General Conference 2009

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+Josiah Idowu-Fearon: ‘If you disagree, at least be there’
By:  Benjamin Guyer on January 24, 2011
Excerpt:  Given the Primates' Meeting this week, the following piece from +Josiah Idowu-Fearon, published 31 December, 2010, in the Church Times, is well worth reading: 'The lessons from these [ecumenical] Councils…   Read full post >>

King Charles the Martyr: Our Own, Royal, Forgotten Saint
By:  Benjamin Guyer on January 22, 2010
Excerpt:  Do you know who the first Anglican saint was? Here’s a hint: it wasn’t Henry VIII. The title of this article says it all, but don’t feel embarrassed if you…   Read full post >>

Love in a Time of Impasse
By:  Fr. Dan Martins on August 24, 2009
Excerpt:  The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is the latest to make news in the sexuality wars, and I am quite happy to let them have the limelight for a while.…   Read full post >>

Examining Our Options:  A Sermon on Ephesians Chapter 4
By:  Fr. N.J.A. Humphrey on August 19, 2009
Excerpt:  The following sermon, on Ephesians 4:25-5:2, was preached on 9 August 2009 (Year B, 10 Pentecost, Proper 14, RCL) at St. Paul’s Parish, K St., Washington, D.C. by N.J.A. Humphrey.…   Read full post >>

While I Was Away
By:  Fr. Tony Clavier on August 14, 2009
Excerpt:  I managed to be out of the country for most of the time General Convention met and for that period of reflection which came after the bishops and deputies returned…   Read full post >>

Federation Isn’t Enough
By:  Graham Kings on August 07, 2009
Excerpt:  Fulcrum Newsletter, August 2009 Copublished, with permission, with Comment is free belief, The Guardian online, 5 August 2009 Desmond Tutu has often talked of the crucial support of the Anglican…   Read full post >>

An Age of Irony
By:  Fr. Dan Martins on August 04, 2009
Excerpt:  It's six days now since returning to green Indiana after three-and-a-half weeks on the mostly brown west coast. The fact that I am back to blogging means that I have…   Read full post >>

The Good Churchkeeping Seal of Approval
By:  Fr. N.J.A. Humphrey on July 30, 2009
Excerpt:  Will Rowan Williams' two-track proposal gain traction? And if it does, will this be a good thing for conservative and moderately conservative Episcopalians, particularly those who are minorities within more…   Read full post >>

The Archbishop’s Non-Euclidean Ecclesiology
By:  Fr. N.J.A. Humphrey on July 30, 2009
Excerpt:  As a freshman in college, I was taught that parallel lines never cross. This is the mathematical layman's way of summarizing the fifth postulate of Euclid's Elements of Geometry. Euclid's…   Read full post >>

Rowan Williams and the Anglican Future
By:  Jordan Hylden on July 28, 2009
Excerpt:  Rowan Williams, archbishop of Canterbury, has issued his much-awaited response to the General Convention of the Episcopal Church: “Communion, Covenant, and our Anglican Future.” Although it’s not as lengthy as…   Read full post >>

How They Voted and Writing Our Bishops
By:  Craig Uffman on July 28, 2009
Excerpt:  We have had a few requests for an analysis of how our bishops voted on resolutions D025 and C056 at General Convention 2009. The best list seems to be this…   Read full post >>

One parishioner’s humble thoughts
By:  Craig Uffman on July 27, 2009
Excerpt:  I received this note yesterday from a friend and parishioner and share it with her permission. Nanette Frantz is someone Fr. Dan Martins and I know well. She served on…   Read full post >>

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