Glacial Gravity or Opportunist Autonomy?: Fulcrum Newsletter June 2009

Glacial Gravity or Opportunist Autonomy? Fulcrum Newsletter June 2009 by Graham Kings, Bishop of Sherborne prepublished, with permission, from the Church of England Newspaper, 3 July 2009 discuss this newsletter on the forum thread Glaciers, moving slowly and powerfully, reshape the landscape. They work through gravity. It may be that the Anglican Covenant appears to … Continue Reading

The Christian Code: Sermon at Graham Kings’ Consecration as Bishop of Sherborne

The Christian Code Sermon: Professor David F Ford, Regius Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge Readings: Isaiah 40:1-11; Galatians 3:23-end; Luke 1:57-66, 80 at the ordination and consecration of Graham Kings to be Bishop of Sherborne, 24 June 2009, Westminster Abbey A voice says, ‘Cry out!’ And I said, ‘What shall I cry?’(Isaiah 40:6) A … Continue Reading

Why I am still an Anglican

Why I am still an Anglican by Tim Goodbody This article began life from an online discussion between Cranmer’s Curate (Revd Julian Mann) and myself. Cranmer’s Curate published what amounts to an abridged version of what follows here on his blog on the 29th of April 2009. At the time that discussion started I was … Continue Reading

Church of Scotland Tensions and GAFCON

As someone brought up in the Church of Scotland (the Presbyterian established church, not to be confused with the Scottish Episcopal Church), it is distressing to see that denomination heading rapidly into the sort of conflict and division that has marked the Anglican Communion over homosexuality. It has also been intriguing to see in the … Continue Reading