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Friday, 18 March 2011
NEWS JUST IN - THE NEWS IS OFFLINE
Following in the footsteps of the London Times, The New York Times is to erect a paywall. We will be allowed to access their website up to 20 times a month which is a lot better than Ruth Gledhill's rag deigns to allow. But, we will soon get used to ignoring the NYT's existence, just like we now ignore The Times. It won't be a huge loss.
However, it will be a huge loss to independent newsagents. My guess is that the main reason for the paywall is not to prevent free access to the Internet community, but to encourage people to subscribe to their printed newspaper direct with them, because that is the only way to get free access to their website. This will have a direct and detrimental effect on newspaper sellers who already have to survive on a very low commission per newspaper and rich media tycoons, who don't know the meaning of "having to survive" will just get even richer.
However, it will be a huge loss to independent newsagents. My guess is that the main reason for the paywall is not to prevent free access to the Internet community, but to encourage people to subscribe to their printed newspaper direct with them, because that is the only way to get free access to their website. This will have a direct and detrimental effect on newspaper sellers who already have to survive on a very low commission per newspaper and rich media tycoons, who don't know the meaning of "having to survive" will just get even richer.
ONLY PERSONALLY AMBITIOUS PEOPLE NEED APPLY
I have attended quite a few interviews now trying to get a job as a parish priest. One question I am always asked at some point during my grilling is, "Why have I been in an assistant role for 14 out of my 16 years as an ordained minister?"
The answer to this question has much to do with management not believing that a person who has suffered from depression in the past can be trusted in a leadership position. But it is also down to the fact that I never felt compelled to alter the situation. I just don't need to be in charge. I don't regard myself as a failure because I am not the boss. I never feel that I simply must get a job as the person in a parish that makes the decisions. Even now, as I actively search for work, I don't pay any more attention to adverts for leaders than I do to adverts for any other type of post. However, this is obviously seen as unnatural and highly suspect by most people in the Church.
I was asked this question at a recent interview and I explained that it just didn't bother me. One of the parish representatives responded by saying that when she was just employed as a doctor she dreamt of the day that she would be running her own general practice. I said that being a doctor and being a priest were two different things and that it was the role of a priest to be a servant and not crave for promotion and the rewards that go with it. But nobody was convinced.
What this says about the understanding of the laity and much of the clergy of my church of the nature of priesthood is quite scary in my opinion, and incredibly depressing. Also, it shows an almost total ignorance of the main teachings of Jesus Christ or, if not, a deliberate decision to ignore those teachings.
A hundred and fifty years ago being an assistant or a perpetual curate was not seen as failure and those the Church most reveres as examples of Christlike living are almost always servers rather than leaders. When you read the hagiographies of episcopal and papal saints there is always an emphasis on how they served and cared for the "ordinary" people in their care. I expect that these claims are untrue in many cases but they have to be made in order to validate the sanctification. So why, if servanthood is the mark of true Christianity, is it regarded as an indication of incompetence and laziness by so many in our church today?
I fear the priesthood is being recreated in the image of the secular, capitalist zeitgeist of our times and that most of the clergy are embracing it as wholeheartedly as a young stockbroker dreaming of his first Porsche with the full backing of their congregations who do not want to be embarrassed every Sunday morning by the presence of a priest who just doesn't give a damn about worldly prestige and preferment.
The answer to this question has much to do with management not believing that a person who has suffered from depression in the past can be trusted in a leadership position. But it is also down to the fact that I never felt compelled to alter the situation. I just don't need to be in charge. I don't regard myself as a failure because I am not the boss. I never feel that I simply must get a job as the person in a parish that makes the decisions. Even now, as I actively search for work, I don't pay any more attention to adverts for leaders than I do to adverts for any other type of post. However, this is obviously seen as unnatural and highly suspect by most people in the Church.
I was asked this question at a recent interview and I explained that it just didn't bother me. One of the parish representatives responded by saying that when she was just employed as a doctor she dreamt of the day that she would be running her own general practice. I said that being a doctor and being a priest were two different things and that it was the role of a priest to be a servant and not crave for promotion and the rewards that go with it. But nobody was convinced.
What this says about the understanding of the laity and much of the clergy of my church of the nature of priesthood is quite scary in my opinion, and incredibly depressing. Also, it shows an almost total ignorance of the main teachings of Jesus Christ or, if not, a deliberate decision to ignore those teachings.
A hundred and fifty years ago being an assistant or a perpetual curate was not seen as failure and those the Church most reveres as examples of Christlike living are almost always servers rather than leaders. When you read the hagiographies of episcopal and papal saints there is always an emphasis on how they served and cared for the "ordinary" people in their care. I expect that these claims are untrue in many cases but they have to be made in order to validate the sanctification. So why, if servanthood is the mark of true Christianity, is it regarded as an indication of incompetence and laziness by so many in our church today?
I fear the priesthood is being recreated in the image of the secular, capitalist zeitgeist of our times and that most of the clergy are embracing it as wholeheartedly as a young stockbroker dreaming of his first Porsche with the full backing of their congregations who do not want to be embarrassed every Sunday morning by the presence of a priest who just doesn't give a damn about worldly prestige and preferment.
THE PRAYER LIST - 18th. MARCH 2011
From THE MAIL:
Overheating fuel rods are exposed to the elements through a huge hole in the wall of a reactor building at the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant. Radiation is streaming into the atmosphere from the used uranium rods at reactor number four, after a 45-ft deep storage pool designed to keep them stable boiled dry in a fire.
Lars-Erik De Geer of the Swedish Defence Research Institute, said particles would eventually be detected across Europe.
'It is not something you see normally,' he said. 'But it is not high from any danger point of view. It is only a question of very, very low activities so it is nothing for people to worry about.'
But I am worried. I have met the children of Chernobyl and my prayers are both heartfelt and informed.
From CNN:
The death toll in Japan climbed past 6,500 on Friday as search teams continued to comb through the rubble. Japan's National Police agency said 6,548 people were confirmed dead and 10,354 were reported missing as of Friday.
***
From THE BBC (South Asia):
Tribal leaders in the Pakistani region of North Waziristan have vowed revenge against the US after drones killed more than 40 people near the Afghan border.
"We are a people who wait 100 years to exact revenge. We never forgive our enemy," the elders said in a statement.
***
From AFP:
Heavy arms fire rang out in Abidjan early Friday in a stronghold of internationally recognised Ivory Coast president Alassane Ouattara in Abidjan where an earlier attack left up to 30 dead.
From THE BBC:
At least eight anti-government protesters have been shot dead by Yemeni forces in Sanaa. Following Friday prayers, dozens were wounded when government forces opened fire on a group of protesters gathered near the university calling for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to stand down.
From REUTERS:
Saudi Shi'ites marched in the kingdom's oil-producing east Wednesday, demanding the release of prisoners and voicing support for Shi'ites in nearby Bahrain.
***
From THE BBC (Asia-Pacific):
Australian police have fired tear gas to subdue rioting asylum seekers at the Christmas Island detention centre following days of unrest and after about 250 detainees set fire to buildings and attacked security staff.
Inmates say they are protesting against living conditions and the time it takes to process their asylum applications. Some asylum seekers have been reportedly held for 18 months.
***
Posted by Ormonde Plater at THROUGH THE DUST:
Murdered in the New Orleans metro area this week:
3/6 Marco Rodriquez-Chacon 34 m Shot Jefferson (Missed this one last week)
3/11 Shedrick L. Turner 27 M Shot Orleans
3/12 Joshua Brooks 18 M Shot Orleans
3/16 unidentified ? M Shot Orleans
Please pray for the victims, their murderers, and their families.
***
Posted by Bad Alice at BAD ALICE:
I’ve been patiently waiting for my mood to shift a bit, and a horrid sort of aimlessness has settled over me. Options appear to my eyes with the same dull hues, nothing bright and obvious and appealing. I read to keep my mind occupied rather than circling like a vulture.
I was really hoping that the thyroid pills I’ve been prescribed would kick ennui’s butt. I'm always hoping there will be an a-ha moment that puts everything right.
***
Posted by Grandmère Mimi at WOUNDED BIRD:
Starting today and for the next several days, members of the vestries and congregations of four churches in the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana will be interviewing and spending time with six candidates for rectors priests-in-charge for four churches in the diocese.
St. John's in Thibodaux
St. Margaret's in Baton Rouge
St. Mary's in Franklin
Christ Episcopal Church in Slidell.
Please join your prayers with ours that God will guide the diocesan leadership, the members of the congregations, and the candidates.
If you would like to light
a candle as part of your
prayer, please click HERE,
then click on BEGIN and
follow the instructions.
Our group name is
Laika (case sensitive);
please type this into
the appropriate box
when requested.
Overheating fuel rods are exposed to the elements through a huge hole in the wall of a reactor building at the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant. Radiation is streaming into the atmosphere from the used uranium rods at reactor number four, after a 45-ft deep storage pool designed to keep them stable boiled dry in a fire.
Lars-Erik De Geer of the Swedish Defence Research Institute, said particles would eventually be detected across Europe.
'It is not something you see normally,' he said. 'But it is not high from any danger point of view. It is only a question of very, very low activities so it is nothing for people to worry about.'
But I am worried. I have met the children of Chernobyl and my prayers are both heartfelt and informed.
From CNN:
The death toll in Japan climbed past 6,500 on Friday as search teams continued to comb through the rubble. Japan's National Police agency said 6,548 people were confirmed dead and 10,354 were reported missing as of Friday.
***
From THE BBC (South Asia):
Tribal leaders in the Pakistani region of North Waziristan have vowed revenge against the US after drones killed more than 40 people near the Afghan border.
"We are a people who wait 100 years to exact revenge. We never forgive our enemy," the elders said in a statement.
***
From AFP:
Heavy arms fire rang out in Abidjan early Friday in a stronghold of internationally recognised Ivory Coast president Alassane Ouattara in Abidjan where an earlier attack left up to 30 dead.
From THE BBC:
At least eight anti-government protesters have been shot dead by Yemeni forces in Sanaa. Following Friday prayers, dozens were wounded when government forces opened fire on a group of protesters gathered near the university calling for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to stand down.
From REUTERS:
Saudi Shi'ites marched in the kingdom's oil-producing east Wednesday, demanding the release of prisoners and voicing support for Shi'ites in nearby Bahrain.
***
From THE BBC (Asia-Pacific):
Australian police have fired tear gas to subdue rioting asylum seekers at the Christmas Island detention centre following days of unrest and after about 250 detainees set fire to buildings and attacked security staff.
Inmates say they are protesting against living conditions and the time it takes to process their asylum applications. Some asylum seekers have been reportedly held for 18 months.
***
Posted by Ormonde Plater at THROUGH THE DUST:
Murdered in the New Orleans metro area this week:
3/6 Marco Rodriquez-Chacon 34 m Shot Jefferson (Missed this one last week)
3/11 Shedrick L. Turner 27 M Shot Orleans
3/12 Joshua Brooks 18 M Shot Orleans
3/16 unidentified ? M Shot Orleans
Please pray for the victims, their murderers, and their families.
***
Posted by Bad Alice at BAD ALICE:
I’ve been patiently waiting for my mood to shift a bit, and a horrid sort of aimlessness has settled over me. Options appear to my eyes with the same dull hues, nothing bright and obvious and appealing. I read to keep my mind occupied rather than circling like a vulture.
I was really hoping that the thyroid pills I’ve been prescribed would kick ennui’s butt. I'm always hoping there will be an a-ha moment that puts everything right.
***
Posted by Grandmère Mimi at WOUNDED BIRD:
Starting today and for the next several days, members of the vestries and congregations of four churches in the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana will be interviewing and spending time with six candidates for rectors priests-in-charge for four churches in the diocese.
St. John's in Thibodaux
St. Margaret's in Baton Rouge
St. Mary's in Franklin
Christ Episcopal Church in Slidell.
Please join your prayers with ours that God will guide the diocesan leadership, the members of the congregations, and the candidates.
If you would like to light
a candle as part of your
prayer, please click HERE,
then click on BEGIN and
follow the instructions.
Our group name is
Laika (case sensitive);
please type this into
the appropriate box
when requested.
MADPRIEST'S THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
THE VIRTUAL IS REALITY
Bosco Peters, from Christchurch, New Zealand, has posted
about how supported he felt by the online community during
the days following the earthquake in his city, on his blog,
LITURGY. I left the following comment in which I
emphasise how our community has managed to bring the
"virtual" and "real" worlds together in a way that truly
brings the Kingdom of God closer.
about how supported he felt by the online community during
the days following the earthquake in his city, on his blog,
LITURGY. I left the following comment in which I
emphasise how our community has managed to bring the
"virtual" and "real" worlds together in a way that truly
brings the Kingdom of God closer.
Thursday, 17 March 2011
THE MIDNIGHT JUKEBOX
Today I received the great honour (which is, in fact, regarded by many as the greatest honour) of being made an honorary member of The Prudish Christian GLBT League (PCGLBT). As I was also granted all rights and privileges thereof I am taking advantage of my new tastefully camp status by playing you, completely without irony, a whole load of great stuff off this young gentleman's latest CD.
Darlings, it is gorgeous. Every track is a masterpiece.
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WATCH THIS!
This is one of my favourite films of all time. It's absolutely stuffed with really intelligent religious allegory and is basically
a retelling of the oldest story in the world.
If you live in the UK and haven't seen it yet, I promise you
that remedying that situation this evening will bring you overwhelming, if somewhat harrowing, pleasure.
a retelling of the oldest story in the world.
If you live in the UK and haven't seen it yet, I promise you
that remedying that situation this evening will bring you overwhelming, if somewhat harrowing, pleasure.
A EUCRAICISTIC EUCHARIST
Please forgive the wee, Irish joke in the title to this post and pop over to ST. LAIKA'S for a drop of the old communion wine and lots and lots of music. With all the Irish tunes available it was always going to be a good one - and it is, to be sure.
And if that is a bit too religious for you here's something downright irreligious from Jim:
Two Irish nuns have just arrived in USA by boat, and one says to the other, "I hear that the people in this country actually eat dogs."
"Odd," her companion replies, "but if we shall live in America , we might as well do as the Americans do."
As they sit, they hear a push cart vendor yelling, "Hot Dogs, get your dogs here," and they both walk towards the hot dog cart.
"Two dogs, please!," says one.
The vendor is very pleased to oblige, wraps both hot dogs in foil and hands them over. Excited, the nuns hurry to a bench and begin to unwrap their 'dogs.' The mother superior is first to open hers. She begins to blush, and then staring at it for a moment, leans to the other Nun and in a soft brogue whispers......
"What part did you get?"
And if that is a bit too religious for you here's something downright irreligious from Jim:
Two Irish nuns have just arrived in USA by boat, and one says to the other, "I hear that the people in this country actually eat dogs."
"Odd," her companion replies, "but if we shall live in America , we might as well do as the Americans do."
As they sit, they hear a push cart vendor yelling, "Hot Dogs, get your dogs here," and they both walk towards the hot dog cart.
"Two dogs, please!," says one.
The vendor is very pleased to oblige, wraps both hot dogs in foil and hands them over. Excited, the nuns hurry to a bench and begin to unwrap their 'dogs.' The mother superior is first to open hers. She begins to blush, and then staring at it for a moment, leans to the other Nun and in a soft brogue whispers......
"What part did you get?"
MADPRIEST UPDATE
I have just spent five days travelling around England attending two interviews. I have been turned down for both posts. One I wouldn't have accepted, the other I would have done. The first I didn't get because of the blog. The second I didn't get because they were more evangelical than I had been led to believe and I didn't talk about God, and being called by God, enough in the interview (and some other stuff).
So, as we were. Here's the usual blurb:
The administrator of this site is the Reverend Jonathan Hagger (a.k.a. MadPriest). He is a Church of England priest but he receives no salary from any church or any other employer.
At present his ministry consists entirely of his work at St. Laika's and OCICBW...
However, he likes to eat occasionally and his blogs cost quite a bit of money to run. So, in true Anglican style a collection plate is being made available for your donations (via PayPal).
Full accounts will be posted here each year. You will never be asked to pledge or tithe but a regular monthly contribution from you would give him security and peace of mind.
You do not need to have a PayPal account to subscribe or donate via the buttons below.
So, as we were. Here's the usual blurb:
The administrator of this site is the Reverend Jonathan Hagger (a.k.a. MadPriest). He is a Church of England priest but he receives no salary from any church or any other employer.
At present his ministry consists entirely of his work at St. Laika's and OCICBW...
However, he likes to eat occasionally and his blogs cost quite a bit of money to run. So, in true Anglican style a collection plate is being made available for your donations (via PayPal).
Full accounts will be posted here each year. You will never be asked to pledge or tithe but a regular monthly contribution from you would give him security and peace of mind.
You do not need to have a PayPal account to subscribe or donate via the buttons below.
MADPRIEST'S THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
The only answer to the question, "Why doesn't God stop bad things happening?" that I can accept is that God cannot. All the other answers I have come across in my life would mean that God is a monster.
THE PRAYER LIST - 17th. MARCH 2011
Posted by J. Michael Povey at POVEY PRATTLE:
The headline news: First it was Tunisia. Then Egypt. Then Libya. Next we were taken to New Zealand and the ghastly earthquake in Christ Church. Then back to Libya for a day or two. Moving on we were directed to Japan, and an even more awful earthquake, tsunami, and possible nuclear catastrophe.
No matter where we get news - from radio, T.V., internet, or those old fashioned things known as newspapers, the news has been the same.
Tunisia. Egypt. Libya. New Zealand. Libya again. And now Japan.
Even as we express our concern about Japan we forget New Zealand. Even as we fret about Libya we forget Iraq, Afghanistan and the “jokers in the pack” - Iran and Israel.
Meanwhile, Ron and Charlotte worry themselves sick about the cancer which is all to present in the body of their daughter-in-law Liz. Martyn and Wendy are still so very concerned about Brenda’s cancer. Elliot wonders “what will be” as his partner Jesse battles that same old bastard known as cancer. In Sarasota, four teenagers were killed in a horrid road accident, two of them from the same family.
There is more bad news that I/we can comprehend. But life goes on.
***
Posted at DIOBETH NEWSPIN (USA):
Pray for our young men and women who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan, and for their families:
Loren M. Buffalo, 20: Andrew M. Harper, 19: Kalin C. Johnson, 19: Ian M. Muller, 22: Daehan Park, 36: Arturo E. Rodriguez, 19: Eric S. Trueblood, 27: Andrew P. Wade, 22
Pray also for the fallen heroes also of our coalition partners, and for the citizens of Iraq and Afghanistan who have died, unnamed and unknown to us, and for those who mourn ... and for an end to this endless war.
***
From THE GUARDIAN:
The US is pushing the UN to authorise not just a no-fly zone over Libya, but also the use of air strikes to stop the advance of forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi.
***
From THE MAIL:
Scout leaders, football coaches and a police officer are among more than 100 suspected paedophiles arrested in the UK after the world’s biggest internet child sex ring was smashed by British police. Others from every walk of life were arrested worldwide after undercover officers posing as paedophiles infiltrated a website with more than 70,000 members.
***
From THE WALL STREET JOURNAL:
Bahrain arrested several opposition leaders and activists in dawn raids on their homes Thursday, as the government continued its attempt to stifle the recent uprising on the strategic Gulf island.
Security forces backed by the army drove protesters out of the center of Manama Wednesday in an effort to crush a growing protest movement. Tension also increased with the arrival on Monday of 1,000 troops from Saudi Arabia and 500 police from the United Arab Emirates.
***
Posted by Fr. Kenny at RECTOR'S RAMBLINGS:
The past couple of days have been pretty dreadful! A bad case of the "runs" and the central heating breaking down have not done much for the demeanor! It's not a pleasant subject, but I can't be far away from a loo at the moment, and although there's now a bit of heat in the house, the prospect of a frozen loo is not the best!
***
THANKSGIVING
Posted by Suem at SIGNIFICANT TRUTHS:
The Diocese of Birmingham voted on Saturday in favour of women in the episcopate of the Church of England. This was the first Diocesan vote on the law that will allow women to become bishops in the Church of England, and it was carried by 75 to 4 in favour of the legislation with its accompanying provisions for those who will not accept women as bishops. To make that endorsement even more clear, two motions that asked for even more provisions for those opposed were defeated, with only a small minority of people voting for them.
Other excellent news is the first diocesan vote on the Anglican Covenant also rejected the proposal. Both clergy and laity (the latter overwhelmingly) rejected the Covenant at the Wakefield Diocesan Synod meeting on Saturday 12th March.
***
Posted by Jendi at REITER'S BLOCK:
My poem "Bullies in Love" has just won the 2010 Anderbo Poetry Prize judged by Charity Burns and Linda Bierds. Anderbo is a NYC-based online literary journal edited by Rick Rofihe. This poem was inspired by the episode of "Glee" where the homophobic football player kisses sweet little gayboy Kurt. Who says watching TV doesn't pay?
You can read Jendi's excellent poem on her website.
If you would like to light
a candle as part of your
prayer, please click HERE,
then click on BEGIN and
follow the instructions.
Our group name is
Laika (case sensitive);
please type this into
the appropriate box
when requested.
The headline news: First it was Tunisia. Then Egypt. Then Libya. Next we were taken to New Zealand and the ghastly earthquake in Christ Church. Then back to Libya for a day or two. Moving on we were directed to Japan, and an even more awful earthquake, tsunami, and possible nuclear catastrophe.
No matter where we get news - from radio, T.V., internet, or those old fashioned things known as newspapers, the news has been the same.
Tunisia. Egypt. Libya. New Zealand. Libya again. And now Japan.
Even as we express our concern about Japan we forget New Zealand. Even as we fret about Libya we forget Iraq, Afghanistan and the “jokers in the pack” - Iran and Israel.
Meanwhile, Ron and Charlotte worry themselves sick about the cancer which is all to present in the body of their daughter-in-law Liz. Martyn and Wendy are still so very concerned about Brenda’s cancer. Elliot wonders “what will be” as his partner Jesse battles that same old bastard known as cancer. In Sarasota, four teenagers were killed in a horrid road accident, two of them from the same family.
There is more bad news that I/we can comprehend. But life goes on.
***
Posted at DIOBETH NEWSPIN (USA):
Pray for our young men and women who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan, and for their families:
Loren M. Buffalo, 20: Andrew M. Harper, 19: Kalin C. Johnson, 19: Ian M. Muller, 22: Daehan Park, 36: Arturo E. Rodriguez, 19: Eric S. Trueblood, 27: Andrew P. Wade, 22
Pray also for the fallen heroes also of our coalition partners, and for the citizens of Iraq and Afghanistan who have died, unnamed and unknown to us, and for those who mourn ... and for an end to this endless war.
***
From THE GUARDIAN:
The US is pushing the UN to authorise not just a no-fly zone over Libya, but also the use of air strikes to stop the advance of forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi.
***
From THE MAIL:
Scout leaders, football coaches and a police officer are among more than 100 suspected paedophiles arrested in the UK after the world’s biggest internet child sex ring was smashed by British police. Others from every walk of life were arrested worldwide after undercover officers posing as paedophiles infiltrated a website with more than 70,000 members.
***
From THE WALL STREET JOURNAL:
Bahrain arrested several opposition leaders and activists in dawn raids on their homes Thursday, as the government continued its attempt to stifle the recent uprising on the strategic Gulf island.
Security forces backed by the army drove protesters out of the center of Manama Wednesday in an effort to crush a growing protest movement. Tension also increased with the arrival on Monday of 1,000 troops from Saudi Arabia and 500 police from the United Arab Emirates.
***
Posted by Fr. Kenny at RECTOR'S RAMBLINGS:
The past couple of days have been pretty dreadful! A bad case of the "runs" and the central heating breaking down have not done much for the demeanor! It's not a pleasant subject, but I can't be far away from a loo at the moment, and although there's now a bit of heat in the house, the prospect of a frozen loo is not the best!
***
THANKSGIVING
Posted by Suem at SIGNIFICANT TRUTHS:
The Diocese of Birmingham voted on Saturday in favour of women in the episcopate of the Church of England. This was the first Diocesan vote on the law that will allow women to become bishops in the Church of England, and it was carried by 75 to 4 in favour of the legislation with its accompanying provisions for those who will not accept women as bishops. To make that endorsement even more clear, two motions that asked for even more provisions for those opposed were defeated, with only a small minority of people voting for them.
Other excellent news is the first diocesan vote on the Anglican Covenant also rejected the proposal. Both clergy and laity (the latter overwhelmingly) rejected the Covenant at the Wakefield Diocesan Synod meeting on Saturday 12th March.
***
Posted by Jendi at REITER'S BLOCK:
My poem "Bullies in Love" has just won the 2010 Anderbo Poetry Prize judged by Charity Burns and Linda Bierds. Anderbo is a NYC-based online literary journal edited by Rick Rofihe. This poem was inspired by the episode of "Glee" where the homophobic football player kisses sweet little gayboy Kurt. Who says watching TV doesn't pay?
You can read Jendi's excellent poem on her website.
If you would like to light
a candle as part of your
prayer, please click HERE,
then click on BEGIN and
follow the instructions.
Our group name is
Laika (case sensitive);
please type this into
the appropriate box
when requested.
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