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    Picket Akinola Sunday, Sept. 23, outside Chicago « Akinola, Repudiate Anti-Gay Violence

    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.”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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    AFP: Zimbabwe Anglican church to sever ties with gays: official

    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 As stories in African web publications can disappear behind archive screens, or be withdrawn if someone important enough repudiates them, I’ve quoted the whole thing.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…

  • Flickr - Food, Glorious Food - Moblog - Uncategorical Weirdness

    Egg Burrito In A Bag, With Olive

    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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    links for 2007-09-07

    globeandmail.com: Born into abusive grip of a cult Ruth Buddington was 13 when she was brought to Grenville Christian College in Brockville, Ont., as a prisoner of her cult-member parents. Ordered by a Massachusetts child probation officer to let their daughter see a therapist and to take therapy with (tags: Anglican Cult) The Observer Media Ltd. :: The Weekly Observer :: Uganda’s Top Resource site (tags: Anglican Uganda tolerance GayClergy) PublicEye.org – Exposing the Right’s Attacks on Mainline Protestantism Seen again at Episcope – I think I read this one last year. (tags: IRD Politics Religion Dominionist Steeplejacking)

  • Episcopal - Good and Joyful Things - Music

    Musical Unicornery

    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…

  • Hot Off The Presses - Politics, Schmolitics

    Wait! NO! I changed My Mind!

    Can’t this guy see the writing on the wall?  Mitch McConnell says he’s done. That isn’t good enough? Sen. Craig may reconsider resignation, spokesman says – CNN.com Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, returned from the Senate’s summer recess and made his first public comments on Craig’s sudden downfall.He suggested that Republican leaders judged Craig more harshly than they did Republican Sen. David Vitter, of Louisiana, who was recently linked to a heterosexual prostitution service. “Everyone can see what they did with Vitter and what they did with Craig and draw their own conclusion,” Reid told…

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    If You Fly Northwest, Don’t Take Your Pet Goat

    Certain of my clients tell me that Northwest is the airline most likely to have delays or cancellations. Guess they’re running short of goats. If you like yours, leave it at home. KATHMANDU Reuters – Officials at Nepals state-run airline have sacrificed two goats to appease Akash Bhairab, the Hindu sky god, following technical problems with one of its Boeing 757 aircraft, the carrier said Tuesday.