Could there be a psychological or neurological reason why some people tend to be conservative, while others tend to be liberal? Possibly; and it might extend to how people think about new scientific ideas, political concepts, and even matters of faith. This might explain a lot about the current divide between the liberal and conservative wings of various Protestant churches, including my own. The “persistent in their judgements” sure sounds familiar. So does the “structured” model versus “anything goes, you adorable herd of cat-nuns” model. Their brains are different from our brains! Their zombies won’t eat our brainsssss, and our…
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From the ongoing discussion at Father Jake’s regarding the protest of border-crossing Bishop Akinola in Wheaton: a commenter has posted a press release from Changing Attitudes Nigeria director Davis Mac-Iyalla, the gay Anglican activist from Nigeria who is now living in exile in Togo. He regrets that he probably won’t be able to arrange a visa and funds for travel in time to walk the picket line. Father Jake Stops the World: Protest Against Abp. Akinola on September 23 Changing Attitude Nigeria fully supports the plans of peaceful demonstration against our homophobic Archbishop Peter Akinola. Archbishop Peter Akinola keeps refusing…
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Salt Lake Tribune – Keep a distance: Seminary, school should be in separate buildings In Lindon, a new charter school – a public school that operates with taxpayer money – and a seminary operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are occupying the same building. That doesn’t technically violate the constitutional mandate that government not support or endorse any religion, since each organization separately leases its space. The Karl G. Maeser Preparatory Academy and the seminary don’t even share an entrance. But the perception is there that the public school is simply too cozy with the LDS…
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The Lead The article talks about Bishop Persell’s commitment to trying to find a middle ground that will [enable? help?]the Church to comprehend different understandings of how to be Christian in the world I missed this article from June; I just noticed it because I was checking background on a more timely news story detailed below. +William Persell is my bishop and I know how hard he’s worked to try to keep lines of communication open. I’ll do my best to remember it in the coming weeks, as clearly he would wish us all to do. The article mentions Fr.…
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Picket Akinola Sunday, Sept. 23, outside Chicago « Akinola, Repudiate Anti-Gay Violence Akinola seeks to split the worldwide Anglican Communion, the world’s second-largest Christian church with 70 million members, replacing the historic leadership of the Archbishop of Canterbury with himself as head of a new “Global South Communion.â€Akinola will appear at the chapel of fundamentalist Wheaton College at 10:30 a.m. The chapel is located at the corner of Washington and Franklin Streets in Wheaton, Illinois, about 30 miles west of downtown Chicago. The demonstration will be peaceful and will not disrupt the church service. It is aimed not only at…
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Remember: Harare is the seat of the “Bad Bishop of Harare” that I’ve blogged about before. As stories in African web publications can disappear behind archive screens, or be withdrawn if someone important enough repudiates them, I’ve quoted the whole thing. Meanwhile, the Central African synod ousted a progressive bishop who called for moderation on the gay clergy issue at their meeting in Malawi. The scandalous “not fit to live” remarks by Bishop Orama of Uyo, Nigeria have been removed from the UPI website, but the “Akinola Repent” blog thoughtfully saved the article as a PDF. AFP: Zimbabwe Anglican church…
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Right, so this was the result. The bags came out of the saucepans full of boiling water, and were distributed via a pair of tongs and some scissors, because the bags tended to melt at the top if they came into contact with the hot edge of the pans. Melissa’s and Gloria’s bags were completely fused at the top and my mother-in-law was struggling to separate them until the scissors were brought to the table. She noted as how it would be more convenient if they had sat next to each other… but soon enough the Siamese twin bag omelets…
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Via: Flickr Title: Eggs in bag By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 8 Sep ’07, 12.34pm CDT PST
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Via: Flickr Title: Bag omelets By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 8 Sep ’07, 12.30pm CDT PST
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Things are about to get interesting in the Diocese of Chicago, in the “ancient Chinese curse” sense, so I went in search of a spiritual or musical unicorn chaser to get me in a better frame of mind. After yesterday’s horrifying screed from a Nigerian bishop named Orama put me off reading the Internets tubes for a day, a friend emailed me to say that the Archbishop of All Nigeria will be speaking in the Chicago suburbs later in September, in support of some congregations that broke away to affiliate with the Anglican Church of Rwanda (bah, no linky-love for…