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Job 1:1, 2:1-10 Psalm 26 Genesis 2:18-24 Psalm 8 Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12 Mark 10:2-16 Year B Proper 22 (27) Revised Common Lectionary It is not good that the man should be alone When I left ECUSA for Eastern Orthodoxy, I was continuing a journey I’ve always been on. I was looking for the One Right [...]

HE HIPPEST (Most Hip?) Theological war to hit the Emerging Church and several parallel groups is – of course – Teh Gay. Do a google on outlaw preachers, or take a look on twitter for the same thing. There is, of course, a facebook group, too. The Outlaw preachers are, very generally, a group of [...]

REW Made a cool post today over at BuffaloRising, talking about the Kingdom of God and wondering how it’s possible or practical in the world that we live in. It tripped me up (as I tweeted to him, post haste) because it seems to assume that we’re supposed to be working on the world. The [...]

E ARE inaugurating a non-white President. He is the first non-white leader of our nation. And glory hallelujah, we’re finally breaking through that barrier. But the otherwise-more-liberal nations applauding us and welcoming us into the 21st century (Canada, the UK, Australia, Ireland, Germany, France, etc) have never had a non-white leader among them. The US [...]

N A Polarised world things like this are scary: here’s a Map of the names and Addresses of all who donated in support of California’s Proposition 8 which takes away the rights of marriage from same-sex couples. While I’m reasonably certain I’d find some friends if I clicked around, it raises some crucial questions: 1) [...]

ISHOP Alan on the difference between Tradition and “Traditionalism”: Tradition is lived reality — in the New Testament “I received of the Lord what I passed on to you;” I received it as I received it, and you received it as the person you were, lived it fallibly, but authentically enough to pass it on. [...]

IPPING Coffee in the bookstore after Mass on Sunday, someone asked me what I thought of the kerfuffle in Pittsburgh. (They’ve just lost their bishop because of Thought Crime.) I said, “See how they love each other!” And I got a good laugh. I’d love to sit down with +Pittsburgh and ++KJC and while I [...]

EE HOW THEY Love one another? OK. Follow this: 1) Tax Law prohibits a pulpit from being used to espouse partisan politics. 2) Last election cycle a group of liberal churches filed suit against a group of conservative churches for violation of this law. The suit failed. 3) This election cycle a group of conservative [...]

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 [...]

EFORE He preached this AM, Bishop Gene Robinson sat down with the Provost of the Glasgow Cathedral and discussed – among other things, I’m sure – blogging. +Gene is blogging here. Provost Kelvin is blogging here. This is all props to the Mad Priest who blogs here. +Gene’s sermon for today is here. And, while [...]