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January 29th, 2007

Hello everybody, this is your Anglican news reporter…

Hello everybody, this is your Anglican news reporter
With all the news that is news across the nation
On the scene at the Anglican Communion
There seems to have been some disturbance here
Pardon me sir, did you see what happened?*

Ahem. Sorry. This is work, not procrastination as it might first appear. I have not entirely done the tax return, but I am getting there. Never let it be said that tax is not taxing.

Don’t ask where the Ray Stevens quote above came from. We’ll call it stress.

Ok, Anglican matters of interest this Monday evening:

The main Archbishops are about to have a big meeting
It is the primates meeting. A few Bishops from the USA are going along – one that has just been announced is one Bishop Epting (News report of some sort). It turns out that Bishop Epting has a blog entitled ‘That We All May Be One – reflections on unity’, and he sounds like a thoroughly decent sort of fellow.
(Link to the blog found via Father Jake)

Bishop Mike’s Blogosphere
Bishop Mike Hill of Bristol has been sharing some of his favourite blogs. He mentioned my inaccurate comment about the C of E being ‘fairly anti blogging’. My line is now ‘the more centralised institutions of the Church of England have generally been fairly anti-blogging up until now’.

How many hours a week should a Vicar work?
Rev Sam and the Mad Priest have a chat about it here.

U2Charist coming to Britain
U2Charist to Hit England for the First Time

Seating will be moved so that the 500-strong congregation can dance or wave their arms. Bishop Ellis, who will be chief celebrant, said he had yet to decide whether to swap vestments for jeans.

Too right – you can’t wave your arms with the seating there.

Yes, yes yes. I’ll get back to my receipts and my columns now. But I do also have to do a lot of thinking about the Anglican church at the moment. In fact I spent this afternoon in Starbucks in Basildon making notes on that very topic. Any thoughts you might have on all things ‘Anglican Communion’ would be welcomed.

*Original lyrics and (for the brave) mp3

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10 Responses to “Hello everybody, this is your Anglican news reporter…”


  1. John Davies says:

    In the collection at the U2Charist does everyone have to give, or can you withhold it if you’re someone who has moved all their money overseas so as to avoid paying tax at home?

    January 29th, 2007 at 10:28 pm
  2. Cyndee says:

    I have been doing everything I can possibly think of besides getting my taxes ready to give to my tax guy. I think I have just about run out of things to do and my goal to finish it all up is by the 31st… I better stop blogging.

    January 30th, 2007 at 6:39 am
  3. Philip of Samaria says:

    ‘It is the primates meeting’ – wonderful really, just like Noah’s ark – are there two of each primate? (Sorry, very non-anglican comment – you can always retort with something about ‘efesians forministries’ if you like..)

    January 30th, 2007 at 8:27 am
  4. Mary says:

    pri·mate (prī’mĭt, -māt’) n.
    (prī’māt’) A mammal of the order Primates, which includes the anthropoids and prosimians, characterized by refined development of the hands and feet, a shortened snout, and a large brain.

    January 30th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
  5. Gretel says:

    You asked for thoughts on the Anglican Communion.
    Isn’t that the bit of the Christian Communion that only Anglicans can get into? (perhaps like an enclosure at Aintree). Or is something to do with the fact that while we may be in Christian Communion with Christians of other sorts we may not actually be allowed to take communion with them because there are all sorts of rules and regulations about such things?
    [Apologies to anyone who does know what the 'Anglican Communion' means (I don't)....]

    January 30th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
  6. Aaron says:

    Andrew Hutchison, the Primate of Canada, came to visit Trinity College (Toronto) the other day and had something to say about the Primate’s meeting…but now I’ve forgotten it.

    Oh, yes. He remarked that +++Rowan had no place “inviting” ++KJS to the Primate’s meeting. The ABC invites people to Lambeth (because hey, it’s his house) but not to the Primate’s meeting. That’s for all the Primates/PB’s of all the national churches of the Anglican Communion. You go because you’re a Primate, not because you’re invited. It’d be like me inviting you to keep blogging. Very decent of me, eh?

    I do so enjoy how we label our clergy…David+ and +Anne and ++Andrew and ++KJS the PB and +++Rowan the ABC. It looks like some bizarre programming code.

    January 30th, 2007 at 3:46 pm
  7. Philip of Samaria says:

    Aaaron I never realised the enigma code was in use in the CofE

    January 30th, 2007 at 8:07 pm
  8. jody says:

    any thoughts on the Anglican Communion? I mean any?

    blurble

    that’s my concerted effort at a thought.

    i did some exams today, frazzle frazzle.

    January 30th, 2007 at 8:35 pm
  9. jody says:

    really must learn how to use these tags….

    January 30th, 2007 at 8:36 pm
  10. Septuagent says:

    This comment is intended to be for the assistance of “Gretel” :

    Canon B15a of the Church of England “Of the admission to Holy Communion ” says at paragraph b.

    “There shall be admitted to the Holy Communion baptized persons who are communicant members of other Churches which subscribe to the doctrine of the Holy Trinity and who are in good standing in their own Church.”

    That seems fairly inclusive rather than exclusive ?

    In practice I do not think I have ever heard about a case of a person being refused Communion ? – but I am sure someone will put me right !!!

    If you Google on Anglican Communion you will soon come to its web site, though I found it fairly uninformative for some arriving for the first time in search of basic info.

    Should anyone out there like to email the undersigned for further illumination the full force of his brilliance will be unleashed.

    Or something.

    January 31st, 2007 at 8:30 pm