You are here

As Eye See It
September 13 2007 By virtueonline Invalid Trust - Jack Estes

Trust also functions as a bond in the life of a community, and is closely tied to authority. In our society, individuals and agencies in which we invest authority are expected to act in accordance with the values of society, with righteousness, honesty, and responsibility. When and if they do not, the public trust is violated. Those at fault must be held accountable for trust to be restored.

Read more
September 13 2007 By virtueonline Archbishop Williams: Sept 11th: lessons from history for faith and civil society

It was a movement which put principles into action but which rejected violence; a sort of "'soul force' whose central principle was that our behaviour must witness to truth whatever the cost - and that this witness to truth can never, of its very nature, involve violence or a response to oppression that simply mirrors what has been done by the oppressor."

Read more
September 13 2007 By virtueonline Pondering in my heart: Reflections on personal experiences of ECUSA

These highlight the fact that the divisions we are experiencing in the Anglican Communion are not simply to do with sexuality. I write about these because it is important to note that there really is the beginning of a new kind of religion in parts of The Episcopal Church - a religion which not only re-interprets the traditional central tenets of the Christian faith, but which in fact has the potential to jettison many of them altogether

Read more
September 12 2007 By virtueonline Archbishop Rowan Williams strives to preserve the communion

Virtually no one thinks the church will comply. Even Williams, who will address the House of Bishops of the Episcopal church later this month when it meets in New Orleans to decide its position, and who will then find it harder to avert open schism.

Read more
September 12 2007 By virtueonline CENTRAL FLORIDA: Bishop Howe Rips Spong in letter to Archbishop Rowan Williams

His sarcasm, his disrespect, and his arrogance are simply stunning. But then this is the same Bishop Spong who stated at the last Lambeth Conference that the African Bishops had "moved out of animism into a very superstitious kind of Christianity. They've yet to face the intellectual revolution of Copernicus and Einstein that we've had to face in the developing world. That's just not on their radar screen."

Read more
September 11 2007 By virtueonline The Consecration of Bishop Robinson: A New Day of Infamy

In the days leading up to his consecration, Bishop Robinson had rejected calls by Anglican leaders in the worldwide communion to stand down from his election. Similarly, presiding Bishop Frank Griswold deflected the calls from his fellow primates around the world to avoid schism in the church through the election of an openly homosexual man as bishop of the church.

Read more
September 11 2007 By virtueonline Remembering Madeleine L'Engle - Sue Careless

"I pass prostitutes, drug pushers and street people every day," she said. "I am part of who they are and they are part of who I am."

Judy Sarick, long-time owner of the now defunct Children's Book Store in Toronto, said L'Engle's books are popular because "they speak the truth. They ring true to human nature. There are writers who sell even more, but they tend to be formula stuff which is heavily marketed," Sarick confessed. "They are not in her league."

Read more
September 10 2007 By virtueonline COLORADO: Church breakup civil but still hurts - Jean Torkelson

"Very soon, this is not going to be the congregation it has been," Reeder told Sunday's Bible study crowd over pastries and coffee. He confessed to typos in this week's study outline and added, "Go easy on me. This has been a tough week."

Unlike the bloody war of lawsuits elsewhere, this parish breakup is civil and polite - gentle, even. Nobody's trying to take the property. Reeder won't even discuss who's staying or going, lest it seem like a bitter "us" versus "them" issue.

Read more
September 10 2007 By virtueonline THE "HONESTY" OF JOHN SHELBY SPONG -- Gary L'Hommedieu

Spong is a paradox. He is universally acknowledged as a featherweight intellect who is at the same time a heavyweight performer. For this he is envied by his peers in the HOB on both the left and the right. Very few are immune to the sycophantic adulation that comes with the purple shirt. Upon obtaining their exalted positions many redefine their values in terms of what maintains their status and position. They become politicians, not apostles.

Read more
September 10 2007 By virtueonline CENTRAL FLORIDA: Moment of Decision for The Episcopal Church

In their meeting in Dar es Salaam in February the Primates asked the American House of Bishops to clarify the decisions of last year's General Convention, which, in turn were The Episcopal Church's response to the recommendations of the 2004 Windsor Report and subsequent requests from the Primates themselves.

Read more

Pages

Trinity School for Ministry
Go To Top