Friday, January 26, 2024

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THANK YOU, JANET ECHOLS AND JOY HUNTER Let's give credit where it is due, and today that is to Janet Echols and Joy Hunter, at least acc...
Thursday, January 25, 2024

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  THE STRANGE BROUHAHA AT THE CHARLESTON MUSIC HALL The annual conference called "Mere Anglicanism" met last weekend at the Charle...
Sunday, January 21, 2024

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  DETAILS OF ADSC MEMBERSHIP CHANGES IN THE DECADE AFTER THE SCHISM As the Anglican Diocese of South Carolina prepares for its annual meetin...
Friday, January 19, 2024

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  WHY EVANGELICALS LOVE TRUMP Evangelical Christians form the core of the Trump base this year as in past years. In the elections of 2016 an...
Tuesday, January 16, 2024

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  NOTES,     16 JANUARY 2024 Greetings, blog reader. It has been a while since I posted anything here, so I just wanted to touch bases with ...
Monday, December 18, 2023

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  POPE FRANCIS APPROVES SAME-SEX BLESSINGS The news broke today that Pope Francis has formally approved of in-church blessings of same-sex u...
Friday, November 24, 2023

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REVIEWING NAPOLEON I saw the new movie "Napoleon" today at a local theater. Here is my take on it. I have deliberately avoiding re...
Monday, November 13, 2023

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  AWAITING THE ARRIVAL OF "NAPOLEON" I suppose we have all seen the trailers and ads on television about the upcoming theater movi...
Wednesday, November 8, 2023

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  OF HEROES AND CHRONICLERS As the schism winds down and its loose threads are being tied off, it is appropriate to reflect on the near past...
Sunday, October 15, 2023

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ELIZABETH DUFOUR RIVERS (1929-2023) LET LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON HER Elizabeth (Betty to her friends) Dufour Rivers died yesterday, Octobe...
Monday, October 9, 2023

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  WE MUST STAND WITH THE ISRAELIS---AND WITH THE PALESTINIANS War has broken out, yet again, in the Middle East. How many times have we seen...
Saturday, October 7, 2023

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  ALBANY AFFIRMS HUMAN RIGHTS Something important happened last month that slipped under my radar but must be pointed out now. On September ...
Thursday, October 5, 2023

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  POPE SAYS ANGLICAN ORDINATIONS CAN BE A SUBJECT OF STUDY An historic synod began at the Vatican yesterday. In this year and next the assem...
Wednesday, October 4, 2023

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  ST. JOHN'S ANGLICAN BUYING PROPERTY On yesterday, 3 October 2023, clergy of St. John's Anglican Church, on Johns Island, announced...
Friday, September 29, 2023

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  THE TWO DIOCESES AND THE CULTURE WAR The 2012 schism in the Episcopal diocese of South Carolina was a local manifestation of the overall c...