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Bishop Gene Sadly Reports

April 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Blogs Wot I Read, Episcopal, Good and Joyful Things, Mini-Posts

According to a comment from Fr. Jake’s place, Bishop of New Hampshire V. Gene Robinson has been advised that he will not have the Archbishop’s permission to preach or celebrate the Eucharist while in England during the Lambeth conference - the conference he was pointedly not invited to attend. This was at a service at [...]

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Sir Ian McKellen: Gandalf In An Emphatically Pointed Hat

April 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Episcopal, Good and Joyful Things

Yes, I’m a major Tolkien fan. Yes, I’m a liberrrl Anglo-Cat’lick Episcopalian. Yes, I cried when I read this. I make no apologies.
Sir Ian McKellen becomes bishop for a day - Telegraph
Never one to shy away from controversy, Sir Ian McKellen is secretly plotting to launch a campaign to shame the Anglican Church over its [...]

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++Katharine: Building Bridges

March 22nd, 2008 · No Comments · Episcopal, Flickr, Good and Joyful Things

Episcopal Life Online - NEWS

Our Bishop ++Katharine has been in Israel living out Holy Week with an ecumenical group, walking the walk and talking the talk. The linked article tells more about the Good Friday pilgrimage along the Via Dolorosa, and how the group negotiated traffic, curious and incurious people on the street, and [...]

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Some People Are Invited Rather Than Barging In

March 17th, 2008 · No Comments · Episcopal, Good and Joyful Things

I wish the disloyal opposition of the Episcopal/Anglican flavor of church would take note:
The Lead
Marking the annual Palm Sunday celebrations and the start of a week-long visit to the Holy Land, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori preached March 16 at St. George’s Cathedral in Jerusalem at the invitation of Bishop Suheil Dawani of the [...]

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Bad Bishop: Not Fooling Anybody From The Bully(ing) Pulpit

March 16th, 2008 · No Comments · Episcopal, Good and Joyful Things

IOL: Mugabe is ‘a prophet of God’ - rebel bishop
Last year, Kunonga withdrew from the Anglican province of Central Africa to set up his own province in Zimbabwe, ostensibly in a row about homosexuality.
But his critics claim he was really just preserving his own position. The mother church fired him last month. He has [...]

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