori, the Episcopal Church's presiding bishop, declared to a waiting world, "We have found a racist, in fact a whole team of them." Waving a paper resolution from the Executive Council, the exultant Presiding Bishop declared that the National Football League's W
Read more4. $50 can provide a nutritious meal for a child for a year. $5 million would feed 100,000 children for one year.
5. $200 can provide an education for a child including provision of buildings and teachers' salaries etc. for a year. For $5 million you can equip 25,000 children.
Read moreConservative bloggers were so shocked by the announcement that there was immediate disbelief that Welby had either not written the announcement or had simply bought into a press release from 815, the Episcopal Church's national headquarters in New York City.
However, a spokesman from Lambeth Palace wrote VOL confirming that, "the press release was issued with the full knowledge and endorsement of the Archbishop."
Read moreIt's been some time since I re-imagined anything really. I am too busy living in the real world of Episcopal saints (very few) and Episcopal sinners (very many) to give a whole lot of thought as to what The Episcopal Church will look like 50 years hence. It's a daunting task so the best I can do is offer you some oh so humble reflections on The Episcopal Church of the Future.
Read more"Unbeknownst to many, the Super Bowl is arguably the single largest sex trafficking incident in the United States. Each year, the city that welcomes droves of party-minded Super Bowl fans also (unknowingly) hosts increased incidents of underage prostitution."
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