Even the Devils Believe

Paul Goings sent me this blog post, written by science blogger PZ Myers. It basically amounts to an incitement to sacrilege, asking his readers to steal consecrated hosts and send them to him to be mistreated. This is in response to death threats received by a Florida student who stole a consecrated host and subsequently [...]

Tobias Haller has a very perceptive entry up picking apart some language in the Anglican Covenant process:
I was reflecting on a line from the Windsor Report which has always troubled me in this regard: it is one of those statements that sounds true but doesn’t stand up to very close examination; an example of what [...]

Recently bls reposted this article by Fr Tobias Haller, BSG, about the central dogmas of Christian faith that are violated by certain arguments against women’s ordination. I was very taken with the argument when he posted it but had forgotten where I heard it until bls reposted it.
The topic of WO has since come [...]

I hope all of you are having a blessed Triduum. The schedule is often hectic for everyone, but there is something nice about turning over most of our waking action to the celebration of the liturgy and para-liturgical devotions. The nearby TEC parish has Stations both today and tomorrow at noon — I [...]

So far, I think this is my favorite shot from this past weekend’s retreat:

It is, of course, what NLM calls the “Benedictine arrangement” — six candles across the front of the altar in the traditional arrangement, with a prominent, traditional crucifix in the middle. We had two Masses celebrated this way over the weekend, with [...]

There’s an interesting (sometimes frustrating) conversation going on in the Lutheran blogosphere about lay presidency at the Eucharist, which is something of a hot topic in the ELCA these days. I recommend LutherPunk’s contribution as a good, sane starting point. (I’m sure it’s no surprise that I’m not sympathetic to the notion of [...]