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Dean’s Bulletin Board 10.13.2016
Dean’s Bulletin Board 9.26.2106
Detail, Gerlach Flicke’s portrait of Cranmer (1545). Anglican Identity and Common Prayer – my essay in The Living Church “…I am not advocating a free for all when it comes to liturgical practice in the church, but I am dead set against conformity, if the 1979 Book of Common Prayer is the standard…” Read the […]
Dean’s Bulletin Board 9.07.2016
Interesting that this should run in the Washington Post yesterday as we discuss similar things. Certainly not the final word, but worth reading… – Andrew To attract young people to your church, you’ve got to be warm. Not cool. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2016/09/06/to-attract-young-people-to-your-church-youve-got-to-be-warm-not-cool/
Dean’s Bulletin Board: Edward Salmon, Jr. (1934-2016)
Below is the obituary from The Living Church. For my thoughts on Bishop Salmon, hear my July 3rd sermon. – Andrew Wednesday, June 29, 2016 The Living Church The Rt. Rev. Edward Lloyd Salmon, Jr., Bishop of South Carolina for 18 years, died June 29 after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 82. The […]
Meditation on Father’s Day by Jack Sharman
Dean’s Bulletin Board 6.11.2016
Santosh Marray Elected Diocesan Bishop of Easton Our Assistant Bishop, the Rt. Rev. Santosh Marray has been elected to be the next diocesan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Easton. Please keep Santosh and Lynn in your prayers as they prepare to make this next transition in their lives. – Andrew [Ed. note] The […]
I was hoping for more, but…
by Mark Gignilliat Courtesy of Beeson Divinity School I learned this morning of John Webster’s untimely death. I guess death is never timely from a certain vantage point, yet always so from another. Webster’s passing is a momentous loss to the world of academic theology. As with many others, I lament the silencing of his […]
Dean’s Bulletin Board 5.02.2016
A Christian Perspective on Sports by Doug Webster
…The first words aired on ESPN were, “If you love sports, if you really love sports, you’ll think you died and gone to heaven.” A new priesthood of sportscasters explores every imaginable dimension of the game for one hundred million households that can never get enough of their beloved sports. On the surface, spectator sports […]
Dean’s Bulletin Board 3.08.2016
For a number of years now, the Advent has dedicated the entirety of its Good Friday offering to the ministry of Christ Church, Jerusalem. Traditionally, in the Episcopal Church, the offering has gone to the province of Jerusalem and the Middle East. Carrying on that tradition, I would encourage you to give this Good Friday […]