£16,044,144
• the
cost of maintaining bishops, archbishops, and staff
in the CofE for 2008.
Acronyms
• Anglicans
can't do them. If they make sense or are
memorable, we eschew them.
Allister, Donald (next Bishop of Peterborough)
• Sees liberalism
as one of Satan's greatest weapons against
the church. And he dislikes William Blake.
Anonymity
• Bishop Parsley in
favour of it.
Apostrophe man
• Sometimes you just need someone
like this. And he happens to be Anglican.
Archloo
• Its
time has come in Zululand. And here's the
guide for building it.
The bald and the bulging
• Should be welcomed
in pews.
Bicycles and archdeacons
• We need more bikes. And cycling
archdeacons.
Bishop, stinking
• Is the
best.
Bishops, Canadian
• In railway stations. It's
an idea.
BBC and religious broadcasting
• Squabble
squabble squabble. Boys, just stop it and broadcast
Songs of Praise and Choral Evensong.
Canterbury Cathedral
• Being held together with duct
tape. Super-rich
sought.
Cassock-albs
• Burn them.
Central Melanesia, Diocese of
• Will
survive. 'Youth population in the Diocese accounts
for half the total population of 22,000 Anglicans.
. .'
Covenant process
• Hands up if you can describe the difference between
the Lambeth Commission, the Windsor Continuation
Group, the Listening Process, the Panel of
Reference, and 'An Anglican Covenant'. Damian
Thompson explains
it all brilliantly.
Cutié, Padre
• Remember
him? Is he still Anglican?
|
England not Christian, surveys
say
• Yawn.
England and Sweden
• at
war over sex.
Evensong
• More evensong, fewer synods.
Hymns, worst verse ever
• According to Andrew
Brown
Library, bishop's
• The only
one left on its original shelves. We say hurrah
for Worcester.
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
• The best hymn ever. Bald assertion by AO.
MacCullough, Diarmaid
• Best
Christmas letter to the ABC. We
steamed it open and read it.
Mirfield, destructive
restoration of
• Makes the heart sad.
Osaka, Japan; Brockhampton church in
• Church
under glass.
Pakastani, first woman ordained priest
• Yes. Just
yes.
Sacrifice, child
• It's reassuring to know that Archbishop Orombi
is not in favour of it.
Stealing, sheep
• An underhanded blow that
made us feel quite sorry for the ABC (which is
hard).
Tippets
• Bring
'em back.
Treasures, archbishop's, found in Durham
river
• Very
odd.
Vicar of Baghdad
• A
hero. We wish there were more. (Or more known
to the world at large.)
Wedding gown approval in Nigeria
• Priests' wives in the Diocese of Ogbaru must
okay apparel. |
