Daily Archives: March 12, 2012
On the road from rural North Carolina to the Boston suburbs, Sam Taylor has worn the shoes of a native son, student, soldier, and now, a young woman and religious leader. “In some ways, I don’t see it as much … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Chutzpah is a Yiddish word meaning having gall, brazen nerve, effrontery, sheer guts plus arrogance; it’s Yiddish and, as Leo Rosten writes, no other word, and no other language, can do it justice. A little old lady sold pretzels on … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
The server that hosts my audio files crashed yesterday so I was not able to post the Sunday service. It has only just been fixed. This is incredibly annoying as it takes hours to cobble together a service and so … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
… if it was “about” rather than “but”? … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
From THE TELEGRAPH: Wearing a cross is just a “religious decoration” for many people and not an essential part of Christianity, the Archbishop of Canterbury has said. He said it had become something “which religious people make and hang on … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
The Episcopal Church in the United States, as part of their, so far unsuccessful, attempt to completely dominate the Lambeth Conferences and, very successful, attempt to get a mention every day on the Anglican Communion’s prayer list, has created a diocese for … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
This is a very scary development in the already terrifying world of Islamic homophobia. From THE NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS: Over 50 Iraqi youths, loosely described as “emos”, have been shot or beaten to death by the country’s conservative militia in … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Posted by IT at FRIENDS OF JAKE: Those of you who have been around for a while have followed the journey of my wife BP to the Episcopal church from her Roman Catholic roots. After a brief stint as acolyte, … [CLICK TO READ MORE]