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March 23 2004
ECUSA: Offical Pastoral Care Statement Being Considered by HoB
We are called to be one, as Jesus prayed (John 17:22ff). While we know
that our unity is strained, we will continue to strive for godly union
and concord. Consistent with the ancient teaching of the Church,
ordination and consecration provide the gifts necessary for the
sacramental effectiveness of all bishops.
March 18 2004
OHIO: Griswold defiant in face of confirmations
Provisions for "episcopal oversight of dissenting minorities" is thus
clearly a matter to be resolved by the province. That is precisely what this
church is seeking to do. In consultation with the Archbishop of Canterbury
and his chancellor, our bishops have been considering a draft plan for
episcopal pastoral care which they will address further when we gather for our spring
meeting later this week in Texas.
March 18 2004
A response to Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold - by Rev. Matt Kennedy
You see Frank, it does no good to prooftext canon. What was going on in the
canonists community at the time the canon was written? What particular social,
economic, ethnic or political struggles marked the community in which the
canonist lived? Surely you are not suggesting that we simply take the words of the
text written in one social context and apply them directly to our own?
March 18 2004
The Pill made same-sex nuptials inevitable - by Rev. Donald Sensing
The three monotheistic faiths (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) actually recognize this explicitly in their holy writings. The book of Genesis ascribes the foundation of marriage in the very acts of God himself in the creation of the world: "It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him. . . . A man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh" (Genesis 2:18, 24).
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March 18 2004
Anglican Mainstream writes to Canterbury - ECUSA Primate Celebrates Eucharist
At a time when most of the communion is in some form of impaired or broken communion with ECUSA, it is inexplicable, indeed highly provocative, that, at the first major Communion gathering after the Lambeth Primates Meeting, the chief consecrator of Gene Robinson, the person who ignored the pleas of the Primates last time they met, the presiding bishop who within days of agreeing to a statement with his fellow Primates acted in direct contravention of it, should be invited to preside at a
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March 15 2004
ALABAMA: Bishop Parsley Blasts Media Characterization of Diocesan Events
The headline of the Sunday edition of The Birmingham News read, "Diocese
rejects gay N.H. bishop". This statement is not true, nor was any such
statement made in our convention, either formally or informally.
In a multi-faceted resolution adopted by the convention, the words
appear, we reject the unilateral actions of the 74th General Convention
on issues of human sexuality. This is quite different from rejecting a
person or a bishop of this church.
March 15 2004
New Hampshire Consecration seen through the eyes of a layman - by Andy Freborg
RUSSELL: The church was full, the children in the choir were wiggly, the
people in the pews predictably increased the volume of their
conversation when the organ prelude started.
FREBORG: How predictably reverent
RUSSELL: The procession had all the ordinary suspects94 for such an
auspicious episcopal occasion: crucifers and torchbearers, choristers
and clergy with
a smattering of bishops in their red and white regalia.
March 13 2004
The Gay Divorcee. Robert Hart on the Real Robinson Affair
I saw this at a meeting held by and for Episcopalians who were trying to deal with the practical effects of this latest crisis. These well-meaning and very sincere people were concerned only about his homosexuality. It is for them the straw that breaks the camel’s back, the point of no return. What I heard that night has been said over and over again: “We cannot allow the consecration of an openly ‘gay’ man to the office of bishop.”
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March 10 2004
PLANO: Rector Tackles Gay Marriage on National Public Radio
Gay marriage continued to grow as an issue this week as more gay couples chose to exchange marriage vows. In San Francisco, Rosie O'Donnell and her longtime companion were among the gay couples who decided to tie the knot. And in New Paltz, New York, just up the Hudson from New York City, several couples were married by the city's 26-year-old mayor. At the same time, the politics heated up.
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March 10 2004
DALLAS: Activist layman exhorts diocese to stand firm in the faith and Network
I have been in prayer and reflection concerning the diocese's position on the Network of Anglican Communion Dioceses and Parishes. I have read the March 3, 2004 letter to the Executive Council signed by the Rev. Chuck Treadwell and 16 clergy.
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