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September 14 2006
Why I Left The Episcopal Church - by Lawrence D. Bausch
Third, I am writing you (with copies to several other priests around the globe with whom I have served) "for the record."
I began attending an Episcopal Church in 1970 at All Saints' San Diego. In the fall of 1971, I began an M.Div. program at Seabury Western Theological Seminary under the spiritual direction of Fr. Paul Satrang. I became a Postulant of the Diocese of Los Angeles with the encouragement of Bishop Bloy.
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September 14 2006
"Bishop, am I a Schismatic too?"
It has seemed to me your leadership has been stern, closed to those disagreeing with your points of view, and more judicial and legal than pastoral, which is not what I expect from a Bishop. You write demanding letters designed to show that you are in control and all must give in to you. You claim that everyone else is divisive and disingenuous. I agree that in difficult times what is called for is love on both sides.
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September 12 2006
THE REAL LEGACY OF 9/11
Last night there was something else: a powerful twin beam rising from Ground Zero. Reaching higher and brighter than anything else, and merging into one column before it dissipated, it lasted about five minutes, then suddenly went dead--probably a practice run for the fifth anniversary of 9/11.
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September 11 2006
ENGLAND: How Britain is turning Christianity into a crime
So what was printed on those leaflets that was so threatening, abusive or insulting that it attracted the full force of the law?
Why, none other than the majestic words of the 1611 King James Bible.
The problem was that they were those bits of the Bible which forbid homosexuality. The leaflets also urged homosexuals to "turn from your sins and you will be saved".
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September 11 2006
ENGLAND: Time to fight the good fight back
It could hardly have been more timely. Last week, Stephen Green, the national director of the evangelical group Christian Voice, who is a prominent, if extreme, campaigner, found himself at Cardiff magistrates' court pleading not guilty to "using threatening words or behaviour likely to cause harassment or distress".
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September 10 2006
SAN DIEGO: Bishop says fleeing priests are "Chicken Little"
In our diocese the parade, which began at Christ the King, now includes some from St. Anne's, Oceanside, St. John's, Fallbrook, All Saints', Vista, Grace, and now Holy Trinity in Ocean Beach.
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September 09 2006
CANADA: Why I left the Anglican Church for Rome
As a result of his instruction, and a growing personal conviction that there is no viable Protestant alternative, I am returning - definitely not to the religion of my father (a Calvinist Presbyterian) - but to the religion of my father's fathers.
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September 09 2006
WASHINGTON, DC: Khatami Comes to National Cathedral
According to the National Cathedral's website, Khatami was the "first reformist president" of Iran following the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Indeed, the website gushes, the mullah was elected with the "broad support of women and young adults" and is "credited with the promotion of the rule of law, democracy, and the inclusion of all Iranians in the political decision-making process."
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September 07 2006
The Episcopal Church's Anti-Israel Media Campaign
The Episcopal Church's antipathy toward Israel has not gone unnoticed within the denomination.
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August 31 2006
VIRGINIA: Bishop Minns Writes Parish on his return as new CANA Bishop
We began with the General Convention in Columbus, Ohio. The stakes were high. The question of whether or not The Episcopal Church (TEC, formerly known as ECUSA) would walk apart from the rest of the Anglican Communion was on the table. It was the moment of decision. Sadly, however, Angela and I observed first hand TEC embrace a vision and choose a course that we cannot follow. This has been agonizing for Angela and me.
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