You don’t always get … what you expect.
That’s true so often (in my experience) in our relationship with God.
But this morning I’m really only thinking about the service I attended at Trinity Cathedral (in Sacramento). (more…)
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June 16, 2013
You don’t always get … what you expect
Posted by johnmangels under Diocese of Northern California, Personal | Tags: Brian Baker, by John Mangels, Trinity Cathedral, Worship |Leave a Comment
August 1, 2010
St. James’ Lincoln City (Oregon)
Posted by johnmangels under Episcopal Church, Personal | Tags: by John Mangels, Episcopal Church, Welcome |Leave a Comment
Ok. Nobody asked me. But I almost cannot help myself.
When I worship at a church, I always seem to critique the service in my head.
This morning, Anne and I worshiped at St. James’ in Lincoln City (Oregon). We’ve been there before (and liked it). But this year they have an interim. So it was a somewhat different experience. (more…)
May 26, 2010
Augustine of Canterbury and the Via Media
Posted by johnmangels under Christian Unity, Episcopal Church | Tags: Anglican Communion, by John Mangels, Episcopal Church, Inclusion, Sam Portaro, spiritual search |1 Comment
Well, today we commemorate Augustine of Canterbury. And I have to admit, I don’t normally think of him when I think of the Anglican via media. But, at Gregory’s direction, rather than adhering strictly to the Roman rite, he made at least some allowance for Celtic practices that were ongoing when he arrived. And, as our first Archbishop of Canterbury, that had to help set a tone. (more…)
May 7, 2010
Grateful, Glad and Giving
Posted by johnmangels under Diocese of Northern California, Looking for God | Tags: by John Mangels, Economy, Glad and Giving, Grateful, Personal, spiritual search, stewardship, Susan Vick |1 Comment
Our diocese is trying to do something new with what we used to call stewardship. We’re trying to focus on what we have to be grateful for — all of which comes, of course, from G0d.
I have to admit that I have a real tendency to notice what I do not have, particularly if I used to have it, and often do not pay nearly so much attention to what I do have. Which is a lot. And I find this to be true whether I’m looking at money or youth or health or things. I know I have a lot (a whole lot compared to the rest of the world as a whole). And I still often notice more what I do not have. I suspect there are some other people like me out there. I think our culture trains us this way. (more…)
January 26, 2010
What’s Happening in the Episcopal Church in Haiti
Posted by johnmangels under Episcopal Church, World Events | Tags: Episcopal Relief and Development, Haiti, Kesner Ajax |[8] Comments
This came to me from our Deacon, Bob Olsen, who received it from the Rev. Eric Duff, the Executive Director of Episcopal Community Services in this diocese, to whom it was sent:
Dear Sisters and brothers in Christ,
Please let me take some time to give you some update of the situation of Haiti and your beloved partners in the Episcopal church of Haiti. God has saved the lives of the bishop, the 32 active priests, 9 retired priests, the 6 deacons, the 17 seminarians, 3 nuns and the 4 missionaries and their families. All private houses have been damaged to some degree, but all churches, schools, rectories clinics, and hospitals from Croix des Bouquets to Miragoane are not permitted to be used. In Port au Prince and Leogane, all structures of the Episcopal Church have been completely destroyed. We cannot evaluate how many parishioners and staff members we lost. In the south, BTI is ok but the Saint Sauveur rectory is not safe to sleep in. The seminarians went back to their home town; one of them is a physician, and he has stayed at college St Pierre in Port au Prince to give first aid to the people. The Episcopal church of Haiti has set up more than 7 centers to support victims, mostly in the worst hit areas where the bishop is based with whatever supplies they have been able to receive. (more…)
January 15, 2010
From St. James, Lincoln, on Haiti
Posted by johnmangels under Diocese of Northern California, Episcopal Church, World Events | Tags: Cindy Long, Haiti, Mary Layman |Leave a Comment
Mary Layman from St. James in Lincoln wrote the following (to Deacon Cindy Long). They have a relationship with a school in Haiti (and a number of people in the diocese — as Brother Adam noted, the largest in the Episcopal Church). Here’s her update on what they know from their sources:
Thank you for you prayers and support. We are all heart sick especially by the silence.
We have very little news since the forwarded email from Pere Ajax sent on Wednesday. The Bishop and his wife are well. She suffered some injuries as their home collapsed. We have not heard a word from Fr. Walin and I pray he was in Hinche at the time. Our project/school is near Hinche in the high plateau and was not hit by the earthquake. (more…)
December 23, 2009
The Christian Text in a New World Context
Posted by johnmangels under Episcopal Church | Tags: Dan Edwards, Emergent Church |Leave a Comment
That’s the title of a piece on Bishop Dan’s blog about new church directions and the emergent church. I have to say that what he writes about doesn’t seem to reflect a lot of what I’ve seen and heard of the emergent church. But here’s the start of what he said:
I was having dinner with a group of Episcopal Church leaders discussing “the emergent church” and a bold new proposal to ordain priests for the emergent church with minimal preparation, trusting they would pick up priesthood OJT. I said nothing, but it gave me pause to hear this idea, knowing we tried it in Nevada and other Total Ministry dioceses, sometimes with unfortunate results. (more…)
November 24, 2009
Archbishop’s Response
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Archbishop Rowan Williams further responded to the Vatican’s creation of a new “Anglican rite” within the Roman Catholic Church for Anglicans who wish to become Roman Catholics. As Williams notes, so far there has been little response beyond the Traditional Anglican Communion which left in the 1990’s over the ordination of women. If you wish to see the New York Times article on what’s happening you can find it here. If you want to see the Anglican Communions story about this, you can find it here.
November 20, 2009
Breaking: Executive Council to discuss Ugandan situation
Posted by johnmangels under Episcopal Church, World Events | Tags: Episcopal Cafe, Episcopal Church, GLTBI, Uganda |Leave a Comment
This comes from Episcopal Cafe. It’s a follow up on my earlier posting on the same legislation:
A special session of the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church has been called to discuss the church's position on the “Anti-Homosexuality Bill” currently before the Ugandan Parliament. The meeting will be conducted via conference call on the afternoon of December 7, according to numerous sources.
Special sessions of Executive Council can be called by the Presiding Bishop or, as in this instance, by a petition signed by at least nine members of the council. (more…)
October 20, 2009
Vatican offers home to traditional Anglicans
Posted by johnmangels under Episcopal Church | Tags: Anglican Communion, Episcopal Cafe, GLTBI, Roman Catholic Church, Women's Ordination |[2] Comments
This is the daily lead from Episcopal Cafe. It’s long, but I’m including it all here:
It may be a while before anybody can speak with any real knowledge about the impact of the development described in the story below, which contain a major error in its first paragraph. (more…)
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