In just under nine years of moderating comments on an Episcopal blog and its social media outlets I’ve noticed three particular rhetorical moves frequently employed by us and our ilk. The first two are similar:
Day: November 17, 2014
What’s coming up next for the Café
Advent marks the beginning of the church’s year, and this Advent will also mark the beginning of a new phase in the life of the Episcopal Café. As that season and new beginning draw near, I wanted to share with you what’s happening. So, what’s next for the Café? Hopefully, lots more of the same […]
Archbishop Welby explains his thoughts on Lambeth Conference, Primates Meeting
Archbishop Justin Welby’s presidential address to the General Synod of the Church of England today is full of news about his thoughts regarding the governance of the Anglican Communion:
Women to be bishops in Church of England
Legislation to allow women of the Church of England to be appointed as bishops passed today. The
Episcopal cathedral in Rhode Island cathedral to include museum on slave trade
It seems appropriate to begin our last week of posting on the Cafe in its current form by spotlighting the good work of one of our original newsbloggers, Bishop Nick Knisely of Rhode Island. Here’s the story from the Providence Journal:
On Our Doorstep
Monday, November 17, 2014 – Proper 28, Year Two [Go to Mission St Clare for an online version of the Daily Office including today’s scripture readings.] Today’s Readings for the Daily Office: Psalms 89:1-18 (morning) // 89:19-52 (evening) Habakkuk 2:1-4, 9-20 James 2:14-26 Luke 16:19-31 Our readings today show us that our greatest fear should […]
Episcopal “Identity”
by Donald Schell Henry Fielding’s star shines bright in 18th Century Anglicanism. He’s a nuanced moral theologian whose comedy merciless satirizes simplistic moralizing and rigid theologizing wherever he found it including in his and our Anglican. It’s Fielding’s deep embrace of Anglican breadth and sanity that drives his satirical characterization of Rev. Thwackum, Tom Jones’s […]
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