Introduction There is already a burgeoning literature on the subject of the 61-page Report of the Special Commission on the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion. As might be expected, comments, criticisms, suggestions and pleas have been flying around from and in all directions. Having tried to keep up with this over the last few … Continue Reading
The notes in the text are hyperlinked into the end notes; to return to the text, click on the end note number Dear Fulcrum friends, The Episcopal Church of the USA faces several choices at its General Convention in Columbus, Ohio, 13-21 June 2006. After sketching the background to, and the context of, the Convention, … Continue Reading
The response of the Primate of Kenya to the Bishop of Chelmsford has raised a number of questions about the nature of communion, its impairment and the consequences of such impairment for the wider church when it occurs between bishops. What has happened? At present, even after the recent press release and press conference from … Continue Reading
by Tim Wambunya Kenya Church Association It has been a sad week reading about the unfortunate events surrounding the visit of Bishop John Gladwin and his team to the dioceses of Mt Kenya. Sad because this is probably the only ‘working’ link between a UK and Kenyan diocese and where the diocesan Bishop is actively … Continue Reading
Sermon preached at Wycliffe Hall for Joint Eucharist of Oxford Anglican Theological Colleges 9 November 2005 Readings: 2 Chronicles 20:1-30 and Matthew 26:17-56 I wonder how often you discover something in the Bible you didn’t even know was there and which speaks powerfully to you! I had one of my most powerful experiences of this … Continue Reading
When I was an Anglican in Canada, Anglican ethos was defined by WASP identity (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant), the Queen’s Christmas messages, gin and sherry, and perhaps a sampling of haggis on Burns’ night. That was only thirty years ago. And what a different Anglican world we live in today. What’s the difference? I am not … Continue Reading
Dear Fulcrum friends, In three lectures delivered in the United States earlier this month, Archbishop Robin Eames offered his reflections on the Anglican Communion at the present time.[1] As the chair of the Lambeth Commission which produced the Windsor Report, his thoughts must be taken seriously. Aside from the Archbishop of Canterbury, Archbishop Eames probably … Continue Reading
The Revd Dr Colin Craston, served 15 years on the Anglican Consultative Council including six years as Chair. He was in parish ministry in the Church of England for 50 years and in retirement lives near Bolton. While the Anglican Communion as a whole is a considerable way from agreement as to whether the consecration … Continue Reading
Nottingham, 28 June 2005 by the Bishop of Durham, Dr N T Wright When I heard that you had been studying Acts in your time together, my mind went, for some reason, to acronyms. I imagined myself coming to address the Anglican Communion Theological Society, or perhaps the Anglican Council for Tea and Sympathy, which … Continue Reading
Dear Fulcrum Friend, ‘The way to Easter is Good Friday. The victory of resurrection requires the vulnerability of crucifixion.’ Walter Brueggemann The Easter message proclaims the triumph of resurrection over death. But, as Walter Brueggemann has noted, there can be no Easter Day without Good Friday, no resurrection without crucifixion. This is a truth the … Continue Reading