tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post7066643302767438519..comments2024-03-23T19:16:01.555-07:00Comments on Can it happen here?: Love can grow largerjaninsanfranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07548452260456734928noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-59995503476965788302015-07-04T07:57:18.942-07:002015-07-04T07:57:18.942-07:00Hi Brandon: Actually I thought Welby was kind of r...Hi Brandon: Actually I thought Welby was kind of reserved. That train has left the station. He's trying to hold together an empire-derived vision of an Anglican communion in which national churches were autonomous but recognize, politely, some primacy of the Archbishop of Canterbury. This has ceased to exist for the last 15 years or so as national churches have evolved in different directions. <br /><br />Most of the national Anglican churches in western-oriented, English speaking countries have painfully and slowly evolved in the direction of full inclusion for gays. Many others, especially in Africa, have taken on some of the cramped theology so beloved of US fundamentalists. All are trying to respond to what are too often felt as existential threats. None of us behave at our best we hang on to being threatened. This is particularly bad behavior in a church.<br /><br />But so it goes. The Brits respond by trying to muddle through and make a mess of it ...janinsanfranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07548452260456734928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-9402435336747098082015-07-04T00:48:26.740-07:002015-07-04T00:48:26.740-07:00What is your thought on this?
http://ncronline.or...What is your thought on this?<br /><br />http://ncronline.org/news/faith-parish/anglican-head-expresses-concern-about-episcopal-vote-gay-marriageBrandonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-82364301716275306602015-07-03T10:23:03.182-07:002015-07-03T10:23:03.182-07:00I'm pretty pleased with my church this week. I...I'm pretty pleased with my church this week. I may even back off on my usual opinion that the main problem with the Episcopal church is the episcopate!Rebecca Gordonhttp://www.mainstreamingtorture.orgnoreply@blogger.com