Thanks to Ann. What can I say? Hardy Harr!
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
WHEN NOT TO HYPHENATE YOUR NAME
Real wedding announcements clipped from newspapers. I didn't have the heart to post the pictures. The couples will be teased quite enough.
Thanks to Ann. What can I say? Hardy Harr!
Thanks to Ann. What can I say? Hardy Harr!
LORNA ASHWORTH'S MOTION ABOUT ACNA
Colin Coward at The Changing Attitude Blog out of England, has an excellent post about the reasserters mistaken conclusions about what really happened with the Ashworth motion, which reads as follows:
Colin was at the "fringe meeting organized by Anglican Mainstream" at which representatives of ACNA made their case for passing the Ashworth motion:
Colin doesn't sound all that sorry to me, and I'm pleased that he stayed in his chair to give us his report on the meeting.
Amazing! The BBC reporter did his homework in a way that few reporters in the US would trouble themselves to do. Imagine a reporter from the US doing that sort of extensive backgroud work on a story about TEC and ACNA.
Visit Changing Attitude to read the rest of the post, because Colin has much more to say about the mistaken interpretations of the supporters of ACNA.
Colin's final paragraph rings true to me.
Amen.
That this Synod express the desire that the Church of England be in communion with the Anglican Church in North America.
Colin was at the "fringe meeting organized by Anglican Mainstream" at which representatives of ACNA made their case for passing the Ashworth motion:
I was present at the meeting, illicitly because the Bishop of Winchester who chaired said at the beginning (looking directly at me, I thought), this meeting is open only to members of General Synod, asking anyone else present to leave. I remained in my seat, waiting to be named. I’m sorry, bishop, for having ignored your request.
Colin doesn't sound all that sorry to me, and I'm pleased that he stayed in his chair to give us his report on the meeting.
The four speakers at the meeting representing the Anglican Church in North America were Bishop Donald Harvey, Mrs. Cynthia Brust, Dr. Michael Howell, and the Rev. Dr. Tory Baucum. They were confident and convincing in their presentations and any one not knowing better would have been convinced by what they said. Speakers from The Episcopal Church would have been equally passionate and convincing. That’s what North Americans are like.
Yesterday I met one of the BBC reporters covering Synod. What they said isn’t true, he commented, having visited both TEC and ACNA parishes. ACNA distorts statistics to their advantage and are riven with tensions and disagreements. ACNA is an unstable network. This is very different from the idealised picture presented on Tuesday of a network which is modelling Anglican breadth and inclusiveness with far more success than we in the Church of England have ever been able to achieve.
Amazing! The BBC reporter did his homework in a way that few reporters in the US would trouble themselves to do. Imagine a reporter from the US doing that sort of extensive backgroud work on a story about TEC and ACNA.
Visit Changing Attitude to read the rest of the post, because Colin has much more to say about the mistaken interpretations of the supporters of ACNA.
Colin's final paragraph rings true to me.
It isn’t difficult for Changing Attitude to stand firm with those who want women and gay people fully included in our Communion. It’s much more difficult to work and pray for an outcome in which present divisions are reconciled and all are united in one Communion. It is a dream which we have to try and turn into reality. We must refuse to be corrupted by the distortions of reality which characterise conservative campaign strategy.
Amen.
Monday, February 15, 2010
BISHOP MARK LAWRENCE'S RECENT PASTORAL LETTER
In Bishop Mark Lawrence's recent pastoral letter to the members of the Diocese of South Carolina, the bishop seems distressed by the request for certain documents from the diocese and a number of the churches within the diocese by the office of the Presiding Bishop. I read over the letters of request by the attorney for the PB's office, Thomas Tisdale, to Wade Logan, Chancellor of the diocese, and I see no reason why the diocese objects to supplying the documents. Of course, I have no special knowledge of canon law nor of the law of the land. The bishop asserts that he is the only bishop with canonical jurisdiction in the diocese, and he, along with his Standing Committee, claim sovereignty for the Diocese of South Carolina. Note that "Episcopal" is missing from the name of the diocese.
My first thoughts upon reading Bishop Mark Lawrence's letter were, "Whining, self-pitying, and sanctimonious!" - which led me to wonder if, in his letter, Bishop Lawrence is setting up his case for a claim of persecution by the office of the Presiding Bishop against him and his doocese.
Bishop Lawrence counsels against a unilateral, precipitous response to the "unjust intrusions", "provocative interference", and "unprecedented incursions" into the affairs of the diocese.
In the service for the Ordination of a Bishop in the Episcopal Church, Mark Lawrence was asked:
He answered:
One presumes that Mark Lawrence affirmed the statement in the knowledge that "the Church" meant the Episcopal Church.
Surely statements such as the one below from his address to the Special Convention of his diocese had nothing to do with the request for documents:
And his mantra repeated no less than five times:
My first thoughts upon reading Bishop Mark Lawrence's letter were, "Whining, self-pitying, and sanctimonious!" - which led me to wonder if, in his letter, Bishop Lawrence is setting up his case for a claim of persecution by the office of the Presiding Bishop against him and his doocese.
Bishop Lawrence counsels against a unilateral, precipitous response to the "unjust intrusions", "provocative interference", and "unprecedented incursions" into the affairs of the diocese.
In the service for the Ordination of a Bishop in the Episcopal Church, Mark Lawrence was asked:
Will you guard the faith, unity, and discipline of the Church?
He answered:
I will, for the love of God.
One presumes that Mark Lawrence affirmed the statement in the knowledge that "the Church" meant the Episcopal Church.
Surely statements such as the one below from his address to the Special Convention of his diocese had nothing to do with the request for documents:
Surely most of you know that I believe the foundations of The Episcopal Church and this Anglican way of being a Christian are being bit by bit destroyed.
....
This false teaching, that I have called the Gospel of Indiscriminate Inclusivity, has challenged the doctrine of the Trinity, the Uniqueness and Universality of Christ, the Authority of Scripture, our understanding of Baptism, and now that last refuge of order, our Constitutions and Canons. (This is the kudzu.)
....
The General Convention has become the problem. It has replace a balanced piety in this Church with the politics of one-dimensional activism.
And his mantra repeated no less than five times:
"When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do?" (Ps 11:3)
FROM PAUL (A.) - HIS OWN TRUE STORY
I went to the doctor's for my annual physical.
The nurse started with certain basics. "How much do you weigh?", she asked.
"135," I replied.
The nurse put me on the scale. It turns out my weight is 180.
The nurse asked: "Your height?"
"5 feet, 6 inches," I answered.
The nurse checked and saw that I only measure 5 feet, 3 inches.
She then took my blood pressure and told me that it's very high.
"Of course it's high!" I screamed. "When I came in here I was tall and slender! Now I'm short and fat!"
She put me on Prozac.
Look it up, but, as Stephen Colbert says, not in a book.
The nurse started with certain basics. "How much do you weigh?", she asked.
"135," I replied.
The nurse put me on the scale. It turns out my weight is 180.
The nurse asked: "Your height?"
"5 feet, 6 inches," I answered.
The nurse checked and saw that I only measure 5 feet, 3 inches.
She then took my blood pressure and told me that it's very high.
"Of course it's high!" I screamed. "When I came in here I was tall and slender! Now I'm short and fat!"
She put me on Prozac.
Look it up, but, as Stephen Colbert says, not in a book.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
PARADE DAY
The Krewe of Cleophas parades past our church on the Sunday before Mardi Gras. The congregation and friends and family have a pot-luck lunch and then watch the parade from the church grounds.
The children play football before the parade starts. The blond girl will be a quarterback when she grows up. She can throw the ball!
Thibodaux High School Band. My three children attended Thibodaux High, and my daughter was in the band. She played the clarinet and the oboe.
Below are a few of the floats from the Krewe of Cleophas parade. The riders design and make the floats themselves. Another name for the krewe is The Poor Man's Parade, so-called because the members of the krewe do not pay to have their floats made.
My loot. I gave stuffed animals and toys to the kids. One nine year old girl in our congregation held up a sign saying, "Today is my birthday!" hoping that the float riders would throw her beads and especially toys as birthday presents.
The children play football before the parade starts. The blond girl will be a quarterback when she grows up. She can throw the ball!
Below are a few of the floats from the Krewe of Cleophas parade. The riders design and make the floats themselves. Another name for the krewe is The Poor Man's Parade, so-called because the members of the krewe do not pay to have their floats made.
PARADE DAY - PART DEUX
And we all passed a good time.
WHAT IS IT?
From Nola.com:
It's Parade Sunday At Christ Church Cathedral, the seat of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana, situated along the St. Charles Avenue parade route.
And at morning Eucharist that means the annual reappearance of the Rev. David duPlantier's Mardi Gras vestments, seen here. (When he faithfully describes them -- sequins, fleur de lis, purple, green and gold -- he is compelled to add: "All tastefully done, of course.")
Of course. These are Anglicans, yes?
The vestment is called a cope, basically a long cloak, with a tradition of more than a thousand years in liturgical use.
....
If you've a mind to, you can catch all this at 9 a.m. Sunday. Note the time; this week, it's a hour earlier than the usual time posted on the cathedral website.
Shamelessly stolen from Caminante. I had to have it, doncha know.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
A PRAYER REQUEST...
From Susankay:
Mimi -- I am spreading a prayer request around the blogosphere -- my much loved Molly the WonderDog has just has a really bad seizure -- the first in almost two years and is still really freaked out. Please pray that she be well and unafraid.
We've prayed for Molly before, and we'll do so again.
Mimi -- I am spreading a prayer request around the blogosphere -- my much loved Molly the WonderDog has just has a really bad seizure -- the first in almost two years and is still really freaked out. Please pray that she be well and unafraid.
We've prayed for Molly before, and we'll do so again.
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