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From Matt Kennedy at Stand Firm

Presiding Bishop Plans to Try Bishop Duncan before the Lambeth Conference

The Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church plans to poll the House of Bishops in April 2008 for approval of a plan to move the possible deposition of Bishop Bob Duncan of Pittsburgh forward from September 2008 to May 2008.

This was announced at the post-meeting press conference yesterday. Bishops Ed Little, Roskam, Curry, and Alvarez were among those present at the conference.

The reasons for this move have not been made public, however, the effect of such a move is clear. The Lambeth Conference begins in July. Were Bishop Duncan to be deposed prior to the Lambeth Conference, the Archbishop of Canterbury would be forced to decide whether to honor the Episcopal Church’s deposition and disinvite Bishop Duncan or to disregard it, a decision similar to the one he faces with regard to Bishop Schofield of San Joaquin.

Orthodox Anglicanism for Dummies

This is brilliant! I have no idea who created it.

Found at HotRodAnglican

Did you notice this threatening little bit?

We base much of our approach to loving God and our neighbors in this world on our baptismal covenant. Yet our latest prayer book was written just a bit too early to include caring for creation among those explicit baptismal promises. I would invite you to explore those promises a bit more deeply -- where and how do they imply caring for the rest of creation?

Apparently a little foretaste of plans for the NEW IMPROVED BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER! coming our way. I look forward to the Trial Use books, which will not doubt include many prayers to "this earth, our island home". Isn't Eucharistic Prayer C enough to inflict on the faithful?

Holy Cow! The Presiding Bishop's Easter Message

So, the Presiding Bishop has issued her Easter Message. Is it about Christ rising from the tomb? Is it about the new life we receive, the forgiveness of our sins, the glorious hope of resurrection for all who believe in the Lord? No. It's about cows and their digestion.

What the heck? Has this woman ever opened a Bible or stepped into an actual, real, Bible-preaching church? Or is her only experience of "church" of the Unitarian variety?

(Answers: No & yes.)

What was he thinking?????

Analysts Ask: What Was Spitzer Thinking?

By JOCELYN NOVECK, AP National Writer
3:46 PM PDT, March 10, 2008

NEW YORK -- It's the simplest question in the world, but it was the one repeated over and over Monday after the staggering news broke about Gov. Eliot Spitzer: What in heaven's name was the man thinking?

Yet if the New York governor is proved to have been involved in a prostitution ring, it would hardly be the first time a powerful, brilliant person in public life has done something dizzyingly self-destructive.

Why do otherwise smart, successful people do such risky things? For psychologists and political analysts who found themselves dissecting the Spitzer story, it was a question of the chicken or the egg: In such situations, does the risky behavior precede the powerful job? Or does something about being in power cause the behavior?

the rest here...

ON USING RITE 1

Just a trivial observation. My parish is using Rite 1 during Lent. We can not seem to get the hang of passing the peace. Being the last Sunday before Palm Sunday, we seem to have finally settled into this:

"The LORD be with you.
And also.... with thy Spirit."

Hey, does anybody read this blog?

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