Dear Bishop Robinson

• Mr Kurtz' Heart of Darkness... From pererin in Dear Bishop Robinson (1628 days old)

  A google on marriage in Norway throws up (phrase used deliberately) a host of references to same-sex marriage and the decline of traditional marriage there. A closer look reveals, however, that they a… more

• The Nashville Declaration From pererin in Dear Bishop Robinson (1628 days old)

  A Commentary in the latest Advocate "Articles of faith: Biblical values for American families" by Reverend Jay Emerson Johnson points me to this vile piece of "Christian" thinking, "The Nashville Decl… more

• Leviticus in Oregon... From pererin in Dear Bishop Robinson (1628 days old)

  From the "Advocate" this morning: 05/28/05-05/30/05 Oregon students stunned by antigay fliers Students and campus officials at Southern Oregon University are stunned by a set of fliers placed… more

• Love Activism or Outrage Activism From pererin in Dear Bishop Robinson (1629 days old)

  And I realise there's an issue here for me... I've been a "protesting" activist for the most part. In other wards, while I've not (I'm pretty sure) been "hating", I have been working on outrage. And I… more

• Outrage or Love From pererin in Dear Bishop Robinson (1629 days old)

  Re-reading Rick Santorum's quotes, I realise how perfectly he's encapsulated the difference between his type of Christianity and Merton's, between Lionel Blue's type of Judaism and the Gush Emunim ver… more

• Santorum : Evangelical Example From pererin in Dear Bishop Robinson (1629 days old)

  I found a little comment on "The Emmaus Theory" (a wonderfully encouraging blog!) about Rick Santorum, Republican Senator for Pennsylvania. He's quoted in the New York Times magazine on 22nd May as sa… more

• Flying with the Bishop... From pererin in Dear Bishop Robinson (1629 days old)

  I've just read an excerpt from Bishop Spong's book against fundamentalism , which has a lovely little story:"One irate reader of a newspaper article wrote that he was praying that the next plane I too… more

• Implicit Activism... From pererin in Dear Bishop Robinson (1630 days old)

  Earlier this evening I was reading the commentary on 1 & 2 Kings in the evangelical Hill & Walton "A Survey of the Old Testament". They list eight factors which contributed to the eventual dow… more

• Alter erit Johannes Paulus ll... From pererin in Dear Bishop Robinson (1630 days old)

  Much as I appreciate a lot of what he writes in "A New Christianity for a New World", one thing does trouble me. It might just be my Ecclesiastes side coming out... "There is nothing new under the sun… more

• Thought, Action, Ritual... and Prayer From pererin in Dear Bishop Robinson (1631 days old)

  My "Merton's Quest" blog is the place where I'm exploring the religious impulse from a systematic and intellectual point of view. Systematic because my intention is to look at Christianity, Islam, Hin… more

• The surprise reply, and the challenge... From pererin in Dear Bishop Robinson (1635 days old)

  Since my email was sent in the run-up to Bishop Robinson's consecration and he'd have far more important things to worry about than replying, I was more than surprised to get an answer -- and by the s… more

• The first email... From pererin in Dear Bishop Robinson (1635 days old)

  I didn't intend this to be the beginning of anything at all. Least of all did I expect it to lead to me calling myself "Pererin", Welsh for "Pilgrim". This is how it started on 26th October, 2003:Dear… more

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