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Category Archives: Current Affairs
“Seven days that shook the Vatican”
As you may have intuited, I’ve been traveling throughout much of the month of June. Most of the time I was with my daughter and some of it with my daughter and wife as we looked at colleges for our … Continue reading
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Acres of the Dead: Memorial Day 2010
In 2003 my brothers, father and I began a series of tromps around western Europe. The excuse was that my brothers were both living in Europe at the time. My middle brother was planting a church in Poitiers in France … Continue reading
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Immigration Law likely to be challenged in court
Politics Daily has a pretty decent writeup of the legal challenges that we’re all expecting to be brought very soon against the new anti-immigrant law just passed here in Arizona: “As an expression of popular anger in Arizona, the state’s … Continue reading
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Irrational actors
Most of modern economic theory (at least as well as I can follow it) seems to be predicated that the individual consumer and supplier will act in rational ways that seek to serve their own best interest. But now social … Continue reading
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Credo: Why the Ancient Greeks were wrong about morality
Brilliant essay by Rabbi Sacks in the Guardian today, of which this is just a part: “Nowadays the very concept of personal ethics has become problematic in one domain after another. Why shouldn’t a businessman or banker pay himself the … Continue reading
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The situation in Haiti
There was some good reporting about the heroic ministry of the Episcopal bishop of Haiti in the aftermath of the earthquake on Friday. The Wall Street Journal talked about the “island of organization” in the midst of chaos that he … Continue reading
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Bruce Jackson: The Drum Major
Every now and then a friend sends me an essay that I am given permission to share here. Bruce Jackson is a member of the Prayer Book class I teach at the Cathedral. He is a church administrator, a well … Continue reading
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The Family, Uganda, Power and the Kingdom of God
If you’ve not been following the news about the odious proposed legislation in Uganda that would create death penalties for gay and lesbian people, and life sentences for their family members if they refused to out them, follow this link. … Continue reading
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Personal Ordinariates = calling the cards?
Now that the surprising news about the Vatican’s new welcome for male Anglican priests has had a day or so to sink in, people are starting to publish their reactions. Kendall Harmon points out that this action, apparently taken against … Continue reading
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INFLUENZA: The Bare Essentials
By The Reverends Bill & Nadine Martin, Co-Chairs, Episcopal Diocese of Arizona Emergency Preparedness Committee Over the past few months, we’ve seen a great deal of media coverage regarding flu-like illnesses. Although much information is considered factual, a good … Continue reading
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