Communion, Order, And Dissent Or “The Revenge of Puss And Boots”
I I owe it to my readers to provide an explanation of a puzzling title. What does a discussion of “communion, order, and dissent” have to do with the well-known and well-loved children’s story of Puss...
View ArticleThe Tail Is Wagging The Dog: A Response to the Pastoral Letter Of Presiding...
In the brief time since first it appeared, the recent pastoral letter to the Episcopal Church by its Presiding Bishop has brought forth a voluminous and heated response. If, however, this letter is to...
View ArticleThe Way TEC Does Business: Let The Buyer Beware!
The meeting of the Standing Committee of the Anglican Consultative Council (hereafter the Standing Committee) has just finished its deliberations. It was reported in The Standing Committee Daily...
View ArticleUnity, Order And Dissent: On How To Dissent Within a Communion of Churches
The purpose of this essay is to address a question to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, The Anglican Communion Office (ACO) and to the upcoming Meeting of the...
View ArticleUnity, Order and Dissent: Addressing Dissent Within A Communion of Churches
This is the third in a series of essays on the proposed Anglican Covenant.” The first, entitled “Communion, Order and Dissent,” attempted to present what might be called the inner logic of the...
View ArticleIt’s Time To Get Real
Paul Bagshaw has published an essay entitled “End Game” that requires a response. Citing a report by George Conger, he agrees that we are at the “end of the Communion we once thought we knew;” and he...
View ArticleCommunion on the Verge of a Breakdown: What Then Shall We Do?
The Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion just concluded in Dublin might well mark the breakdown and consequent breakup of what has been the Anglican Communion. Up to a dozen Primates who...
View ArticleThe Achilles Heel of Anglicanism (In North America and the United Kingdom)
For many years I studied in England or worked within the British sphere of influence; and during that time I learned to look forward to Alastair Cooke’s, “Letter from America.” I enjoyed his broadcasts...
View ArticleThe Covenant: What Is It All About?
Introduction After several iterations and a good bit of political chicanery the proposed Anglican Covenant has been sent to the provinces for their consideration, adoption or rejection. Prediction is...
View Article“Motivated Thinking” Or On Why The Dynamics Of Life Within The Episcopal...
by The Rev. Dr. Philip Turner available in printable format (PDF) Polls indicate that people of all political persuasions are frustrated by the “gridlock” that now characterizes congressional debate...
View ArticleCalled To Serve The Lord: An Address To Some Clergy From The Episcopal...
This is a hard time in the life of our church. It’s easy to spend most of our time obsessing about all that has gone wrong. However, the subject I have been asked to address, “Called to Serve”, points...
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