- More of the endless dicsussion (16 Dec 04)
The Advent pastoral letter (29 November 2004) of the Archbishop of Canberbury Rowan Williams is worth reading carefully. togther with a response from the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement. ...
- Ethics of ecumenism (15 Nov 04)
Reuters reports that during a service marking the 40th anniversary 40th anniversary on November 21 of the Vatican Council II Decree on Ecumenism Unitatis redintegratio Pope John Paul has singled ...
- Response to Windsor (01 Nov 04)
Among all the reponses to the Windsor report I am particularly impressed by an article "Institution over Inspiration?" by Bishop Paul Marshall of the Diocese of Bethlehem (Pennsylvania) published online ...
- Words on Windsor (18 Oct 04)
Predictably the Anglican world is awash with words following the release of the Windsor report. I've read the report but like everyone else need time to digest it. Anglicans Online ...
- Waiting for Windsor (17 Oct 04)
Many await with concern the release of the 'Windsor Report' the Report of the Lambeth Commision on Communion from this site at 11am GMT on 18 October.Heavenly Father you have ...
- Visceral vacuousness (13 Oct 04)
The press and radio are reporting a speech by Philip Jensen Anglican Dean of Sydney to the 2004 National Conference of Reform in England. Jensen denounced the Archbishop of Canterbury ...
- No and no (08 Oct 04)
The General Synod Anglican Church of Australia has said 'no' to the ordination of people in same-sex relationships 'no' to the blessing of same sex relationships and endorsed the Government's ...
- Squaring the circle (04 Oct 04)
These are the motions on sexuality being considered by the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Australia at its three-yearly meeting in Freemantle this week. They're a gloomy lot ...
- Undecideable? (18 Sep 04)
In the Anglican Communion's debate over the role of homosexual people in the church there is speculation that disciplinary action against the Episcopal Church of the United States of America ...
- A message of inclusion (29 Aug 04)
George Browning Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn writes this in the September 2004 edition of the Diocese's Anglican News:From Athens a message of inclusion rather than exclusion. . . I ...
- Fear of love and love of fear (31 Jul 04)
American William Blaine-Wallace writes in the latest edition of The Witness about what he sees as a connection between a love for war and opposition to same-sex marriage. Australian is ...
- The big red pill (29 Jul 04)
"Suppose" a friend once challenged me "that you were offered a big red pill called a 'Straight pill' which if you took it would make you completely and permanently heterosexual. ...
- 'Marrying folks' (27 Jun 04)
Dr Carter Heyward Episcopal priest theology professor and resident of Massachusetts believes "that the church should get out of the marriage business altogether." However she writes in the The Witness ...
- Is Eames listening? (18 Jun 04)
A piece by Kevin Jones posted to the Every Voice Network raises some troubling questions about the conduct of the Lambeth Commission which is studying the way forward for the ...
- Restoring communion (17 Jun 04)
In a submission to the Lambeth Commission Njongonkulu Ndungane Archbishop of Cape Town has written magnificently of the way ahead in the world wide Anglican communion. Here are some extracts; ...
- Pawns and wedge politics (14 Jun 04)
Dr Muriel Porter a leading Australian Anglican laywoman writes in The Age of 14 June 2004 on "How our 'leaders' are exploiting gays"It is time for a reality check in ...
- New Zealand has a go (10 Jun 04)
Newly elected Archbishop and maori-rights advocate Whakahuihui Vercoe of New Zealand has envisaged a world without homosexuality. However only a month ago the General Synod of The Anglican Church in ...
- Visibility = life (09 Jun 04)
It is a question of making conflicts more visible of making them more essential than mere confrontations of interests or mere institutional immobility. Out of these conflicts these confrontations a ...
- Early fallout (03 Jun 04)
Already the fallout begins from the Anglican Church of Canada's decisions on same-sex relationships. Anglican Journal reports that nine bishops of the Church have declared that its General Synod was ...
- Canada's turn (30 May 04)
The Council of the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada has agreed that the following resolutions be placed before the General Synod now meeting. We can but pray ...
- Right to marry (25 May 04)
Extract from the Massachusetts Declaration of Religious Support For the Freedom of Same-Gender Couples to MarryThe most fundamental human right after the necessities of food clothing and shelter is the ...
- Compromise or autonomy? (22 May 04)
Debate in the international Anglican Communion about ordination of and ministry by gay and lesbian people lumbers on.The 'Primates of the Global South' of the Anglican Communion met on 15 ...
- Same-sex marriages in church (20 May 04)
Most heartening for me among the many stories flowing from Massachusetts recognition of same-sex marriages are the reports e.g. here and here of church leaders performing and blessing same-sex marriages ...
- Continuing the Reformation (11 May 04)
Thanks to Anglicans Online for a link to a "The Reformation Continues" a University Sermon preached by the Reverend Dr Giles Fraser Chair of Inclusive Church.net in the University Church ...
- Inclusive church? (29 Apr 04)
From Thinking Anglicans I learn that inclusivechurch.net plans to observe 20 June 2004 as Inclusive Church Sunday. As well as a liturgy there are also sermon notes by the Reverend ...
- Trinitarian virtues and same-sex relationships (29 Apr 04)
In These three are one: the practice of trinitarian theology (Malden Mass Oxford Blackwell 1998) David Cunningham proposes trinitarian virtues of 'polyphony' 'participation' and 'particularity' as a basis for trinitarian ...
- Good conscience (12 Apr 04)
The Anglican Diocese of Sydney proposes to ask candidates for ordination or lay ministry to complete a questionnaire enquiring among other things into their sexual behaviour. It asks "Is there ...
- God and the queer judge (11 Apr 04)
The ABC's website has God and the judge the transcript of an address by The Hon Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG to a church in Sydney. A Justice of the ...
- Out of the tomb (08 Apr 04)
When they looked up they saw that the stone which was very large had already been rolled back. As they entered the tomb they saw a young man dressed in ...
- Weighty matters (30 Mar 04)
In the Chicago Theological Seminary Register 93(2): 41-47 Summer 2003 Mary Castellanos writes on "Justice peace community." She reflects on the response of faith communities to the U.S. initiation of ...
- Stark choice? (29 Mar 04)
I've just read a review of Gay and lesbian theologies: repetitions with critical difference by Elizabeth Stuart (Ashgate 2003). "If one were in any doubt about the deepening conservatism of ...
- Our 'deep mistaken chivalry' (27 Mar 04)
"Weighing in" from The spirit level by Seamus Heaney. (London Faber and Faber 1966): The 56 lb. weight. A solid iron Unit of negation. Stamped and cast With an inset ...
- The authentic stamp of diversity (20 Mar 04)
A curious and reassuring thing I find about reading is that when I'm thinking a lot about something relevant bits and pieces pop up in unexpected places. I found this ...
- Pre-ordained (17 Mar 04)
In his MEMO column in The Christian Century 3 March 2004 Martin Marty observes that although blessing of gay marriage/unions is embroiled in politics the ordination of GLBT people is ...
- No way of knowing (16 Mar 04)
At last I have got my hands on Robin Scrogg's much-quoted The New Testament and Homosexuality (1983). Some extracts:What [Paul] would have said about the contemporary model of adult/adult mutuality ...
- Silence is no answer (07 Mar 04)
In The Guardian of 6 March 2004 Canon Marilyn McCord Adams Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford University commented on Bishop Gene Robinson's withdrawal from speaking at the Oxford Union ...
- Bet your life (28 Feb 04)
The greatest risks are spiritual and intellectual. How else do we take a chance on God? In a piece in Christian Century Barbara Brown Taylor of Columbia Theological Seminary bets ...
- Truth telling (28 Feb 04)
These words are from a lecture by the Revd. Dr James Alison. Alison is a Catholic theologian priest and author. He is the author of Knowing Jesus (London: SPCK ...
- Integrity (28 Feb 04)
Today we sent off a cheque to become members of Integrity USA. There's no similar group in anywhere near our home city of Canberra Australia. So we've joined the American ...
- Discussing homosex in the church (28 Feb 04)
The churches are full of debate about homosexuality. This quotation sums up my attitude better than I could myself. Afterword from: Homosexuality and Christian faith: questions of conscience for the ...
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