The Gospel of Inclusion VIII

Today’s Gospel of Inclusion comes from the Diocese of New Westminster (Canada) Praise to you, Power-Bestower on Purse-String-Holders. An Anglican church defying its bishop by refusing to support same-sex unions has been “terminated” only days before Christmas. . . . Ronald Harrison, executive archdeacon of the Diocese of New Westminster, said Holy Cross brought the [...]

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The Gospel of Inclusion VII

Today’s Gospel of Inclusion comes from Bishop Clark Grew of the Diocese of Ohio. Praise to you, guarantor of our judgment. I think the tension I feel is, and I don’t want to devalue the authenticity of scripture claim that people make that this is a matter of scriptural authority, but I think, deep within [...]

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The Gospel of Inclusion VI

Today’s Gospel of Inclusion comes from the diocese of Los Angeles. Praise to thee, semi-inclusive one. In a ringing defense of an openly gay bishop and same-sex unions, Los Angeles Episcopal Bishop J. Jon Bruno declared here Saturday that the Episcopal Church is “a roomy house” for all, and warned that those who leave would [...]

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The Gospel of Inclusion V

Today’s Gospel of Inclusion comes from fundamentalist John Shelby Spong. Praise to you, wellspring of ourselves. Let me say this carefully, but clearly. Anyone who elevates their prejudices to the position where they are defended as the will of God is evil. Anybody who justifies their denigration of another person’s being based upon a quotation [...]

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The Gospel of Inclusion IV

Today’s Gospel of Inclusion comes from Anglicans Online (4 November “After the Robinson Consecration”). Praise to you, metaphor without metaphysic. Those who consider the consecration of Bishop V Gene Robinson to have been a matter of global importance have been issuing statements and press releases this week. Everyone has remained in character: the conservatives and [...]

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The Gospel of Inclusion III

Today’s Gospel of Inclusion comes from the diocese of New Hampshire. Praise to you, heavenly mother-father. Opponents to the elevation of Gene Robinson as New Hampshire’s Episcopal bishop walked out this morning during a service at their Rochester church. Conservatives at the Church of the Redeemer disapprove of Robinson, who is openly gay. They also [...]

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The Gospel of Inclusion II

Today’s Gospel of Inclusion comes from the diocese of San Francisco. Praise to you, non-personal ground of all being. Just last month, Swing accused Schofield and other church conservatives of making plans to separate from the U.S. Episcopal Church. “They will be a gated community of exclusivists,” Swing said in a letter to his Bay [...]

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The Gospel of Inclusion I

Today’s Gospel of Inclusion comes from the diocese of New Hampshire. Praise to you, projection of our higher selves. Tactics of fear, intimidation and harassment have escalated in the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire. With scarcely 48 hours notice, the Rt. Rev. Douglas Theuner, Bishop of New Hampshire, has removed Fr. Don Wilson as interim [...]

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