An Anglican Vicar in contemporary suburban Babylon reflects upon politics, theology and salsa.
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- Moving and New Blog
Hi everyone, I'm back to blogging, but I am moving to this site: That's me at a hot wings competition. The winner could not touch any water, bleu cheese, milk, or bread that was placed right before us. I tied...
- Church site
Greetings everyone, I'm now occasionally posting at my church blog. cheers! Gawain...
- Future Plans
this is not really a post, but I want to express my gratitude to everyone and comment quickly upon the cultural issue. David wonders if cuturally bound christianity results in a sort of babel Christianity, and if the agnostic view...
- A photo...
I'll have more time for this....
- Last Post
This will be my last post.I’m closing up shop, in part because my work is needed elsewhere in the church.The last 5 years in my parish have been simple:love the people and keep things going.But now we are entering a...
- Fighting Crime with Talk
If only the State Department would Learn.... Calling them in, and offering incentives. If it works with even a handful of bad-guys, it is worth it....
- Reflections upon our Conservative Archbishop
John Henry pointed out an interview with Rowan Williams via Thinking Anglicans which got me thinking about the rhetoric of fellow progressives. Most of you know that by temperament, rather than ideology, (or maybe its the other way around) defines...
- A couple conversations about the gay thing
So I have a ... friend who is a very attractive, bright (linguistics and piano performance), Sri Lankan. Like most of my Subcontinental friends, homosexuality just doesn't make much sense. I'll leave it at that. Now, she is trying very...
- When the Archbishop Invites his Friends to Talk
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Katharine Jefferts Schori, Robert Duncan, Jack Iker, Peter Lee and John Bruno are getting together to talk about their differences. I can't imagine what the conversation will be like. ++ABC Greetings everyone. It’s nice to see...
- The Green Knight Puts his Sword Away
Along with Slacktivist, the Green Knight is one of the few truly excellent Christian bloggers, combining a keen wit, an economy of words, an excellent eye, and an admirable sense of outrage. I'll miss him. Well, there is always Mad...
- Catholic Neocons Undermine Historic Protestantism
The Rev. Andrew Weaver writes about the Conservative Catholic Influence in the Institue for Religion and Democracy, and its growing influence. They constitute about a third of the board (about the same proportion of Catholics in the country, I think),...
- Michael Lind on Libertarian Politics
These days I've been flipping through an interesting book titled Karl Marx and the Anarchists. I was once much more sympathetic to anarchist thinkers, but it was Edmund Burke who helped me understand humanity. Burke helped me understand the need...
- A thought on The WORD
What happens to the Word as our culture becomes more of a visual culture, or as people don't read? Why must we prioritize the written word and its texts above visual representations? And what is at risk when we do...
- A Chenin Blanc from Where?
Today I had a wonderful wine at L'Ecole - a fairly crowd pleasing lightly fruity, somewhat dry, velvety white wine from... India. (the lunch was excellent as well). My surprise made the wine even better. Here is another review....