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COME, LET US CONFER, Part 2: Justin Welby Enters the Fray
This is a continuation of my recent appeal “Appeal to the Leadership of the Global Anglican Future Conference.” Right on cue, Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, seconded…
COME, LET US CONFER: with a Maundy Thursday Update
UPDATE: I am pleased to note the Joint Statement from Archbishops Foley Beach and Henry Ndukuba that was published on Maundy Thursday. This not only clears up the issue raised previously…
THE OFFICE: The Lack and the Lackeys
Two days ago, I posted a piece urging that Donald Trump should be removed from office as President of the United States (in a postscript, I deferred to the view that the time may be too short…
FOR GOD’S SAKE, REMOVE HIM FROM OFFICE [with Postscripts]
Donald Trump should be impeached and removed from office – immediately (see postscripts). I did not vote for Donald Trump in 2016. I did not trust his character. But the American people…
AMY CONEY BARRETT: An Esther Come to the Kingdom? [Updated 12/11/20]
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?
COVID-19 VACCINE: Are Clergy First Responders, or Last?
Classically, the work of clergy has been called “the cure of souls.”
PLACES IN THE HEART (1984): “For All the Saints”
Places in the Heart, it seems to me, is not only about forgiven sinners but about a reconciling community, the dawning of the kingdom of heaven.
Film Favorite: TOOTSIE (1982)
This is a classic comedy by a great cast of actors on a timeless theme.
“FROM THE BEGINNING”: GOD’S DESIGN FOR HUMAN NATURE
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. Supreme Court. I was…
CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY: A Parable for Africa … and for Us
As an American returning home from a sojourn in Africa, I sense the fear stalking this land. The days are dark, and I do not know how long the darkness will last.
“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…