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Hallo again to all.
There
are several significant news items in the News
Centre this week. And the usual dose of frivolity. We shall leave
it to you to figure out which is which. We are intrigued by the story
of the archaeological discovery of one of the earliest outposts of Christianity
on a currently-uninhabited island north of Scotland. We are pleased to
see another newspaper start a regular weekly reflections column. We were
riveted by the review of a biography of the founder of the Shakers and
were intrigued to read the discussions about drug tests in Anglican schools
in the Diocese of Sydney. Do have a look at the News Centre, but be prepared
to spend some time there this week, as there are quite a few in-depth
articles and essays.
This week
we're delighted to list dioceses, cathedrals, and parishes from round
the Communion: from Honduras and New Zealand to Barbados, Canada, and
Wales. We have our first parish listings for South Dakota USA. We depend
primarily on you, our readers, to
tell us about new parish web sites and changes to old one, and we thank
you for your continuing support. As usual, all the URLs are gathered in
our New This Week section.
'The Communion'. Such a phrase. Like many of you, we sometimes wonder what on earth (or under heaven) that concept implies. There are times when the bonds that bind Anglicans together worldwide seem very real, very meaningful; at other times they seem frustratingly elusive or pettifoggingly legalistic. And alas sometimes they seem something to be left behind. The Reverend Ephraim Radner, a priest in the Diocese of Colorado recently wrote a compelling essay directed to what he terms 'conservative clergy' in his diocese (with whom he is in sympathy). He posits that staying in a church one disagrees with seriously is a great act of faith. The Reverend Tony Clavier, a priest in the Diocese of Arkansas, returned recently to the Anglican Communion after many years in the Continuing Church. He writes about whether ECUSA is indeed 'The General Convention Church' and whether that matters. Both essays are well worth your time.
Every week the flow of articles, speeches, essays, and diatribes about the health of the Anglican Communion continues. There are so many—and what they have to say is so rarely new—that we draw your attention only to those we consider extraordinary. But we also draw your attention to the verse of a hymn sung in our parish this morning:
Watch o'er thy Church, O Lord, in mercy,
Save it from evil, guard it still,
Perfect it in Thy love, unite it,
Cleansed and conformed unto Thy will.As grain once scattered on the hillsides,
Was in the broken bread made one,
So from all lands Thy Church be gathered
Into Thy Kingdom by Thy Son.
See you next week. We'll be here. We're not ever leaving.
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| Cynthia
McFarland cmcf@anglicansonline.org |
Brian
Reid reid@anglicansonline.org |
Last updated: 27 August 2000
URL: http://anglicansonline.org/