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May 30 2006 By virtueonline Crisis in the Communion: the Way Forward for Evangelicals (2) - by Peter Jensen

A plan of action

May 30 2006 By virtueonline Communion in Crisis: the Way Forward for Evangelicals (I) - by Peter Jensen

If this is so, it is clear that I am referring to that movement within the Church of England, beginning in the eighteenth century which took its shape from the Reformation, the Puritans and the Pietists, and gave itself especially, but not exclusively, to the task of evangelism. In one sense, its founding Father and great saint is Thomas Cranmer.

May 25 2006 By virtueonline HOMOSEXUALITY AND HOPE - STATEMENT OF THE CATHOLIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

II RECOMMENDATIONS

1) Ministry to individuals experiencing same-sex attraction

2) The role of the priest

3) Catholic medical professionals

4) Teachers in Catholic institutions

5) Catholic families

6) The Catholic community

7) Bishops

8) Hope

PART I CONSIDERATIONS

May 25 2006 By virtueonline The Proposal for an Anglican Covenant

The paper "Towards an Anglican Covenant" is therefore available on this site, and Provinces, Anglican Communion commissions and networks, theological institutions and all who are interested are invited to respond to the questions set out in the paper in preparation for the work of the Task Group.

May 22 2006 By virtueonline MARRIAGE PROTECTION AMENDMENT (MPA)

II. CONSEQUENCES FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION

Curricula in all public schools equating opposition to same-sex "marriage" to bigotry and racism

The Canadian Supreme Court ordered the largest school district in the country to accept kindergarten level books promoting same-sex marriage.

A British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal is now hearing a case designed to require a "gay marriage" curriculum requirement in every Canadian public school.

May 19 2006 By virtueonline New Liturgy for Episcopalians?

C: Loving Lady, have mercy.

P: Mother Jesus, have mercy.

C: Loving Lady, have mercy.

*The Collect* /

(see Proper 5, p 229, BCP)

C&P: Mother of all mercies, all good things proceed from you. Inspire us to think right thoughts and empower us to act on them; through your beautiful Son, Jesus Christ, who with you and the Holy Spirit perpetually watches over us. Amen.

*The Lessons*

May 16 2006 By virtueonline One Church's Story: Christ Church of the Ascension, Paradise Valley, Arizona

"Being a Network parish in the Arizona desert, we felt somewhat distant from decisions being made on the national level," said Jane Allred, a vestry member and senior vice president of a major digital marketing firm. "Those decisions, however, still impact us, and they were not being actively discussed within our diocese. Life pretty much was cruising along as it always had for us.

May 16 2006 By virtueonline General Convention 2006: "Stepping Back" Toward Revisionist Victory?

The California diocese, however, chose a liberal, pro-gay, but married man with two grown children-Alabama Suffragan Bishop Mark Handley Andrus-to succeed Bishop William Swing. In so doing, delegates bypassed by a wide margin six other candidates, three of them partnered homosexuals, and one of those a lesbian. Placing second, and more favored among the laity, was the Rev.

May 16 2006 By virtueonline The Christian Truth Claims - by Bruce A. Flickinger

The teaching and the aims of a religion, as with any institutional entity, are interrelated and fuel each other. Underlying this body of teaching and these aims, and especially so for Christianity, are critical truth claims, which if they are valid claims justify the orientation the Christian faith has to its body of teaching and to the aims it seeks to realize within the world of human beings and the human culture.

May 15 2006 By virtueonline Exodus: Why Americans Are Fleeing Liberal Churches for Conservative Christianity

Why is his book important? Over the long term, a people's health can be measured by whom they worship, how they worship, and what difference it makes in their day-to-day lives. Today, Christianity is growing like wildfire in Africa and Asia, while its influence is rapidly diminishing in Europe. We will have to see whether Pope Benedict and his youthful troops in the new ecclesial communities can pull off a miracle, but the intermediate prognosis is grim.

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