Bishop Gulick continues to exhibit the same courage and integrity that he's always demonstrated -- which is none at all -- concerning his approval of the gay progressive agenda in TEC. Bishop Bruno of Los Angeles now has a companion in obfuscation and denial and cowardice, and it's Bishop Gulick.

Monday, March 8 • 17

Parish Settles for $42,500 Over Rio Grande Bishop Nominee’s Sermon

When Nieman subsequently became rector he was advised about the situation, according to Pompelio. The lawsuit says the rector met personally with “A.B.” in December 1993 and was told, “in confidence” that the father had agreed in writing to avoid bringing his lover to church. Nieman took to the pulpit before the congregation and, using the names of the people involved, criticized those in his flock who wanted the choirmaster to be discreet.

Monday, March 1 • 60

Leaving Home Part III

Our move had been so quick, both from church and home, that we really didn't have time to sort stuff. I was afraid, and later my fears proved founded, that people were not really understanding the implications of the court order. We'd lost our building, our rectory, and all of the assets, but it was the surrender, willing though it was, of the memorials that caused, I think, the most visceral outrage and sorrow in the congregation.

Tuesday, February 23 • 77

Soundbites and Little Else - Liberals and Theological Debate

This lack of proper engagement and even fair representation has led to a theologically illiterate church. But illiteracy is always the preferred option if you don't like what you read - especially in the Scriptures.

Monday, February 15 • 64

[Chane Retirement Bump] A Message of Hope: Bishop of Washington Writes Area Homeless

"I felt it appropriate to write this open letter not only to assure those of you suffering the throes of burdened conscience, metaphorically imprisoned by the forces of religious intolerance headquartered at the Gale School, that liberation is at hand..."

Friday, February 12 • 74

Leaving Home, Part II

We give you Part II of our ongoing series "Leaving Home". This installment describes our first Sunday in a new location and for ease of writing (and reading) we have written each from our own perspective. Each section is creatively called 'from Matt' and 'from Anne'.

Monday, February 8 • 31

[Bumped from 08] The Anglican Communion & the Trajectory We Are On

I personally am indifferent to whether Primates attend the meeting or not and believe that, as with Lambeth attendance, it is not a moral duty to either attend or not attend. I am indifferent to whether Primates attend because it will not matter one way or the other, as the only Instrument of Unity with any power, the Archbishop of Canterbury, will merely "sum up" for whatever he wishes to do anyway, much like he did with the Lambeth Meeting itself by articulating "the agenda" of the incoherent and non-authoritative "Reflections Document" in his closing plenary and his final press conference. If two Primates show, or 15, or 28, it does not really matter as far as whatever eventually happens in the Anglican Communion.

Sunday, February 7 • 51

Leaving Home, Part I

As many of you know, 2009 was a tumultuous year for my family and our congregation. Exactly a year ago this month we lost our home and the congregation we serve lost its church building. Anne and I hope over the next few weeks to publish a series of articles detailing the events of the past year, God's abounding mercy and grace in providing for us and for the church, and the overwhelming generosity of Stand Firm readers and members of our local community.

Monday, January 25 • 43

A Special Appeal for a Particular Haiti Mission

As a Christ Church priest said last night in some remarks prior to his sermon, the reason we've been over there working for the past 30 years is precisely because of this present time. It appears that God has allowed the little village of Cange to have an infrastructure of healthcare, education, enterprise, and water far beyond "normal and reasonable" in part because of this time and this crisis. If you have not decided yet where to give to help Haiti, I hope that you will consider donating to the Christ Church Haiti relief project for Cange.

Monday, January 18 • 5

Diocese of Kentucky: Bishop Gulick Quietly Approves Of Same Sex Blessing at St. Matthews, Louisville

The shocking thing for me is not that Episcopal bishops are engaging in heretical acts, in knowing violation of Communion and Biblical standards. The shocking thing is how sneaking, sly, hidden, and furtive they are in both speaking about and carrying out their goals.

What an embarrassing and disgraceful display.

Tuesday, January 12 • 57

Giles Fraser on the Covenant: “The Anxious and Untrusting Legalism of the Pre-Nuptial Agreement

As I have said to more than one couple seeking pre-marriage counselling, if you need to insist upon signing a pre-nup then you clearly, at some level, don't trust the other party and there is no solid ongoing basis for this marriage.

Monday, January 11 • 120

My 21 Predictions for 2010

11. The Archbishop of Canterbury will issue a statement before Mary Glasspool's consecration suggesting that her elevation might not be a good idea and could perhaps cause some kind of disruption in Communion relationships.

Friday, January 1 • 53

DioCT: +Smith Celebrates Parish Closings as ‘Opportunity for New Beginning’

From strong-armed tactics with dissenting parishes, to massive losses in membership and ASA, to spinning double-digit church closings (with more to come) as "opportunities of new gospel life," by any measure you wish to apply, Andrew Smith's decade-plus long tenure as bishop of Connecticut has been a failure.

Thursday, December 31 • 41

Whimpers from Western Massachusetts: This is How the Parish Ends

It is cannibalized - its organ and prayer books and hymnals and hand bells and even the dishes from its kitchen, all strewn among other parishes that, for now, survive; a pack of hungry, bony scavengers gnawing on bits and pieces that used to be a carcass, a carcass that used to be a church.

Wednesday, December 30 • 75

Episcopal Incompetence: Bishop Oversees Massive Losses in Western New York

It's hard really to grasp the weight - the sheer tonnage - of the displays of massive incompetence from Bishop Garrison over the past six years. The mind boggles, and then slows, struggling to come up with the words to describe what has happened.

Tuesday, December 29 • 90

Covenant Hesitations

My problem with the Covenant is that it enshrines the Communion itself as the norma normans, the norm by which all other norms, including scripture and tradition, are to be normed. Many leaders in the ACNA support signing the Covenant. I am not there yet. I think the Covenant is a sub-Christian document.

Wednesday, December 23 • 55

An Analysis of Mark Lawrence’s Clergy Address & Its Possible Impact On Isolated Episcopal Laity

But do his proposals offer any glimmers of hope to folks trapped in dioceses ruled by heterodox bishops and clergy? I believe they do, for people both in excellent parishes [but not dioceses] and people in not so great dioceses or parishes. My oft-busy brain can come up with numerous ideas and suggestions that keep Bishop Lawrence and his diocese thoroughly within the bounds of the canons. I'll offer just two of those ideas, in the hopes that you can come up with more.

Idea One: Let's suppose that a bunch of traditional laity . . .

Monday, December 14 • 92

Lessons From Upper South Carolina: A Few Notes About How TEC Bishop Elections Work

In the present day, laypeople are far more aware of what they have gotten in a new bishop and much much earlier too. . . . As a result, Episcopal elections are now much more "divisive" -- to use a favorite word of revisionists when describing the clarity that comes from knowledge of facts and belief. People don't go into elections thinking "one's as good as another" or "if I don't get my guy, it's no big deal." Now, to be true, that hasn't been the case for revisionists for 20 something years. Though they may have pretended ease and calm and unconcern in the public eye, every election was and is of vital importance to them, as it serves to either advance or hinder their agenda. The only difference is that it's now true for informed traditionalists in The Episcopal Church as well.