The issuance of a statement by the College of Bishops of the Traditional Anglican Communion has incited a heated response from Dr Peter Toon that was uncommonly quick even by his standards. The operative section of the statement is reproduced below as an aid to my readers as I endeavor to evaluate Dr Toon’s response:... Continue Reading →
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Which Church Father are you?
Here is a bit of fun on this Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity. The Way of the Fathers website has a little quiz to let you see which Father of the Church you might be. You can take it here http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/quiz/ For some unknown reason, I was identified with St. Jerome, a/k/a "the cranky one". Surely,... Continue Reading →
Letty Russell and our theological enemies
Letty Russell died recently. She was a radical feminist professor at Yale Divinity School -- the sort of theologian who makes your standard-issue liberal protestant look like a dowdy stick-in-the-mud. In other words, she was not the sort of person I would normally be attracted to! But many years ago fate led our paths to... Continue Reading →
Gospel According to Starbucks
Here's an excerpt from a sermon preached by me here at St George's recently. Last week I started reading The Gospel According to Starbucks by Leonard Sweet, a professor at Drew Theological School. I confess, and if you know me, you’ll know that what drew my attention when I saw this book in the Atlanta... Continue Reading →
Salvete!
Recently, two good blogs have bitten the dust, and the writers gone off to that great sunset sky. I happen to think we need some good Anglo-Catholic blogs. After all, there's nothing like a good Anglo-Catholic blog. Alas, this is nothing like a good Anglo-Catholic blog. Well, not that I have the skills or the time... Continue Reading →
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