Under the banner “Sydney welcomes ACNA” ACL have posted the text of a resolution which amongst other things, “expresses its desire to be in full communion with the ACNA.” There is slightly more to it than that, however, as the motion also “urges all Anglicans to reject the Vatican’s proposal” of a Personal Ordinariate. Furthermore [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Resurgent Planters
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009The Resurgence has begun a series on “Hard Truths for [Church] Planters.” The first post is on Resilience and includes: Acknowledging that resilience is a necessity for missional success, what can we do to grow it within us? Recognize that God commands it… Be disciplined. Stay the course. Fulfill your ministry through the power of [...]
Endurance and Gentleness
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009This is somewhat related to a previous post. One of this morning’s readings in our Bible-reading program was 1 Timothy 6. Paul warns Timothy about those who are conceited and unsound in doctrine, who cause quarrels and strife, who are involved in church for some self-centred reason, unable to see “godliness with contentment” as a [...]
Please help me understand Synods
Monday, October 26th, 2009It appears to be an appropriate time to talk about the distinctives of what it means to be Anglican. One of those distinctives is that while we might be “episcopally lead” we are “synodically governed.” That is, we have a body of elected or appointed lay and clergy – representatives of a reasonably democratic sort [...]
From Rowan to Rome
Monday, October 26th, 2009I haven’t had or got a huge amount to say on the recent announcement by the Roman Catholic Church. This is mostly because the whole thing is still so vague. Broadly speaking I am bemused that so much of the differences between Anglicanism and Roman Catholicism are being overlooked – that simply being “conservative” is [...]
The Church Catholick
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009John Richardson, the Ugley Vicar, has one of the better commentaries on the recent announcement by the Roman Catholic church: …the nature and timing of this announcement is highly important. First, in his view, it is an indication that Rome’s patience with Canterbury has run out. The ecumenical discussions of recent decades have been conducted [...]
Cathlo-Anglic
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009News on the global Anglican front is the joint announcement that the Pope is working towards a means of allowing Anglicans to find a home within Roman Catholic structures. Apparently this involves an “ordinariate” – an oversight structure that acts as a form of sodality alongside the existing Catholic modality – to allow clergy and [...]
Jensen Charging
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009Further to my previous post, the Sydney Anglican news arc is, of course, because the Sydney Synod is meeting this week. A few thoughts. 1) The entire interview with Peter Jensen from Sunday night’s compass is available. 2) Much of the news is about the financial loss. A nine minute excerpt from the Archbishop’s Presidential [...]
Sydney Anglicans in the news
Monday, October 19th, 2009And not just because they lost a big bag of money on the stockmarket. I watched some TV last night. Seriously. I even looked up the time for a program and tuned in because I wanted to watch it. Quaint. The program was ABC’s Compass (last nights show is still “coming up” on their website [...]
Deloraine Signage Fail
Friday, October 16th, 2009I’m not always this pedantic… The sign to the left has been installed as part of upgrade of the A5 “Highland Lakes Road” south of Deloraine. My childhood home is Golden Valley which is also located on the A5. Until the upgrade you could drive from Deloraine to Golden Valley along the A5 with right [...]
