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…
“Wed Talks”: MARRIAGE ACCORDING TO THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER
Throughout the month of September, “Lift Up Hearts, Gafcon!” will offer a series of devotions on the subject of “Marriage According to the Book of Common Prayer” by the Rev. Dr. Stephen Noll,…
“Contending Anglican”: NO COMPROMISE ON ESSENTIALS
WHY DIALOGUE CANNOT RESOLVE THE SEXUALITY ISSUE IN THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH AND THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION Note: I wrote this essay in 1998 just prior to the Lambeth Conference and it was published in…
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“Bible”: FROM THE BOSOM OF THE SON TO THE BOSOM OF THE FATHER: Pondering the Feast Day of St. John, Apostle and Evangelist
This year I participated in the midnight and morning Christmas services at our parish church. I read the Gospel from St. Luke at the first service and heard a sermon on the Gospel from St.…
“Movies”: FAVE FILM FRIDAY
On Fridays, I intend to post a movie review of a one of my favorite films. I have been interested in films for the past 25 years or so. Not that I did not go to the movies as a child or young…
“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…
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“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.