I’ve just finished reading the text of the sermon TEC Presiding Bishop Katherine Jefferts-Schori preached at Southwark Cathedral recently. Like all sermons, one could nitpick and pull it apart and talk about what is not said etc. And in the case of the TEC PB we could read between the lines etc. But, broadly speaking, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Katherine Jefferts-Schori’
The Ruin of Relationship in Response to Rowan (updated)
Saturday, June 5th, 2010I’m away at the moment so a little bit behind the times. But I note some response to Rowan Williams’ recent Pentecost letter. The revisionist response is playing the “those who disagree with us are spiritual colonialists” line. For instance, Bp. Marc Andrus of California writes: When an Empire and its exponents can no longer [...]
Don’t Mind or Don’t Care?
Sunday, May 23rd, 2010It’s a point that’s been made by many now. In response to comments such as these by the Presiding Bishop of TEC: She said fallout from the 2003 decision to consecrate Gene Robinson as bishop of New Hampshire appears to have settled out for the most part. “The reactivity right now is much, much less [...]
A Tale of Two Primates
Saturday, April 10th, 2010No commentary from me. But in recent days two of the Primates of the Anglican Church have engaged their fellow leaders in correspondence. For future reference and as a snapshot of the current brokenness: A letter from Katherine Jefferts-Schori: http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/archives/004315.htmlA letter from Henry Orombi: http://acl.asn.au/orombi-to-williams-april-2010/
The Advent of You
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009Strange bedfellows. Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church in a recent advent message: No mention of Jesus, but “You have an ability to make a difference.” It reminds me of something – Joel Osteen’s theme song for his Lakewood Church: No mention of Jesus, but “Discover the champion in you.” The gospel of “You are [...]
TEC GC – Semantics and Spin
Saturday, July 18th, 2009And now it seems, perhaps in view of the reaction, apparently what has happened at General Convention hasn’t really happened. The Presiding Bishop and the President of the GC’s House of Deputies have written to ++Rowan stating, in part: Some are concerned that the adoption of Resolution D025 has effectively repealed Resolution B033. That is [...]
TEC GC – CoE to consider recognising ACNA
Saturday, July 18th, 2009A few posts sorting out the wheat from the chaff with regard to reactions to TEC’s General Convention. The Church of England’s General Synod has been meeting at the same time also. There has been a move to introduce a motion (at the next session in February) that would call for the recognition of the [...]
TEC GC – The Presiding Bishop on Idolatry
Thursday, July 9th, 2009Presiding Bishop Katherine Jefferts-Schori has delivered her presidential address to the TEC General Convention. I took a quick look. There is nothing surprising here. But for those who are new to the almost-but-not-quite sounds-good-but-hang-on-what-do-you-mean-by-that theologising of Anglican revisionism, here’s a great example. The thrust of the talk picks up on the motif of crisis which [...]
