Posted in Teh Gay, church geekery on 3 September 2008 - 4 אלול 5768
AS CARDINAL NEWMAN gay? Was Cardinal Newman straight? Good heavens, I don’t know. And neither do you. Or anyone else living today. If he was sexually attracted to anyone he was probably horrified about it in that repressed, old-school British way (mangled with the conservative Christian anti-Body neo-gnostic kinda way).
Yet [...]
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Posted in saints and days on 1 September 2008 - 2 אלול 5768
LESSED Feast to all y’all in the Eastern RIte who call this the New Year.
Apolytikion in the Second Tone
Creator of the universe, setting times and seasons by Your sole authority, bless the cycle of the year of Your grace, O Lord, guarding our rulers and Your nation in peace, at the intercession of the Theotokos, [...]
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Posted in church geekery on 27 August 2008 - 27 אב 5768
ERE Is a wonderful Flickr-set of pictures from the shrine church at Kettlebaston, which I found linked through the photographer’s essay.
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Posted in contemplation on 2 August 2008 - 2 אב 5768
I will not let you go, unless you bless me.
HIS IS One of those curious scenes in the Bible. On several places in the Hebrew Scriptures (especially in Genesis) angels serve double-duty as the Presence of God. In this story of Jacob, after wrestling all night with him, the stranger says Jacob has “wrestled [...]
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Posted in contemplation on 27 July 2008 - 25 תמוז 5768
“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls; on finding one pearl of great value, he went and [...]
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Posted in personal on 21 July 2008 - 19 תמוז 5768
ODAY’S Readings in my RSS are filled with an odd counterpoint: on the one hand there are the Lambeth Bishops. The officially scoured and spun blog from 815-land. There are on-going Episcopal contributions such as Bp Alan and there are newbies to the fold such as Bp Porter.
And there is news [...]
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Posted in church geekery, emergent, praxis conversation on 22 April 2008 - 18 ניסן 5768
Was having a talk today with a friend online about the Independent Sacramental movement. The conversation was all over the board.
Then I said we needed to start our own indy jurisdiction and I first suggested that we do Eastern Rite, but then I realised that would be stupid because I’d want no [...]
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Posted in sideblog on 20 April 2008 - 16 ניסן 5768
» See how they love each other? The road was strewn with palms.
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Posted in sideblog on 14 April 2008 - 10 ניסן 5768
» Polish bishops seek return of John Paul II’s heart to Poland. Body parts. Why not just a flake or a lock of hair? You want his whole heart? Oy.
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