Deputies’ president denounces Archbishop Justin Welby’s decision on same-sex bishops’ spouses at Lambeth. By Kirk Petersen A top official of the Episcopal Church opened a four-day meeting of Executive Council Feb. 21 with a passionate denunciation of Archbishop Justin Welby’s declining to invite same-sex spouses of bishops to the 2020 Lambeth Conference. If Archbishop … [Read more...] about ‘This Is Not the Way of Love’
Lambeth Conference
Five Lambeth Details
Momentum is gathering for the next Lambeth Conference, to be held in Canterbury July 24 to August 3, 2020. Archbishop Justin Welby has announced that the theme will be “God’s Church for God’s World: Walking, Listening, and Witnessing Together.” “This is a significant event in the history of our extraordinary global family as we seek God’s direction for an Anglican Communion … [Read more...] about Five Lambeth Details
Southern Africa Demurs
Adapted from the Anglican Church of Southern Africa The Anglican Church of Southern Africa’s Provincial Synod voted Sept. 30 to reject a proposal to allow “prayers of blessing” for same-sex couples. The Diocese of Saldanha Bay, which stretches from the northern suburbs of Cape Town to the Namibian border, had proposed the blessings. The initial motion also proposed that … [Read more...] about Southern Africa Demurs
East End Struggles
By John Martin How is it that a TV series set in the 1950s and 1960s featuring midwifing nuns in an obscure district of London achieved such enormous popularity? The first three seasons centered on Jenny Lee (Jessica Raine). They mediated East End life through her somewhat naive eyes, which made for absorbing viewing, full of human interest and subliminal social … [Read more...] about East End Struggles
A Film for Aunt Betty
By Chris WillmanWho says gay marriage is not big in Utah? At the Sundance Film Festival, one of the higher-profile documentaries proved to be Love Free or Die, a feature-length look at New Hampshire bishop Gene Robinson’s struggles for full affirmation of openly gay clergy and newlywed couples by the worldwide Anglican Communion (unsuccessfully) and the Episcopal Church (with, … [Read more...] about A Film for Aunt Betty