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Post-humorous outing

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).
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A Testing Ground

Posted in Egg Cracking, Teh Gay, rightwingers on 2 September 2008 - 3 אלול 5768

UTH ASKS “Is Wales ready for a gay bishop?” She also reposts the entirety of her 2003 Interview with Jeffrey John. Is Dr John up for the Bishop of Bangor? And WHY are the American Conservatives in a snit?
He is emphatic that issues of sexuality should not become a main plank of his [...]

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God Forgives

Posted in Teh Gay, orthoparadoxy on 2 September 2008 - 3 אלול 5768

HIS Encyclical letter from the Orthodox Church in America’s Synod of Bishops is pretty amazing for its candour and honesty - but not for its completeness. It focuses on the finances and not on the sex issues: and, lo, I think Institutional Orthodoxy is once again playing “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.”
Recognizing our weakness, and [...]

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Conformed to the World

Posted in contemplation on 23 August 2008 - 23 אב 5768

I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the [...]

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Lambethtasy

Posted in Egg Cracking, teh internets on 31 July 2008 - 29 תמוז 5768

NE IS Never sure who to believe anymore:
The Journalists blessed by Lambeth to spin.
The Journalists excluded by Lambeth who report anyway.
Or the Bishops actually doing the work…
Clearly not everything coming out of Lambeth will be to the liberal liking. Nor will it be to the conservative liking. That’s the point: Lambeth has no [...]

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Evangelism among Muslims

Posted in Teh Gay on 23 July 2008 - 21 תמוז 5768

N TODAY’s Lambeth Journal, Bp Neff Powell comments on an ordinary day:
The Bible study group went very well as we began to discuss the matter of Gene Robinson and homosexuals in the Episcopal Church.  The presenting issue for us was how this issue affects our efforts in evangelism.  The African bishops said that in [...]

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