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Week of 3 December 2000

Advent Resources
Our links to the best resources on the web for the season. Like to add an Advent-related link? Fill out our 'submit' form. We'll be adding to the page throughout Advent.

Australia
Richard Johnson College, an Anglican Residential College in the University of Wollongong, NSW. -- http://www.uow.edu.au/about/accommodation/rjc/

England
London, Christ the Redeemer (London) -- http://www.christtheredeemer.org.uk
Salfords, Christ the King (Southwark) -- http://www.zyworld.com/Salfords/Home%20page.htm

Dioceses
Diocese of Sheffield -- http://sheffield.anglican.org

Events
USA: New Jersey, Princeton
The Episcopal Church at Princeton University is celebrating its 125th anniversary on 8 December 2000. Founded as the St Paul's Society by The Revd Dr Alfred Baker, Rector of Trinity Church, Princeton, it is one of the oldest university chaplaincies in the Anglican Communion and has been instrumental in the spiritual development of many who have gone on to leadership positions in the Episcopal Church, including many priests and bishops. In the 1920s an endowment made possible the purchase of a large Victorian-style house adjacent to the Princeton campus where the chaplain lives and where many students activities are held. ECP also has the use of the magnificent Princeton University Chapel, the fourth largest university chapel in the world and a fine example of Gothic Revival architecture. For more, see http://www.princeton.edu/~ecp

News Centre
A N Wilson touched by the cross. Britain equalises age of consent, over strenuous objections from ++ABC and others. Most younger Brits find it a yawner. More resignations in Minnesota. Ruth Gledhill visits Temple Church. Americans demonstrate ignorance of the Bible. Charles Long remembered. Good grief: those last two items together make 'little note and Long remember', don't they? Sectarian violence in Nairobi, but no one is blaming the sects. Sydney bishop asks for church action in AIDS epidemic. A too-clever-by-half story about St Chad. A new meaning for 'reception at church'. A long path to ordained women. More on the Rosemont confirmations. New bishop in a new diocese in the Philippines. New church in a very small town in South Carolina. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

News Sources
The Independent Catholic News, a daily Catholic online news service based in London. -- http://www.indcatholicnews.com/

USA
Indiana: Terre Haute, St Stephen (Indianapolis) -- http://www.st-stephens-th.org
Louisiana: Bossier City, St George (Western Louisiana) -- http://www.stgeorgeonline.org
Missouri: St Louis, St Mark (Missouri) -- http://www.saintmarks-stl.org
New Mexico: Roswell, St Andrew (Rio Grande) -- http://Netministries.org/see/Churches/ch05138
New York: Delmar, St Stephen (Albany) -- http://www.dell.homestead.com/ststephens/files/ststephenschurch.html
New York: Deposit, Christ Church (Albany) -- http://www.tds.net/depositchamber/episcopal.html
New York: Essex, St John (Albany) -- http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Crete/9050/
New York: Kinderhook, St Paul (Albany) -- http://www.berk.com/stpauls/
New York: Raquette Lake (Albany) -- http://msnhomepages.talkcity.com/NonProfitBlvd/good_shepherd/
New York: Schenectady, St Stephen (Albany) -- http://www.albany.net/~ststeph/
New York: Sidney, St Paul (Albany) -- http://www.wpe.com/~stpauls/
New York: Walton, Christ Church (Albany) -- http://www.forministry.com/church/home.asp?SiteId=13856CEC
New York: Warrensburg, Holy Cross (Albany) -- http://www.forministry.com/Church/Home.asp?SiteId=12885COTHC

World

Educational resources
Ghana: Cape Coast, St Nicholas Theological Seminary (Province of West Africa) -- http://www.st-nicholas-seminary.org

Worth Noting
Barbara Brown Taylor: One of the Episcopal Church in the USA's best known preachers is profiled in Religion and Ethics Newsweekly. -- http://www.thirteen.org/religionandethics/week414/profile.html

'Bible's King David exposed as despot who did not kill Goliath'. -- http://www.independent.co.uk/enjoyment/Books/News/2000-11/david191100.shtml

'A Fourth Way: On the Anglican Communion as an Ecumenical Fellowship', Mark Harris, a priest of the Episcopal Church in the USA, looks at the limits of communion: 'I would (in good company) contend that (i) for most Episcopalians there is nothing about the Episcopal Church that requires fixing (outside our normal processes of perfecting our life together) and that (ii) there is no power in the Anglican Communion to fix it anyway, for the Anglican Community is a glorious example of Ecumenical Hospitality, not an example of patriarchal ecclesiology'. -- http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~lcrew/joy120.html

'God's Own Knowledge' is an essay on an important new movement in Anglican theology called 'Radical Orthodoxy'. The essay, at a website called Killing the Buddha, is a profile of several prominent Anglican theologians, including John Milbank, Graham Ward, Catherine Pickstock, and Rowan Williams, and their work to bring about a postsecular theology that restores mystery to the heart of understanding of God. -- http://www.killingthebuddha.com/gods_own.htm

'Inscribing the Word: At a scriptorium in Wales, calligraphers are applying medieval arts to create the 21st-century Saint John's Bible'. The Smithsonian Magazine reports. -- http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues00/dec00/bible.html (Also see the web site for the St John's Bible and our large image file of the page featured in the story. We kept it large to preserve the detail, so it will take time to download.)

'The Origins of Western Culture: Western culture, which is rapidly overrunning the rest of the world, is a peculiar synthesis of Classical and Biblical thought. It is fashionable to acknowledge the Græco-Roman contribution, no least in the aftermath to the Olympics, but almost taboo to recognise the Biblical input without which there would certainly have been no Paralympics!' An article by Anthony Nichols in Anglican Media Sydney -- http://www.anglicanmediasydney.asn.au/cul/westernculture.htm

Week of 26 November 2000

Advent Resources
Our links to the best resources on the web for the season. Like to add an Advent-related link? Fill out our 'submit' form. We'll be adding to the page throughout Advent.

Australia
Resources
The Julian Centre, in the Diocese of Adelaide, South Australia, is a centre for spirituality based in suburbia, which strives to make strong connections between spirituality and daily life. The Centre provides spiritual direction, retreats, counselling and discussion on contemporary spiritual issues -- http://www.chariot.net.au/~stephen1/julian

Books, Magazines, and the Like
Killing the Buddha is a new webmagazine about serious issues of faith (though sometimes explored in an irreverent manner). It's updated weekly, and while it looks at all faiths, will regularly include articles of interest to Anglican/Episcopalians. Future issues may include articles examining the Episcopalian/Lutheran merger, from a decidedly unconventional perspective, and a report from the field on 'Canon 9' priests and the controversy that surrounds them. -- http://www.killingthebuddha.com

Canada
Buckhorn, St Matthew and St Aidan (Ontario) -- http://www.kawartha.net/~bait1/church/indexhtml#st-matt

England
Cirencester, Parish of St John the Baptist, Cirencester with Holy Trinity, Watermoor and St. Lawrence, Chesterton (Gloucester) -- http://www.cc3.org.uk
Digswell, Digswell Village Church, an Anglican and Methodist joint congregation (St Albans) -- http://digswellvillagechurch.org.uk
Great Dunmow, St Mary (Chelmsford) -- http://www.stmarysgreatdunmow.org.uk (Note: The Javascript navigation bar does not work within Internet Explorer 5 on a Macintosh. Sigh.)

Music
The British Institute of Organ Studies: A society devoted to study and conservation of the pipe organ. Maintains the National Pipe Organ Register [NPOR] and British Organ Archive [BOA]. -- http://www.bios.org.uk

'I am the Very Model of Today's Episcopalian', an MP3 recording of the alternative Episcopal lyrics to Gilbert and Sullivan's 'I am the Very Model of a Modern Major General', performed by the Virginia Theological Seminary choir at their Fall 2000 talent show. -- http://www.mp3.com/vulgate

News Centre
AN Wilson says Christianity faces extinction. Secret of great music in an Irish church. An argument that is not about sexuality. A challenge confirmation in Pennsylvania. Vatican publishes new rules on exorcism. A survivor writes about the Church of England General Synod. Ruth Gledhill answers your questions; well, somebody's questions. More blather about Common Worship. Gutenberg Bible online. Church of England disarms. African bishop wants cheap booze legalised. HM the Queen demonstrates the art of subtlety. Bizarre politics in the mother country. Art world shaken by discovery at Assisi. Archbishop more exciting than football. And today's ratzinger: RC theologian declares hamburgers both Protestant and anti-social. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

Not in the Communion
Society of the Wilderness, a religious order in the Reformed Episcopal Church. -- http://apostlesrec.com/wilderness/rule1.htm

Positions Open
As we learn of them we list senior positions within the churches and provinces of the Anglican Communion.

England: Church of England, Chief Legal Adviser -- http://www.cofe.anglican.org/jobvacs/job.asp?ID=247
USA: Trinity Church, Wall Street (New York), Archivist and Records Manager -- http://trinitywallstreet.org/jobs_open.html#pahist

USA
Illinois: Sycamore, St Peter (Chicago) -- http://www.geocities.com/spc_syc/
Massachusetts: Wellesley, St Andrew (Massachusetts) -- http://www.standrewswellesley.org
Ohio: Hudson, Christ Church (Ohio) -- http://www.christchurchhudson.org
Washington, DC: St Margaret (Washington) -- http://stmargaretsdc.org

Resources
Youth ministries of the parish church of Bishop Seabury in Groton, Connecticut. 'We hope that it will grow into a resource for students and youth workers worldwide'. -- http://hometown.aol.com/seaburyyouth/index.html

Vestments
Our new resource page that collects, in one place, all our links about vestments, clerical outfitters, and the like.

Wales
Resources
Ministry: Opportunities for Employment and Voluntary Service: A series of pages on vocation developed by the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon. -- http://www.churchinwales.org.uk/swanbrec/action5.html

Worth Noting
'Audacious Anglicans': Two Canadians plan a book that will document the lives of Anglican men and women who have greatly affected the world. Help them determine who's who. -- http://www.ottawa.anglican.ca/audacious_anglicans/

'Bible's King David exposed as despot who did not kill Goliath'. -- http://www.independent.co.uk/enjoyment/Books/News/2000-11/david191100.shtml

'A Fourth Way: On the Anglican Communion as an Ecumenical Fellowship', Mark Harris, a priest of the Episcopal Church in the USA, looks at the limits of communion: 'I would (in good company) contend that (i) for most Episcopalians there is nothing about the Episcopal Church that requires fixing (outside our normal processes of perfecting our life together) and that (ii) there is no power in the Anglican Communion to fix it anyway, for the Anglican Community is a glorious example of Ecumenical Hospitality, not an example of patriarchal ecclesiology'. -- http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~lcrew/joy120.html

'God's Own Knowledge' is an essay on an important new movement in Anglican theology called 'Radical Orthodoxy'. The essay, at a website called Killing the Buddha, is a profile of several prominent Anglican theologians, including John Milbank, Graham Ward, Catherine Pickstock, and Rowan Williams, and their work to bring about a postsecular theology that restores mystery to the heart of understanding of God. -- http://www.killingthebuddha.com/gods_own.htm

If You're Devout, Get Out! In the long run, Stephen L. Carter believes, politics has corrupted religion, even in noble causes. A review of 'God's Name in Vain: The Wrongs and Rights of Religion in Politics', by Stephen L. Carter. -- http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/11/26/reviews/001126.26staplet.html

'The Next Archbishop of Canterbury': Andrew Brown speculates delightfully at Ship of Fools. -- http://ship-of-fools.com/Features/NextABC/Canterbury.html