| The Colbert Report | Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c | |||
| ||||
Saturday, June 12, 2010
COLBERT - BP STOCK SINKS
Friday, June 11, 2010
CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS?
Look what that cat MadPriest dragged in.
When Grandmère Mimi made her state visit to England last year we met up in Yorkshire and visited the quaint village of Lastingham for lunch.
After our meal, Mimi and me went to have a look in the church. On the way back to the car, we were Googled and have been immortalised on their street view function. Mrs MadPriest can be seen in the distance opening the boot of our car.
Dat is me, and dat is him. I don't know about immortalized, but the picture was taken in March of 2009, so it's probably been on Google's street view function for quite a while. Amazing!
Below is a picture of the Norman crypt of the Church of St. Mary in Lastingham, the church Jonathan and I visited that day.
ON GENERAL SYNOD OF THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA
From Anglican Journal:
The delegates to General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada did what they did and what they felt they must do. Presumably, the ACofC did not make a "formal" collective decision to depart from the moritoria of the Windsor Report, which has now become a list of rules that member churches of the Anglican Communion must follow, according to the Archbishop of Canterbury and other members of the AC, although how a report came to be a set of rules is still a mystery to me.
Oh, and it appears that the "rules" are more restrictive for some member churches than for others. In the end, I'll wager that the representatives from the Episcopal Church will be the only members of the ecumenical committees who will be asked to stand down, although we are not the only member church to have departed from "gracious restraint" in the matter of following the "rules" of the Windsor Report.
“Despite all our differences we are passionately committed to walking together.” So said a pastoral statement approved today by the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada on the issue of same gender blessings. And it may mark the beginning of a new spirit and approach to a question that has divided the church in recent years.
....
The result is a document that acknowledges continuing differences within the church on the issue, and says “at this time, we are not prepared to make a legislative decision.” The statement instead committed the church to more dialogue. This compromise left both sides wanting more, but there was a new and surprising level of support from both sides, and the statement was approved by a large majority within the 350-member synod made up of lay people, clergy and bishops.
“For many members of General Synod there is deep sadness that, at this time, there is no common mind. We acknowledge the pain that our diversity in this matter causes. We are deeply aware of the cost to people whose lives are implicated in the consequences of an ongoing discernment process…,” they said. “For some, even this statement represents a risk. For some, the statement does not go nearly far enough.”
....
And there were concerns expressed. Kellina Baetz from the diocese of Algoma said the document “fails to acknowledge the reality that inaction is also action.” She pointed to a piece of the text that said “we accept that different local contexts call at times for different local discernment, decision and action.” Then she asked, “Now I understand that the language here is perhaps deliberately vague for good reason, but I don’t know how you call that anything other than affirmation of local option.” Local option is a term used for one proposed resolution to the issue in which dioceses and local parishes could decide whether or not to bless same-sex unions.
The delegates to General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada did what they did and what they felt they must do. Presumably, the ACofC did not make a "formal" collective decision to depart from the moritoria of the Windsor Report, which has now become a list of rules that member churches of the Anglican Communion must follow, according to the Archbishop of Canterbury and other members of the AC, although how a report came to be a set of rules is still a mystery to me.
Oh, and it appears that the "rules" are more restrictive for some member churches than for others. In the end, I'll wager that the representatives from the Episcopal Church will be the only members of the ecumenical committees who will be asked to stand down, although we are not the only member church to have departed from "gracious restraint" in the matter of following the "rules" of the Windsor Report.
STORY OF THE DAY - VETERAN TRAVELER
carries a lot of suitcases but all of them
are empty because she's expecting to
completely fill them with life by the end
of this trip & then she'll come home &
sort everything out & do it all again
From StoryPeople.
Due to extreme busyness, I've not had time to attend to email, my blog, phone calls, nor much of anything but the duties that demand my attention now. When I can, I'll get back to all those things. Don't worry. Nothing is wrong here, except that I'm quite busy.
I love the "Story of the Day" today, and I sneaked in the few minutes required to post the story before moving on.
are empty because she's expecting to
completely fill them with life by the end
of this trip & then she'll come home &
sort everything out & do it all again
From StoryPeople.
Due to extreme busyness, I've not had time to attend to email, my blog, phone calls, nor much of anything but the duties that demand my attention now. When I can, I'll get back to all those things. Don't worry. Nothing is wrong here, except that I'm quite busy.
I love the "Story of the Day" today, and I sneaked in the few minutes required to post the story before moving on.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
"CANTERBURY 2010 - A VISION AND LAMENT"
In the light of the setting sun
I saw the stones of the cathedral
seemed to be made of gold, pure gold.
And the great white crane flew by
on wings that beat so slow, so slow,
much slower than the beating of my heart,
and turned not, but flew on, flew on.
And after sunset, in the dim gray light of evening
I touched the stones of the cathedral
and found they were not gold at all;
not gold but only stone, cold stone.
And the great white crane still flew,
and turned not back
past Canterbury’s cold, cold stone.
Tobias Stanislas Haller
June 10,2010
Of all the words I've read and written about this letter or that letter, or this statement or that statement, the words of Tobias' elegy speak most closely to what is in my heart. Thank you, my dear brother, Tobias.
I saw the stones of the cathedral
seemed to be made of gold, pure gold.
And the great white crane flew by
on wings that beat so slow, so slow,
much slower than the beating of my heart,
and turned not, but flew on, flew on.
And after sunset, in the dim gray light of evening
I touched the stones of the cathedral
and found they were not gold at all;
not gold but only stone, cold stone.
And the great white crane still flew,
and turned not back
past Canterbury’s cold, cold stone.
Tobias Stanislas Haller
June 10,2010
Of all the words I've read and written about this letter or that letter, or this statement or that statement, the words of Tobias' elegy speak most closely to what is in my heart. Thank you, my dear brother, Tobias.
THEMETHATISME'S LETTER TO THE ABC
From Conscientisation:
My Lord Archbishop,
Peace and blessings in our Lord.
I am delighted to read press reports over the weekend in respect of changing the current provisions regarding divorce and the appointment of Bishops. Not simply because I believe this to be just, but because I believe The House itself would benefit from the presence of persons who have a greater experience of livelihoods which have not been 'the norm'. I further note the comments recorded by Fr. Geoffrey Look At ME Kirk and trust that in such vein he and his FiF brethren will consequently be subject to the same strictures you have chosen to underline with The Episcopal Church in America and will be relegated from the premiership division, for not toeing the line in accordance with the provisions of Windsor and the forthcoming covenant.
The covenant is by the way, an extremely bad idea. I could make biblically based comments about swords and eyes for eyes but you are much more aware of these things than I and I have never wasted much time in teaching grandmothers (or grandfathers) to suck eggs. I have also never really been into the kind of biblical literalism that the folly of Cpt. Look At ME Kirk expresses as wisdom nor do I truly believe that he should suffer its consequences. Nor should TEC, nor our gay and lesbian brethren throughout the world. Human beings are exceptionally bad at covenants; they should remain the prerogative of God alone. We are not possessed of the capacity for one-sided sacrifice, have not the omni-conscience required to exercise forgiveness on the scale required to mirror the great covenants of our faith history. (Rabbi Sachs knows about this, you should ask him next time you have a chat.) In our hands covenants can only be blunt swords which wielded even with the best of intentions will only disable, removing eyes in exchange for big left toes and such.
I regret to inform and am sincerely sorry that my progressing ill-health has necessitated my standing down as church-warden in my parish. But this has at least allowed my now more sedentary habit of letter writing to be extended and you may hear from me more often now. Every cloud...
I remain your servant,
A gem, isn't it? I had to have the letter, and TheMe gave me permission.
GOOD NEWS FOR TEC
From The Lead:
Read the opinion and a statement from the Diocese of Virginia at The Lead.
The Virginia Supreme Court ruled this morning in favor of the Diocese of Virginia in the property dispute between the diocese and CANA. In its ruling the court reversed and remanded the case.
Read the opinion and a statement from the Diocese of Virginia at The Lead.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
BISHOP DREXEL GOMEZ KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT ALBANY DIOCESAN CONVENTION
The Most Reverend Drexel Gomez will be the keynote speaker at the Albany Diocesan Convention which begins this Friday. Archbishop Gomez is the retired Bishop of Diocese of the Bahamas. He sat on the Lambeth Commission which produced the Lambeth Report in 2004. He was chair of the Covenant Design Group which produced the Anglican Covenant. The selection of Archbishop Gomez as speaker was a shrewd move, as his presence will do much to awe the delegates and help ram through approval of the Anglican Covenant, which is a priority of our diocesan leadership.
Read the rest at Openly Episcopal in Albany.
MEANWHILE BACK IN THE GULF....
Rich Matthews dives into the oil without a Hazmat suit south of Venice, Louisiana. None the other divers in the boat join him without the protective diving suits. Surprise!
From The Huffington Post:
Triste. Les pauvres animaux.
From The Huffington Post:
Some 40 miles out into the Gulf Of Mexico, I jump off the boat into the thickest patch of red oil I've ever seen. I open my eyes and realize my mask is already smeared. I can't see anything and we're just five seconds into the dive.
Dropping beneath the surface the only thing I see is oil. To the left, right, up and down – it sits on top of the water in giant pools, and hangs suspended fifteen feet beneath the surface in softball sized blobs. There is nothing alive under the slick, although I see a dead jellyfish and handful of small bait fish.
....
I make my way to the back of the boat unaware of just how covered I am. To be honest, I look a little like one of those poor pelicans we've all been seeing for days now. The oil is so thick and sticky, almost like a cake batter. It does not wipe off. You have to scrape it off, in layers until you finally get close to the skin. Then you pour on some Dawn dishwashing soap and scrub. I think to myself: No fish, no bird, no turtle would ever be able to clean this off of themselves. If any animal, any were to end up in this same puddle there is almost no way they could escape.
Triste. Les pauvres animaux.
AND ONE MORE THING - OR TWO OR THREE
Southwark Cathedral - South London
Click on the picture for a larger view.
Presiding Bishop Katharine's visit to Southwark Cathedral is in addition to her recent presence as a guest at General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada and her impending visit to General Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church, which begins tomorrow.
Go Kate!
Photo from Wiki.
H/T via Lapin to John Chilton at The Lead for the link to the service at Southwark Cathedral.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)