Monday, March 31, 2008

GAFCON, before or after Lambeth Conference, July 2008: A re-evaluation from a critic!

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Peter Toon March 31, 2008 Since 2007 I have written various pieces arguing that (a) if GAFCON [Global Anglican Future Conference] is to occu...
Saturday, March 29, 2008

1995, the critical year of definition for “orthodox Episcopalians” of the U.S.A., and what has happened since then.

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Reflections from an observer of these events in these years. If we can fix a point in the 1990s when the minds of “orthodox Episcopalians” i...
Friday, March 28, 2008

Anglicanism in 2008: What is the Anglican Communion? Where is it going?

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Without any doubt Anglicanism, as a form and expression of the one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church is changing, being reshaped, and und...

ANNUNCIATION The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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The normal date for this Festival is March 25, nine months exactly before Christmas Day, but since March 25 was in Easter week in 2008, most...
Thursday, March 27, 2008

A prayer that St Paul would approve!

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Easter 1 (The First Sunday after Easter): Praying the Collect with understanding Almighty Father, who hast given thine only Son to die for o...
Friday, March 21, 2008

Eight Meditations for Holy Week and Easter from John’s Gospel 8. Easter Sunday, March 23. The Empty Tomb and the Risen Lord.

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[The Gospel and Epistle of The BCP: John 20:1-10 & Colossians 3:1-7] Over the last week, in seven meditations on John’s Gospel, we ha...
Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Eight Meditations for Holy Week & Easter based on John’s Gospel 7 For Holy Saturday, March 22, John 19:31-42, The Interment

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Between the death of Jesus on the cross and his resurrection from the dead, John’s Gospel provides an account of what happened to the body ...

Meditations for Holy Week & Easter based on John’s Gospel 6. For Friday, March 21, John 19:25-37, Words from the Cross

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Three only of the seven words from the Cross uttered by Jesus are recorded in John’s Gospel, and we shall look only at these three. Here is...
Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Meditations for Holy Week & Easter based on John’s Gospel 5. For Thursday, March 20, John 13:1-17, The Foot Washing

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One of the biggest mistakes in reading this passage is to see the washing of the feet of the disciples by Jesus as basically only a ...
Monday, March 17, 2008

Meditations for Holy Week & Easter based on John’s Gospel 4 For Wednesday, March 19, John 13:1-3, Introduction to the Passion

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Before the feast of the Passover Jesus, knowing that his time had come to pass from this world to the Father, having loved his own while the...