The Loom : A Nation of Neurotics? Blame the Puppet Masters? (tags: Brain Parasite toxoplasma) CBC Radio | Quirks & Quarks | September 30, 2006 (tags: Pschopaths) Episcopal News Service: Diocese of Springfield convention vote Seems the lay people of Springfield want different things than the clergy and their very conservative bishop, but a canny knowledge of Robert’s Rules and the ability to draw the business meeting out long after many lay people had to leave ensured the stat (tags: Episcopalian) Father Jake Stops the World: Tell Your Faith Story As it happens, I’m supposed to write my spiritual autobiography…
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Episcopal parish seeking new leadership | Chicago Tribune Bennett says the conflict between St. Andrew’s and its bishop began at the 2003 Episcopal General Convention, when Bennett cast her vote in favor of Rev. V. Gene Robinson, an openly gay man in a committed relationship, as New Hampshire bishop. In November 2005, Bennett contacted Beckwith to ask if he was opposed to confirming a lesbian who wished to join the Church. At that point, Bennett said, the bishop declared he would confirm no one in the parish because “the faith was not being taught” there. When Beckwith celebrated mass at…
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Episcopal News Service The diocesan news release said that on July 17 the rector, wardens and vestry of St. John’s “abandoned the offices to which they were elected as well as the Episcopal Church when they violated the canons of the church†by affiliating with the Anglican Diocese of Luweero in Uganda. “By definition, parishioners and clergy who remove themselves from the Episcopal Church relinquish their rights of governance within the church’s structure,†the release said. San Diego Bishop James R. Mathes appointed the Rev. Wayne Sanders as priest-in-charge of St. John’s. The parish held a special meeting and elected…
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When we stay in hotels, we have a few standards. We insist on non-smoking rooms, we prefer king beds, we’re starting to require wireless internet or at least cable internet access (David has a portable wireless access point). But what we often get, without specifying it, is The Screaming Family In The Adjoining Room Next Door. This happened the last time we were at the Gonzo Inn in Moab, and it’s happening again… complete with near-hysterical mother loudly ordering a cranky toddler to “stop crying and rest! immediately! This is the third time I’ve told you, you need to rest!…
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the future is yesterday � This American Life to offer free podcast Hurray! Hurray! We’ll get to listen to TAL any day! The blogosphere may sneer at Chicago Public Radio’s archaic method of getting the word out to the masses (they used a traditional news release) but the news is good nonetheless: I’ll be able to listen to TAL when I want, and not accidentally by being in the car when the show is on. That is, apparently they’ll offer the podcast of each week’s show free for 7 days, then it’ll be archived, where you’ll have to find it…