• Episcopal - Good and Joyful Things

    My Bishop’s Response: Not Gonna T’row ‘Em To Da Lionz

    February 22, 2007 - By 

    Chicago Diocese — Bishop Persell responds to the Primates Meeting communique Bishop William Persell has responded to the communique of the recent Primates Meeting in Tanzania with a statement to the clergy and laity of the diocese, and the larger church. In his statement, Bishop Persell pledges to continue his support for a fully inclusive church, one that is characterized by "compassion, shared authority, mutual ministry, justice and respect for the dignity of every human being." Excerpt: "Patience is appropriate on matters affecting the fundamental nature of a faith community's identity, but we should not allow such concern to unduly…

  • Episcopal - Good and Joyful Things

    Chicago Diocese — Waiting for Our Response

    February 21, 2007 - By 

    Chicago Diocese — Presiding Bishop offers reflection on the Primates Meeting Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has invited Episcopalians to a season of fasting regarding action on rites of blessing for same gender unions, and confirming candidates for episcopal ministry who are living in same gender partnerships. Returning from the biennial meeting of Anglican Communion Primates held Feb. 15-19 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, the presiding bishop offered her reflection on the recommendations in the Primates Communique addressing the Episcopal Churchs response to the Windsor Report. Still waiting to see what Bishop Pursell's and Bishop Scantlebury's response will be to…

  • Blogs Wot I Read - Mini-Posts

    Iraq: The Hidden Story

    February 20, 2007 - By 

    Awesome Video about things on the ground in Iraq! « Hardliner Blog BBC4 documentary about the "reality" of Iraq, and how little of that reality is translated into images on the evening news. Contains graphic scenes, but they must be faced without blinking or flinching, because to turn away is to deny the truth.  Via OneUtah.org 

  • Clan: McTiVo

    Amazing Race: All Stars

    February 18, 2007 - By 

    It’s that show again, and David’s doing his best to hunker down and ignore the hollering from my end of the couch. Rileycat has run into the other room, looking for invisible Martian cats (owing to the “meowing” sound effects .wav David found the other night) so it’s time to watch the season premiere of Amazing Race, featuring a bunch of “All Stars” from seasons past. Kevin and Drew! Rob and Ambuh. BoOOOOOOO!!!111!!! Uchenna and Joyce. Meh. They won before, and I’m not into them. Dustin and Kandice MEH!!! They don’t deserve this. NOT All-Star material. Joe and Bill. Gentlemen,…

  • Uncategorical Weirdness

    daily episcopalian: Dear Archbishop, Please stay home

    February 18, 2007 - By 

    daily episcopalian: Dear Archbishop, Please stay home The post at DE is an email now making the rounds, from the Bishop of Maryland to the Archbishop of West Africa, disinviting him from a planned visit over Palm Sunday and Holy Week. Far from being the happy and uplifting news of someone standing up and courageously confronting a bully, it is a sad and heartbreaking "final notice" of the end of a personal and spiritual friendship that obviously goes back many years. It was sent because ++Akrofi was one of the seven primates who refused to attend Eucharist with all the…

  • Geek Out! - The Never-Ending Bloga

    Listening

    February 18, 2007 - By 

    Bought some new headphones today for use with my iPod Mini; this is now the third set of ‘phones I’ve used, and I hope it’s the last pair I have to buy in a long time. The pair that came with the Mini are the standard iPod “speakerbud” type. I was never crazy about the sound quality, didn’t like how they kind of balanced uneasily in my ears and more often than not fell out, and they broke after only a couple of months’ use. One day, I noticed that one of the wires had kinked, and then it frayed.…