LIVING COMPASSIONATELY

Bro John

We can take the radical step of moving toward God and creating a better world by living compassionately. This is the good news.

-Br. Eldridge Pendleton   
Society of Saint John the Evangelist

From St Cuthbert's Cottage  on Facebook.

STORY OF THE DAY - REMEMBERING

You have to remember to make it all 
over again every day, the angel said to 
me. Otherwise it goes all to hell.

I love this story.

From StoryPeople.

'THEOLOGY CHALLENGED'

From nakedpastor.

RESULTS OF BISHOPS ELECTIONS IN TEC

Elections in the Episcopal Dioceses of Pittsburgh and Western Louisiana for bishops diocesan, bishop suffragan election in Virginia:
Virginia:
The Rev Canon Susan Goff was elected on the 4th ballot

Pittsburgh:
The Rev. Dorsey McConnell has been elected on the 6th Ballot.

Western Louisiana:
The Very Rev. Dr. Jacob Owensby was elected on Ballot #6

Commentary on the Pittsburgh election by Lionel Deimel.

Lifted from Ann Fontaine's post at The Lead.

R.I.P. LEVON HELM - 'ACADIAN DRIFTWOOD' - THE BAND

Bob Dylan on Levon.

"In response to Levon's passing

"He was my bosom buddy friend to the end, one of the last true great spirits of my or any other generation. This is just so sad to talk about. I still can remember the first day I met him and the last day I saw him. We go back pretty far and had been through some trials together. I'm going to miss him, as I'm sure a whole lot of others will too."

Levon Helm at Life is Good Festival in 2011

Photo from Wikipedia.

TWO DIOCESES IN CHURCH OF ENGLAND VOTE FOR ANGLICAN COVENANT

Chichester  For 

Bishops  For: 2,  Against: 0,  Abstained: -
Clergy     For: 29,  Against: 9,  Abstained: -
Laity        For: 39,  Against: 25,  Abstained: -

Southwell and Nottingham  For 

Bishops  For: 2,  Against: 0,  Abstained: 0
Clergy     For: 15,  Against: 5,  Abstained: 0
Laity        For: 31,  Against: 6,  Abstained: 1

Summary

Dioceses for the Covenant to date: 18

Dioceses against the Covenant to date: 25

There are 2 dioceses yet to vote: Newcastle and York next Saturday, 28 April.

From Paul Bagshaw at Not the Same Stream.

STORY OF THE DAY - SAVING UP

saving up a bag full of peak moments 
she's going to have someday if she can 
ever get away from all the same old stuff 
that's holding her back & you can pretty 
well guess how it's going

From StoryPeople.

DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH NZ DEFEATS ANGLICAN COVENANT

From a correspondent in Christchurch, New Zealand:

Hi Mimi,

Have come home from Christchurch Synod meeting.  We had a vote on the Covenant.  Passed by laity, DEFEATED by clergy... therefore DEFEATED by Christchurch New Zealand.

Thought I'd share the good news!

This is good news, indeed.

CHURCH IN WALES GIVES 'AMBER LIGHT' TO COVENANT

A plan to protect the unity of the worldwide Anglican Communion was given an amber light, rather than a green light, by the Church in Wales today (April 18).

Members of its Governing Body voted to affirm their commitment to the Communion and the Covenant process, but asked questions of the Anglican Consultative Council which meets in October. They feared the recent rejection of the Covenant by the Church of England jeopardised its future and clarifications about that were now needed before a decision could be made.

The Bishop of St Asaph, Dr Gregory Cameron, who proposed a motion which was amended in the light of the Church of England decision, said, “We have given the Covenant an amber light rather than a green light but in doing so we are being honest about where the Church is today. However, I think we need to reaffirm our strong commitment to each other through the saving power of Christ revealed in the Gospels. That is what I believe the Covenant ultimately calls us to do and I hope one day the Church in Wales will be able to vote for it.”

Living in Glasgow says AMBER means STOP.  I'm not sure what AMBER means in Wales.

Despite advice from Secretary General of the Anglican Communion Office Kenneth Kearon to carry on with consideration of the Anglican Covenant, the member churches of the Anglican Communion are concerned and confused about the status of the document now that the 'mother' church, the Church of England, has voted it down.  I doubt proponents of the covenant envisioned defeat of the covenant in England, so there is no Plan B.

Kearon lists the churches that have adopted, acceded to, or subscribed to the covenant, but he neglects to mention that The Episcopal Church in the Philippines voted it down, along with the Church of England.

H/T to Peter Owen  at Thinking Anglicans.

Thanks to Simon Sarmiento in the comments for the link to Living in Glasgow.

EINSTEIN IN HEAVEN

Albert Einstein dies and goes to heaven, only to be informed that his room is not yet ready.  "I hope you will not mind waiting in a dormitory.  We are very sorry, but it's the best we can do, and you will have to share the room with others," he is told by the doorman.

Einstein says that this is no problem at all and that there is no need to make such a great fuss.  So the doorman leads him to the dorm.  They enter and Albert is introduced to all of the present inhabitants.

"See, here is your first roommate.  He has an IQ of 180!"

"Why that's wonderful!" says Albert.  "We can discuss mathematics!"

"And here is your second roommate.  His IQ is 150!"

"Why that's marvelous!" says Albert.  "We can discuss physics!"

"And here is your third roommate.  His IQ is 100!"

"That's great!  We can discuss the latest plays at the theater!"

Just then another man moves out to grasp Albert's hand and shake it.  "I'm your last roommate and I'm sorry, but my IQ is only 80."

Albert smiles back at him and says, "So, where do you think interest rates
are headed?"



Cheers,

Paul (A.)

The photo is from Wikipedia and shows Einstein with his halo slipped a little down and to the side.