Stephen’s Witness
Website of the Rev. Dr. Stephen Noll
WELCOME TO STEPHEN’S WITNESS
Welcome to Stephen’s Witness blog! Fifteen years ago, I began to archive some of my writings as “Stephen’s Witness.” Then two years ago, I set up “Contending Anglican” as a site where I could…
DOCTRINE, DISCIPLINE, AND WORSHIP WALK TOGETHER: The Case of Bishop Love
Afterward Jesus appeared in a different form to two of them while they were walking in the country. (Mark 16:12) Doctrine, discipline, and worship are companions on the way as the Church…
“SYSTEMIC RACISM”: Matters of Definition
I would wish to have a crisper definition of systemic racism. It seems to me that systemic implies an established system of laws and institutions. Apartheid in South Africa was that, in…
AMY CONEY BARRETT: An Esther Come to the Kingdom?
Shakespeare’s heroine Portia, decked in judicial robes, is acclaimed "a Daniel come to judgment.” Will Amy Coney Barrett be an Esther come to judgment?
WHY I LOVE CASABLANCA: Notes from the Mars Hill Film Club
Preface When I was Vice Chancellor at Uganda Christian University, I offered to show a weekly movie as part of something called “The Mars Hill Film Club.” I asked students to prepare for the…
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (1997): A Divine Comedy
Available: DVD, Amazon Prime, Hulu PremiumLanguage: Italian. English dubbing and various subtitlesCharacters: Guido (Roberto Benigni, who is also the Director)Dora, his wife…
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“Devotions”: GEORGE HERBERT: The Country Parson
GEORGE Herbert was born in 1593, the fifth son of a noble father and a saintly mother. George was a noted classical scholar at Trinity College, Cambridge, and aspired to a post in the royal…
“Anecdotage”: CALLED TO UGANDA: Twenty Years On
On the last Sunday in June 1999, I preached a sermon at the chapel of Uganda Christian University. My wife Peggy and I were on an exploratory trip, our first ever to Africa, to look at…
“Mission”: REMEMBRANCE OF THE MARTYRS: Reflections from Uganda 2020
While the Church of Uganda remembers its debt to its founders and stands firm, Canterbury plays politics with the inheritance of the saints.