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AN APPEAL TO THE BISHOPS OF THE ANGLICAN CHURCH IN NORTH AMERICA More than a hundred days have passed since the fateful Bostock v. Clayton County decision by the U.S.…

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…

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.…

    Welcome to Wed Talks! We have produced 24 short “talks” based on the service of Holy Matrimony from the Anglican Church in North America (known also as ACNA).…

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…

On Easter morning, a grieving but credulous Mary Magdalene saw two Angels seated in the tomb, where the body of Jesus had lain (John 20:12). I conclude my meditations with…

This year we are following the gallant sacrifices which many are making to stem the coronavirus, an enemy to our physical health. Holy Week recalls to us that an earlier…

The second week of meditations on George Herbert's gem of a poem on Prayer.

I’ll utter another prophecy: the time will come when the 1986 definition will be restored and the transformed definition will be as ludicrous as the Emperor’s New Clothes. How many…

I have had an interest for many years in video as perhaps our age’s most creative medium. My taste, I confess, is rather eclectic, sometimes downright weird. Over the years…