+Daniel Martins on Title IV My principal concern was to not leave unchallenged the assertion that the Episcopal Church is a unitary hierarchical organism at all levels, and that the dioceses are entirely creatures of General Convention.
+William Love on TItle IV To date, I have not seen a copy of the “complaint,” nor do I know who issued it, or what it says.
Toward Convention IV: the Covenant Whatever we do with the Covenant at this convention, I don't think it's going away.
July 15 TLC posted The July 15 edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers.
Spiritual geographic We need to ask smaller dioceses present us with a problem to be solved or a parabolic challenge to be answered.
Toward Convention III: celebrating the saints In the 1990s, the liturgical calendar began to become a political football.
A Blue Book sampler At 759 pages and 155 resolutions, the Blue Book for the 77th General Convention addresses a broad range of topics, from blessing rites for same-sex couples to an embattled budget, from a kinder approach on clergy removal to additional Bible translations for lectionary readings.
South Carolina will resist rite “This is a defining moment in the life of the Episcopal Church, being the first formal adoption of doctrine, discipline and worship which are contrary to the unequivocal mandate of Holy Scripture, the historic Christian faith, Anglican doctrine, and the pronouncements of the four instruments of Anglican unity.”
