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December 19 2004
Bishops, bishops and more bishops - by Peter Toon
Now, the fervent desire of the present members of the extra-mural Anglican Way to have a large supply of bishops is such that - to borrow from Presbyterian Polity -- all presbyters should be regarded as bishops and all bishops as presbyters and so all presbyters consecrated bishops; and then henceforth the normal way of ordination for all postulants should be deacon for one year, presbyter for three years, and bishop then onwards.
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December 16 2004
Anglican Disunion - by William Sachs
The authors of the report, an international commission chaired by Ireland’s Archbishop Robin Eames, emphasized that they were resolved to preserve the Communion. “The commission’s meetings became a remarkable process,” observed member Jenny Te Paa of Auckland, New Zealand. “We saw that we could agree among ourselves and we wondered if we could encourage that spirit across the church.” Commission member Bishop David Beetge of South Africa concurred with that account.
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December 14 2004
Blue America: The land of the easily offended - by Dennis Prager
Liberals regularly portray as offended women, African Americans, Jews, American Indians, gays and every other group liberals declare a minority, i.e., any group that votes Democrat -- no group that votes Republican, such as Mormons, Cuban Americans and Vietnamese Americans, is considered a "minority." All other groups are constantly warned that almost anything they say that is not patronizing of those groups is offensive (and therefore subject to litigation).
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December 09 2004
No Half Measures - by Stephen Trott
It seems to be common ground that the advent of women bishops will bring to an end the uneasy truce provided by the Priests (Ordination of Women) Measure 1993, which exploited all available room for manoeuvre to enable women to be ordained as priests. Consecrated Women? acknowledges that existing safeguards provided for parishes within the 1993 Measure will need to be repealed, in order to facilitate the ministry of women as bishops in the Church of England.
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December 08 2004
Bauer: Shepard's Death No Hate Crime -- How Will Media Handle News?
Gary Bauer of the Campaign for Working Families says homosexual advocates have been rocked by this new information. "The Matthew Shepherd crime has been used by the gay rights movement as a battering ram to try to prove that America is awash with anti-homosexual hate crimes," he says, "so these new revelations that this was a run-of-the-mill crime by a couple of thugs is certainly an eye-opener."
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December 03 2004
Reflections on the Windsor Report and Lagos Meeting - by Bill Atwood
It is humbling to have been invited. It is also encouraging to see so many friends and gratifying to hear reports of the impact of our conferences and projects. One of the Archbishops here attended one of Ekklesia’s first conferences years ago when he was still a layman. Another Archbishop who was at that same conference as a priest said he still uses the principles he received those years ago. Many spiritual partnerships already exist, but there are real needs for more of them.
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November 20 2004
Bishop Parsley attempts to muzzle Uganda Primate - by Mark D. Wilkerson
Mmmm. I wonder why Orombi’s sermon might have been cut short?
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November 20 2004
Death by Delay / A Failure of Fortitude - by Gil Wilkes
Over the past year, Bishop Smith has taken no overt action against us and has genuinely, I think, sought to find a middle ground. The problem is that DEPO is fatally flawed, it allows an orthodox bishop to perform ceremonial functions, but all power and authority rests with the Diocesan. Additionally, DEPO, as it is structured by the HOB is temporary and is intended to result in reconciliation. Unfortunately reconciliation is understood to mean that revisionist doctrine prevails.
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November 19 2004
Shall We Walk Together or Walk Apart? - by Dr. Philip Turner
It is the possibility that my church, perhaps along with the Anglican Church of Canada, will (by refusing to "call a halt") make a de facto choice to "walk apart" that most deeply concerns me. It is this possibility that sets the direction of the remarks that follow. I confess that my own biography leads my thoughts and reactions to give greater weight to the health and continued existence of the Anglican Communion than to the particular internal exigencies of my own church.
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November 17 2004
What Do They Really Want? Values Voters & the '04 Elections - by Diane Knippers
So, what do the Christian conservatives really want?
[b]Pro-Marriage and Pro-Life[/b]
The two moral issues most highly identified with Christian conservatives are their desire to protect unborn children and their desire to protect the definition of marriage as between one man and one woman. To begin with, they want jurists who faithfully interpret the Constitution and the law – not jurists who invent constitutional rights to secure their own social objectives.
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