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This is not a Weblog for keeping track of current events in the Anglican Communion---the sites linked at the right do that far better than I can. Instead, what I do here is to relate some of what is happening in the Communion today to its history, traditions and law (canon law and church constitutions). This page will guide you through the posts that are relevant to a specific topic.

The topics I have addressed thus far are as follows:

The Anglican Communion - Current Issues

What Is an Anglican, and Who Decides the Question?

Dr. Williams, Sharia Law, and GAFCON

On GAFCON, Bishops, and Border-Crossing

On "The Faith Once Delivered to the Saints"

We Have a Problem

On the Gulf That Divides Us

What Is So Hard About Reading Scripture?

Whither the Anglican Communion?

Feudal Morality? Or Blind Perversity?

Windsor Continuation Group: Let's Indaba!

On the Gulf That Separates Us

Jesus and the Sinful Tax Collectors

A Second Look: Jesus and the Sinful Tax Collectors

A New Declaration of Independence

Understanding Rowan Williams for the First Time

How to Wreck the Anglican Communion

A Classic Restated: "Christianity and Liberalism"

Anti-Anglicanism is Anti-Episcopalianism, or, Liberal Logic Strikes Out Again!

The Lambeth Conferences

Lambeth Beginnings: the Rest of the Story (I)

Lambeth Beginnings: the Rest of the Story (II)

Lambeth Between Wars: the Rest of the Story

Lambeth from 1958 to 1978: the Rest of the Story

Lambeth at the End of the 20th Century: the Rest of the Story

The First Lambeth Conference (1867)

The Ghost of Lambeth Past

Americans at Lambeth, Then and Now

Lambeth Conference 2008

A Tale of Three Bishops

The Most Important Teaching of Lambeth Thus Far

The Teaching Continues

A Modest Proposal to Solve the Lambeth Deficit

History Repeats Itself at Lambeth 2008

Lambeth and Legitimacy

Windsor Continuation Group: Let's Indaba!


The Episcopal Church - General

How Low Can the Sun Sink on the Episcopal Church?

A Classic Restated: "Christianity and Liberalism"

The Problem in a Nutshell

The Future Before Your Eyes

The Episcopal Church - History

"Know the Enemy": Episcopal Beginnings

"Know the Enemy": the Office of the Presiding Bishop

"Know the Enemy": As the Church Was Formed, So It May Dissolve

"Know the Enemy": Is This the General Convention We Started With?

The Polity of The Episcopal Church

What Authority Does General Convention Have?

What Did TEC's Polity Really Require of GC 2003?

Can a Diocese Ever Leave the Church?

Of Bishops and Boundaries

A New Declaration of Independence

Is the Episcopal Church Hierarchical?

Making Proper Plans to Remain Episcopal

A Self-Cleaning Ecclesiastical Oven

A "Trouncing"? Or A Misfire?

Some Hierarchy!

There She Goes Again!

Logic Wins in Pittsburgh!

The Only Proper Way Is the One Not Being Followed

Hypocrisy? You Call That Hypocrisy??

Bishop Wantland Knows His Canons

"Know the Enemy": Episcopal Beginnings

"Know the Enemy": the Office of the Presiding Bishop

"Know the Enemy": As the Church Was Formed, So It May Dissolve

"Know the Enemy": Is This the General Convention We Started With?

Lawsuits Are the Symptom; the Disease Is Terminal

The Height of Folly: Tinkering with the Canons

Representing Jesus at GC 2009

Anti-Anglicanism Is Anti-Episcopalianism, or, Liberal Logic Strikes Out Again!

The Consequences of General Convention 2003

Consequences of Making V. Gene Robinson a Bishop

Of Bishops and Boundaries

Who Shall Own the Property?

The Ghost of Bishop Pike

On GAFCON, Bishops, and Border-Crossing

Lambeth and Legitimacy

On the Gulf That Separates Us

Jesus and the Sinful Tax Collectors

A Second Look: Jesus and the Sinful Tax Collectors

A New Declaration of Independence

A Self-Cleaning Ecclesiastical Oven

The Church of Enablers

Jesus' Warning to Those Perpetuating False Teaching

The Future Before Your Eyes

TEC's Presiding Bishop Defi(l)es the Canons

Five Violations of the Same Canon!

How to Follow the Canons in San Joaquin

A Tale of Two Dioceses

Who Will Stand Up for What Is Right?

The Sauls Memorandum Refuted (I)

The Sauls Memorandum Refuted (II)

A Primer on the Crisis

Showdown in Salt Lake City

A Bandit Bishop?

The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

A Murder of Crows

A New Declaration of Independence

The Chief Kaitiff Plans a Purge

Why Do the Canons Matter? (Part I of Two Parts)

Why Do the Canons Matter? (Part II of Two Parts)

The Coming Perfect Snafu

What Have They Wrought?

Why the Vote Was Wrong

There She Goes Again!

Hypocrisy, Thy Name Is David Booth Beers

In the Land of the Canon-Eaters

How to Wreck the Anglican Communion

Tragic Results of a Bishop Scorned

A "Father Brown" Mystery: Strangled by Her Own Canons

Lawsuits Are the Symptom; the Disease Is Terminal

My Head Is Starting to Hurt . . .

Presiding Bishop Accepts Renunciation by Gay Bishop

The Bandit Bishop Strikes Again

The Case of the Missing Letters

The Dennis Canon

Who Shall Own the Property?

California Court Rules Against Departing Church

Coming to a Neighborhood Near You: TEC Properties!

The Dennis Canon: a Dialogue with Craig M.

Trouble for the Dennis Canon?

Lawsuits Are the Symptom; the Disease Is Terminal

A Legal Fable

The Episcopal Church - Litigation

A Trigger-Happy Church

California Court Rules Against Departing Church

The Lead Offers an Unwitting Lesson for TEC

Hypocrisy? You Call That Hypocrisy??

On the Hypocrisy of Tithing to Finance Lawsuits

Lawsuits Are the Symptom; the Disease Is Terminal

Instant History Syndrome

Machiavelli Ritornato

Oh, What a Tangled Web We Weave . . .

The Situation in Ft. Worth

Making Proper Plans to Remain Episcopal

Hypocrisy? You Call That Hypocrisy??

Bishop Wantland Knows His Canons

Tragic Results of a Bishop Scorned

My Head Is Starting to Hurt

The Bandit Bishop Strikes Again

The Situation in Los Angeles/Orange County

California Supreme Court Announces Impending Decision in Episcopal Church Cases

The Episcopal Church Cases: A Summary

Arguing the Episcopal Church Cases (I)

Arguing the Episcopal Church Cases (II)

California Supreme Court Throws out the Statute of Frauds

A Legal Fable

Instant History Syndrome

California Supreme Court Asked to Clarify Its Ruling

Rushing to Judgment

The Situation in New York

Lawsuits Are the Symptom; the Disease Is Terminal

The Situation in Pittsburgh

Who Will Stand Up for What Is Right?

A Primer on the Crisis (The Short Version)

Showdown in Salt Lake City

Attempt at a Pre-Emptive Strike in Pittsburgh

A Bandit Bishop?

Pittsburgh Fights Back

The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Making Proper Plans to Remain Episcopal

The Chief Kaitiff Plans a Purge

Why Do the Canons Matter? (Part I of Two Parts)

Why Do the Canons Matter? (Part II of Two Parts)

The Coming Perfect Snafu

What Have They Wrought?

Some Hierarchy!

Why the Vote Was Wrong

God Is Working His Purpose Out

There She Goes Again!

Hypocrisy, Thy Name Is David Booth Beers

Logic Wins in Pittsburgh!

The Only Proper Way Is the One Not Being Followed

The Pirates of Pittsburgh

"I Have Not Yet Begun to Fight!"

The Battle of Three Rivers

The Bandit Bishop Strikes Again

The Case of the Missing Letters

Admiral Buchanan to the Rescue

The Situation in Quincy

Making Proper Plans to Remain Episcopal

Hypocrisy? You Call That Hypocrisy??

The Situation in San Joaquin

Skulduggery in San Joaquin?

A High-Stakes Game in San Joaquin

How to Follow the Canons in San Joaquin

A Tale of Two Dioceses (Following the Canons: II)

Remaking San Joaquin (Following the Canons: III)

Can a Diocese Ever Leave the Church?

More Skulduggery in San Joaquin

The San Joaquin Lawsuit: an Update

A Murder of Crows

The Wonderful World of Rose-Colored Spin

In the Land of the Canon-Eaters

A New Low in ECUSA's Tactics in San Joaquin

Episcopal Church Asked to Pay for San Joaquin Lawsuit

Oh, What a Tangled Web We Weave . . .

The Situation in Virginia

Who Shall Own the Property?

Victories in Virginia

On the "Abandonment of Communion" Canons

Five Violations of the Same Canon!

A History of the "Abandonment" Canons

Abuses of the "Abandonment" Canons (First Part)

Abuses of the "Abandonment" Canons (Second Part)

Update on the History of Canon IV.9.2

Watch This Space

The Sauls Memorandum Refuted (First Part)

The Sauls Memorandum Refuted (Second Part)

A Primer on the Crisis (The Short Version)

The Chief Kaitiff Plans a Purge

Why Do the Canons Matter? (Part I of Two Parts)

Why Do the Canons Matter? (Part II of Two Parts)

What Have They Wrought?

Hypocrisy, Thy Name Is David Booth Beers

How to Wreck the Anglican Communion

The Height of Folly: Tinkering with the Canons

The Problem in a Nutshell

Election 2008

Logic Is Not the Liberals' Strong Suit

The Logic Adds Up

Do We Really Want More of This?

On Speaking the Truth to Ozymandias

None of the Above

Vote Early and Vote Often---Not Just in Chicago

The Unvarnished Truth

Somewhere There's a Saying . . .

Celebrating the Election? Think Again

Love and Marriage

The Church of Enablers

The Unvarnished Truth

California Supreme Court to Consider the Constitutionality of Proposition 8

Supreme Court Hears Cases on Prop. 8 Tomorrow

Politics/Economy

A Question for the Ages---Especially This One

The Madness of Politicians

To See the Future, Click Here!

From TED 2009: Bill Gates on Rebooting the World

Pig Candy

Your Friday Morning TED Talk: Juan Enriquez

Making the Bad Much, Much Worse

As Long as We Are Talking About Out-of-Control Spending . . .

Media

Crucify Him! (Do We Care?)

Friday Morning TED Talk: Ed Ulbrich



Science and Religion

Bart Ehrman, Meet Frank Tipler

The Physics of Christianity: Frank Tipler and the Virgin Birth

Frank Tipler's God of the Multiverse: Part I

We Interrupt This Blog for an Important Message . . .

On the Ways We Deal with Cancer

Friday Morning TED Talks

Juan Enriquez

Ed Ulbrich

Miscellaneous (Mostly Humorous)

An April 1st Classic

A Modest Proposal to Solve the Lambeth Deficit

Don't Talk to the Police

Genesis Updated (The California Version)

Responsible---and Irresponsible---Voices

A News Exclusive from ENS

Blog Changes - Politics Can Be Fun!

No Comment Necessary

Happy Beethoven's Birthday!

How the Web Works Like "Telephone"

A Musical Meditation for Christmas

In Memoriam

Presiding Bishop Accepts Renunciation by Gay Bishop

Start Them Early: Religion for Kids

Hallelujah Chorus Performed without Breaking Silence

Do You Think They Believe in God Now?