“An artwork that shows Star Wars characters nailed to crosses has sparked controversy before its public debut at a Melbourne gallery in two weeks. The Herald-Sun reports that the controversial piece called Crusci-fiction consists of a roomful of 25 replicas of robot C3P0 hanging on crosses.” At first I didn’t react very strongly to this …
Tag Archive: Anglican
Nov 12
Anglican-Rite Catholics
Dappled Things has a great blurb and some links regarding the promotion of an option for the use of an Anglican (slightly modified, I think) Rite for Roman Catholic Churches. This had come up in a previous post of Ales Rarus, and I’m all for increasing the breadth and depth of the liturgical life of …
Nov 11
Swim Back
A couple days ago, Episcopalian priest Pontificator advised his Episcopalian readers to flee the ECUSA with great haste. He told them to join either the Orthodox or the Catholic Church. Yesterday, an Orthodox priest pleaded his case. Today, a Catholic priest pleads his. Father Addison Hart is a convert. Being a convert myself (though from …
Sep 19
It's Official
The Anglican Church has jumped the shark. Anglican Church agrees to reality-TV program ‘Priest IdolÂ’ The Anglican Church in England has jumped into the fray of reality TV in the hopes of reviving a dying church. The Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Lundwood in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, has a congregation of only nine, mainly aging, …
Sep 14
Christian Bigotry
A friend of mine and semi-frequent comment poster has asked me numerous times to stop posting “anti-gay stuff”. This Sed Contra post might interest him. The blogger at SC is David Morrison, author of Beyond Gay. He lives with same-sex attraction, but does not accept or advocate the gay lifestyle. His most recent post, about …