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Hallo
again to all.
This week
we bring you a number of new parish sites from round the communion. 
One
parish has a monument to a man whose life spanned three centuries, dying
in 1706 aged 127; another parish has a stunning church building that only
survived by becoming a student centre at a university; another parish
is in a diocese that is variously called Lebombo, Lemombo, and Dos Libombos.
It's well worth your while to spend some time visiting parish sites, which
might sometimes be lost in the flurry of Anglican news or more glossy
diocesan sites.
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The Queen Mother in 1925 |
Recently HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother celebrated her one hundredth birthday. One of the official celebrations occurred at St Paul's Cathedral in London; here is one delightful reflection about that event.
Another reflection we bring you this week is by Pierre Whalon, a regular columnist here at Anglicans Online. This month he discusses the surprising fuss surrounding resolution D039, recently passed by the General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the USA.
The ambitious Common Worship project in the Church of England has moved another step forward with the release this week of PDF files of the new text. The News Centre this week has stories from Britain, Nigeria, Uganda, Canada, USA, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. The unpleasant Sharia situation continues in Nigeria. Do have a look at the News Centre.
Last week
we used this world map with an unconventional orientation. Our purpose
was to get a bit of a smile while we were talking about Australia and
New Zealand, and at the same time to draw attention to the difference
between 
God's
reality and humans' customary thinking. Nowhere in the Bible, nor anywhere
in canon law that we know about, is there any statement about whether
a map should have north or south at the top. There is nothing intrinsic
about north. It's just custom. (Because of the rotation of the earth there
are some sensible reasons not to use east or west at the top.) We were
intrigued by the number of people who sent us helpful messages pointing
out that we had our map upside down. No one was rude about it, but all
were quite sure that this map was wrong. We understand that it's not what
you're used to looking at (unless you live in the Southern hemisphere,
where such maps are not uncommon). But it's every bit as right, and as
natural, as the orientation that has North pointing up. It's just not
as customary.
See you next week.
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| Cynthia
McFarland cmcf@anglicansonline.org |
Brian
Reid reid@anglicansonline.org |
Last updated: 13 August 2000
URL: http://anglicansonline.org/