• Episcopal - Hot Off The Presses - Parish: Holy Moly (ECUSA)

    Man charged in suburban church thefts | Chicago Tribune

    Man charged in suburban church thefts | Chicago Tribune A 42-year-old Chicago man is accused of driving a stolen van containing $3,500 in property that had been stolen from several area churches, authorities said today. Lloyd Martin was arrested Wednesday for allegedly shoplifting from a Jewel Food Store on the city's North Side, police said. Investigators connected him to the series of church burglaries in northwest suburban Park Ridge, Des Plaines and Elk Grove Village and west suburban Villa Park, police said." Yikes! He stole a van from a neighbor church! There was a breakin at Holy Innocents a while…

  • Episcopal - Good and Joyful Things

    Anglican Bombshell: Better Theology of Sex

    Just when things were simmering down in the ever-boiling pot of Anglican angst, a courageous if foolhardy Canadian bishop most definitely pipes up: globeandmail.com: Bishop demands better theology of sex The Christian church has a deeply flawed understanding of sex that has led to morally groundless objections to masturbation, birth control, abortion and homosexuality, says a leading Canadian Anglican bishop. In particular, the church has been wrong for centuries on the notion that sex exists only for the purpose of procreation, Right Rev. Michael Ingham, bishop of the Greater Vancouver Diocese of New Westminster, told a conference in Ottawa last…

  • Episcopal - Good and Joyful Things

    Anglican Bombshell: Better Theology of Sex

    Just when things were simmering down in the ever-boiling pot of Anglican angst, a courageous if foolhardy Canadian bishop most definitely pipes up: globeandmail.com: Bishop demands better theology of sex The Christian church has a deeply flawed understanding of sex that has led to morally groundless objections to masturbation, birth control, abortion and homosexuality, says a leading Canadian Anglican bishop. In particular, the church has been wrong for centuries on the notion that sex exists only for the purpose of procreation, Right Rev. Michael Ingham, bishop of the Greater Vancouver Diocese of New Westminster, told a conference in Ottawa last…

  • Episcopal - Funnies - Parish: Holy Moly (ECUSA)

    Three Outta Four Ain’t Bad

    This is too funny, and too true. I can't say I've evangelized with the evangelicals, but all three of the other things happens every Sunday, if I go to both services at St Nicholas with the Holy Innocents.  Which I've been doing lately, mostly because as a choir member I enjoy singing both services, as the music is slightly different for each.  Today was especially nice as a young woman with a gorgeous, trained voice sang "Domine Deus," by Antonio Vivaldi. Also, in both services we've been singing a really pretty modern "Kyrie," by Marty Haugen, that has a soft…

  • Episcopal - Funnies - Parish: Holy Moly (ECUSA)

    Three Outta Four Ain’t Bad

    This is too funny, and too true. I can't say I've evangelized with the evangelicals, but all three of the other things happens every Sunday, if I go to both services at St Nicholas with the Holy Innocents.  Which I've been doing lately, mostly because as a choir member I enjoy singing both services, as the music is slightly different for each.  Today was especially nice as a young woman with a gorgeous, trained voice sang "Domine Deus," by Antonio Vivaldi. Also, in both services we've been singing a really pretty modern "Kyrie," by Marty Haugen, that has a soft…

  • Hot Off The Presses - Religion

    Strict Father Sky Vs. Nurturing Mother Earth

    What was that just now about parenting models being the framework for every kind of ideological framework?  Evangelicals seek to oust leader over global warming | Chicago Tribune WASHINGTON — More than two dozen evangelical leaders are seeking the ouster of Rev. Richard Cizik from the National Association of Evangelicals because of his "relentless campaign" against global warming Yeah. And that bit about Falwell preaching that global warming is a myth is referenced. He should go evangelize the Inuit for a year, that guy, and walk a mile in their mukluks. Or travel 1200 miles by dogsled, like this group.…

  • Episcopal - Hot Off The Presses - Politics, Schmolitics - Religion

    Remember The Theory of Everything

    I already knew this, but it bears repeating:   Our view of God, strict or nurturing, divides us – Nashville, Tennessee – Saturday, 03/03/07 – Tennessean.com A battle of two moralities is roaring in this country — really, a battle between two views of God — and it explains nearly everything, and nearly everyone ignores it. An unspoken conflict of attitudes toward parenting — Strict Parent model vs. Nurturing Parent — shapes the showdown between conservatives and liberals across the board, whether at worship, in Congress or on the Iraq war.   [tags]God, Nurturing Parent, Strict Parent, liberals, conservatives[/tags] 

  • Episcopal - Hot Off The Presses - Politics, Schmolitics - Religion

    Remember The Theory of Everything

    I already knew this, but it bears repeating:   Our view of God, strict or nurturing, divides us – Nashville, Tennessee – Saturday, 03/03/07 – Tennessean.com A battle of two moralities is roaring in this country — really, a battle between two views of God — and it explains nearly everything, and nearly everyone ignores it. An unspoken conflict of attitudes toward parenting — Strict Parent model vs. Nurturing Parent — shapes the showdown between conservatives and liberals across the board, whether at worship, in Congress or on the Iraq war.   [tags]God, Nurturing Parent, Strict Parent, liberals, conservatives[/tags]