‘Oh Thou Transcendent’ The Life of Ralph Vaughan Williams Tony Palmer Films If hearing the name Ralph Vaughan Williams makes you feel all warm inside, or if you associate him largely with the majestic settings of “For All the Saints” and “Come Down, O Love Divine,” be warned: the British documentary ‘Oh Thou Transcendent’ is not video comfort food. Running nearly two and a … [Read more...] about ‘Complex and Disturbing’
Archives for April 2012
The Shepherd
Easter 4Acts 4:5-12 • Ps. 231 John 3:16-24 • John 10:11-18A good shepherd is committed to his sheep. He lets his résumé lapse and covets nothing imagined to be richer and greener. He pitches his tent like the Word and digs in his heels like an old Anglo-Catholic priest. He keeps watch over his flock by night, dreams of celestial guides, and remains alert to sinister dangers: … [Read more...] about The Shepherd
+Bruno Battling Leukemia
From J. Jon Bruno, Sixth Bishop of Los AngelesApril 26, 2012My dear friends,As we move close to the 12th anniversary of my consecration on April 29, I am looking forward to the future, yet any time we make too many plans, we have to wait and listen for God.Having had what I thought was a bout of pneumonia since the House of Bishops last met in March, I have gone back into the … [Read more...] about +Bruno Battling Leukemia
Colson’s Ecumenical Activism
Timothy George, dean of the ecumenical Beeson Divinity School on the campus of the Baptist Samford University, pays tribute to Charles Colson’s work with Roman Catholics:In the early 1990s, Colson joined with his close friend, Father Richard John Neuhaus, to begin the project known as Evangelicals and Catholics Together (ECT). Catholics and evangelicals were, and remain, the … [Read more...] about Colson’s Ecumenical Activism
+Texas to Allow Blessings
The Rt. Rev. C. Andrew Doyle writes:In order to lead through General Convention 2012, I need to create a solution that respects our diversity and allows all people to act in accordance with their faith regarding issues of human sexuality; “for whatever does not proceed from faith is sin” (Romans 14:23). This is the work of this paper: to lay before you, the people of the … [Read more...] about +Texas to Allow Blessings
Bishops File Brief in Texas
Seven bishops and the Dallas-based Anglican Communion Institute filed a brief with the Texas Supreme Court Monday regarding The Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth v The Episcopal Church.“These amici remain in The Episcopal Church and submit this brief solely because they disagree with the characterization of the governance of The Episcopal Church as submitted in support of the … [Read more...] about Bishops File Brief in Texas
Anglicanism’s Big Island
By John MartinThe colourful and outspoken former Archbishop of New Zealand, the late Paul Reeves, used to tease Church of England representatives on the Anglican Consultative Council by asking, “When will the Church of England join the Anglican Communion?”That the Anglican Covenant failed to command majority support in the vote among diocesan synods gives his question fresh … [Read more...] about Anglicanism’s Big Island
Baptismal Bees
Easter 3Acts 3:12-19 • Ps. 41 John 3:1-7 • Luke 24:36b-48In the Acts of the Apostles, the disciples begin to do what Jesus did; his life in them, they replicate his actions, though being careful to confess that they act “in the name of Jesus Christ.” Peter reaches out to a man lame from birth and raises him to exuberant life and strength. Explaining himself, Peter says, “You … [Read more...] about Baptismal Bees