Saturday, November 29, 2008

Advent

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One of the small joys of my vocation is that I get to spend Saturdays puttering around the church more or less alone. No other staff are aro...
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Monday, November 24, 2008

Who's Episcopal and Who's Not

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In 2000, Arnold Schwarzenegger starred in the sci-fi flick The 6th Day . He plays a cop who discovers that there's a clone of himself ru...
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Friday, November 14, 2008

Up In Smoke

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The heart-wrenching news for me today comes from the Santa Barbara suburban neighborhood of Montecito, home of Westmont College , my alma ma...
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Hot News from the Heartland, II

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(See here for Part I.) Warsaw, Indiana--where I live and move and have my being--is the seat of Kosciusko (kah-zee-AH-sko) County. (One mig...
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Saturday, November 08, 2008

Rebellion or Revolution?

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Blessedly, the secular political arena has calmed down a bit after last Tuesday's election. The run-up to (and the run-down from?) elect...
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Thursday, October 30, 2008

Evangelicals to Liberals: "Psst! Meet Me in Back of the Barn"

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Sydney is the largest and wealthiest and arguably the most influential of the dioceses that comprise the Anglican Church in Australia. It ha...
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Friday, October 24, 2008

Hailing from Helena

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The Executive Council of the Episcopal Church has just concluded its quarterly four-day meeting, this time in Helena, Montana. (Their practi...
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Thursday, October 23, 2008

The Devil in the Details

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After my most recent post, I was contacted privately by a priest of my acquaintance. A little over a year ago, he was called to a position a...
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Monday, October 20, 2008

Naming Names as the Sadness Continues

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It is neither startling nor unexpected, certainly not "breaking news." From that perspective, there is nothing that can be said ab...
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Saturday, October 11, 2008

SNL Wisdom re the Cubs

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The relevant part begins with at about 3 min. 30 sec. remaining on the countdown clock.  Priceless. (And I apologize for the ad for the Bill...
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Friday, October 10, 2008

Incongruities in the Central Valley

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WARNING: Those who get irritated when I write about my former diocese of San Joaquin may want to click over to the stock market news ... or ...
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Wednesday, October 08, 2008

A Response to An Olive Branch

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This is cross-posted from Covenant . If you feel it also speaks your mind, let me know and I can add your names to the list of signatories. ...
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