tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50526982730415259232012-02-09T10:18:28.293-06:00Irreverent and sometimes irrational thoughts on religion and faithJeremynoreply@blogger.comBlogger521100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052698273041525923.post-71618403466917882142012-02-09T10:00:00.000-06:002012-02-09T10:18:28.306-06:00

Well friends it is about time. Don't call it a comeback!

Jeremynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052698273041525923.post-53168032970156746392008-02-07T11:24:00.001-06:002008-03-07T10:19:38.962-06:00

Ok so here is the deal, yesterday on Ash Wednesday the Covenant Design Group, (CDG) released their new and improved draft of an Anglican Covenant. Talking to a friend, who is also a priest yesterday we came to the decision that a covenant is a great idea, FOR BISHOPS. We feel as though Bishops should spend more of their time together and less of their time acting pastorally or exercising their "

Jeremynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052698273041525923.post-3405882117607755902007-11-02T07:08:00.000-06:002007-11-02T08:41:27.042-06:00

My first step in creating a manner of life quotient is to determine what criteria will be used to evaluate candidates. There are lots of criteria that could be used but this is so important that I think we may have to go old school. That's right we're gonna take it back, way back to the seven deadly sins (and their corresponding virtues). Now this may seem somewhat old fashion but we all know

Jeremynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052698273041525923.post-69048830089607296332007-10-31T08:26:00.000-06:002007-10-31T08:34:55.777-06:00

The previous post has gotten me thinking about how subjective the phrase Manner of Life is and how the move toward an Anglican Covenant is a way of providing some stability to the situation. I would suggest that there is another way to take subjectivity out of the decisions around who can be a Bishop. It is the development of a Manner of Life Quotient. This is how it would work. First everyone

Jeremynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052698273041525923.post-33728481644669848252007-10-31T07:21:00.000-06:002007-10-31T08:01:18.144-06:00

I have decided that when the Episcopal Church speaks of certain "manners of life" which may upset the rest of the communion they have opened the door for a good bit of conversation. In an effort to engage this conversation I am proposing a list of "manners of life" that do not live up to standards that are currently being set. Let me begin with the environment. 1.) 1998 Lambeth 1.8 Creation As

Jeremynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052698273041525923.post-19890997955108499022007-10-30T12:39:00.000-06:002007-10-30T13:00:28.658-06:00

Over the past year my friend Richard and I have sat down every two weeks or so to pour over the happenings in the Anglican communion. We read almost every important document that is released, we check out numerous web sites and blogs and for the most part are complete Anglican geeks. Both of us love the Episcopal Church very much and have been trying to figure out which way the wind might be

Jeremynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052698273041525923.post-47725824748075576042007-10-26T11:25:00.000-06:002007-10-26T11:35:00.045-06:00

As many of you know my wife Penny and I are moving to Namibia Africa next summer to be missionaries from the Episcopal Church. You can find out more about our mission at www.missionnamibia.blogspot.com Namibia is part of the Southern Province of Africa. That province has had as its primates most recently Abp. Desmond Tutu and Abp. Njongonkul Ndugane. Recently the Southern Province of Africa

Jeremynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052698273041525923.post-41787251757453174452007-10-15T05:46:00.000-06:002007-10-15T07:02:30.852-06:00

I'm just saying that it seems like some Lambeth resolutions from 1998 have been taken less seriously than others. 1998 Lambeth Resolution I.8CreationThis Conference:reaffirms the Biblical vision of Creation according to which:Creation is a web of inter-dependent relationships bound together in the Covenant which God, the Holy Trinity has established with the whole earth and every living

Jeremynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052698273041525923.post-43820301790968651172007-09-26T20:53:00.000-06:002007-09-26T21:11:36.000-06:00

There is, I'm sure, much interest in the new Archbishop in the Province of Southern Africa. Tonight I read that the Livinig Church is calling him a conservative on issues of human sexuality. This is from the Diocese of Gramstown paper Umbuliso August-September 2007Bishop Thabo writes…. Amazing GraceDear People of GodThis year marks 200 years since Wilberforce’s campaign for the abolition of

Jeremynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052698273041525923.post-11266275292122491142007-09-24T08:01:00.000-06:002007-09-24T08:13:06.456-06:00

Here is a video that was posted by a local Police dispatcher, and here is a local news story explaining a little more about it.

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It is my firm commitment, and has been for some time that the Bishops of the Episcopal Church do not have nearly enough fun. Now it appears that they will meet in what is one of, if not THE, greatest cities in the world to talk about Church. I have little confidence that they are looking to me for help in this current situation, but, if they were this is what I would tell them. SKIP YOUR MEETINGS

Jeremynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052698273041525923.post-55685719062310884402007-09-17T12:46:00.000-06:002007-09-18T06:25:53.983-06:00

I have said many times that growing up and living in the South is like living in a paradox. How is in that the same part of our county that gave us Tennessee Williams and Flannery O'Connor also gave us the KKK and New Coke. We got Martin Luther King Jr. and Strom Thurman. I mean really this place can make you crazy. This past weekend was a perfect example.About 11am I went to the 100th B'day

Jeremynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052698273041525923.post-32024315233006047942007-09-14T14:03:00.000-06:002007-09-14T14:21:03.410-06:00

Okay I never post and then today I post twice, well I am out of work. My friend Brian who Jeremy mentioned earlier in this blog sent me this picture from a man named Larry Van Pelt who says in his website that The enclosed images are from 11x14 pencil drawings that are the result of an undertaking that began when I was 50 years old. I was awakened in the middle of the night with a clear, vivid

Mhnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052698273041525923.post-75093674215584264152007-09-14T08:54:00.000-06:002007-09-14T09:02:39.578-06:00

I do not as Jeremy says, “Hate clowns.” I hate bad clowns. I do not mean evil clowns like Pennywise from the book and the movie “IT”. I am talking about clowns who do not understand what their job is, that they are not here to scare the little children, towering over them in their multicolored tallness who just want a hot dog at the hot dog stand as their older brother shoves them forward ever

Mhnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052698273041525923.post-68018389110030354812007-09-13T06:37:00.000-06:002007-09-13T06:54:07.471-06:00

I know that I have taken a rather serious approach to the Klan coming to Athens. But I really appreciate the creativity of people who use humor to deal with hate. This counter protest was just up the road in Knoxville TN. The story shows that there are many different ways to respond to the Klan and if I had seen this before I began planning our Silent Witness we very well may have brought on the

Jeremynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052698273041525923.post-13959097334914004612007-09-12T18:39:00.000-06:002007-09-12T18:41:25.327-06:00

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This weekend the Klan is coming to my town of Athens, Alabama. In the past I might have ignored these crazy people and just let them get away with their hate. This time is different. Coming back to the South after three years in New York has changed my perspective. I realized while living up north that most people think Alabama is a hotbed of KKK activity, that under every bed or in every closet

Jeremynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052698273041525923.post-10919811902614267342007-07-30T13:02:00.000-06:002007-07-30T13:28:21.063-06:00

If you are needing to get a little sleep today you could go over to Stand Firm and watch in real time the annual Anglican Communion Network meeting in Bedford, Texas. After about 5 minutes of the discussion on the 39 Articles and the 1662 Prayer Book I had to be pulled off the roof of the parish hall. I feel so sorry for these people. It is the middle of the summer for Gods sake. Go on vacation.

Jeremynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052698273041525923.post-2300406353628444192007-07-24T13:14:00.000-06:002007-07-24T13:19:12.771-06:00

Today it was brought to my attention that a priest from just down the road was featured on NPR Weekend Edition Saturday. The story is about Zappos online shoe market and the fanaticism it inspires. Our friend The Rev Sarah Gaede is crazy. We will do everything in our power to get her the professional help she deserves.

Jeremynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052698273041525923.post-11139030959288220192007-07-16T13:46:00.000-06:002007-07-16T13:49:43.205-06:00

It has come to our attention that the New York Times Story might not have been as complete as we would hope from such a renown publication. Episcope has posted Stop the Press to correct some of the errors in the article. We still believe universal domination is within our reach but I have decided to save money on lottery tickets for the time being.

Jeremynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052698273041525923.post-53423291375953603612007-07-16T11:02:00.000-06:002007-07-16T11:20:01.941-06:00

Ok it has been a long time since the last post on Anglican Underground. Sorry but I have been explaining what Kudzu is to Californians and took a long trip to Namibia, Africa in June. But what has helped push me back to the blog is realizing that I now have the gift of prophecy. I know this may sound a little strange but how else would you explain this article from the New York Times?I think this

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Yesterday invitations were mailed to what could be the most boring gathering in the universe. Picture this, 800 bishops, almost all old men gathered together in a Castle in England for two weeks, talking about church. Theologically I have to ask why a God of love and kindness would allow this sort of gathering.This is why I am voting Gene Robinson, the Bishop of New Hampshire the luckiest man on

Jeremynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052698273041525923.post-46613886850607030252007-05-22T12:30:00.000-06:002007-05-22T13:00:58.704-06:00

Ok I know its been a while since there has been any real activity on Anglican Underground, well that is about to change. We are adding two more contributors, one from the West coast in San Francisco, Rev Jen Hornbeck. And one from the east coast in Boston the Rev Gareth Evans. These are two of the coolest priests I have met recently and I know they will add even more thrilling and hysterical

Jeremynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052698273041525923.post-68298033572180252612007-05-03T08:12:00.000-06:002007-05-03T08:16:07.951-06:00

Ok I couldn't resist this story about former N.J. Govorner McGreevey going to seminary. My favorite part is the quote from Bruce Parker, communication director at the seminary that "We have many people studying here who have no interest in becoming a priest"

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Sorry for the sparse posts as of late. We are experiencing extereme technical difficulties with home computers. I hope to have it fixed and be back in the swing next week. Until then go and visit Mad Priest at his blog Of Course I Could Be Wrong. I hope you're having a blessed Easter season. Peace, Jeremy

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What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Midland "You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a

Mhnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052698273041525923.post-12091531549771918702007-04-12T13:31:00.000-06:002007-04-14T10:31:31.857-06:00

Recently I have been reading a lot about men not going to Church. This article is from Christian Century is a perfect example.Maybe they have just not seen the real Jesus. Here are two examples of Jesus Risen. The first is Pieta, c. 1530 by William Key. The second (on the left) is Ecce Homo c. 1525 by Flemish artist Maerten van Heemskerck. All I am saying is The Lord is Risen indeed, Alleluia!

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A little over a year ago the Saint Izaak Walton Committee submitted Izaak Walton to the Episcopal Church for consideration as an addition to its calendar of Saints for Lesser Feasts and Fasts. We hope to see Izaak on the agenda at the 2009 General Convention in Anehiem, California. Below is the full submission to the Episcopal Church. To support this proposal please call The Rev. Dr. Clayton

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Thanks to Dad for sending this one. Jesus in L.A.

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Episcopal Church enters explosive new relationship with porn industry The Episcopal Church announced this week that it is entering into an exciting new relationship with one of the biggest producers of pornographic films Vivid Entertainment. "It has become abundantly clear that Episcopalians are not having enough sex and it is hurting us. We had to take creative new steps to stop the loss of

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Jeremynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052698273041525923.post-76584700158576099702007-03-26T13:34:00.000-06:002007-03-26T13:39:03.945-06:00

Sometimes the headline just builds you up. Like this one from the AP that begins Porn Sites and Religous Groups Unite...

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In a stunning moment, the House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church was overcome by a gift of the Spirit in their recent meeting at Camp Allen. Apparently, the Holy Spirit, in an moment as stunning as the election of Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, appeared to the House of Bishops bearing gifts - cojones for many of the Bishops. In a press release, the Spirit noted that while some

Laurienoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052698273041525923.post-57604710571071540292007-03-22T08:47:00.000-06:002007-03-22T09:29:05.822-06:00

Is this man responsible for the conflict between the Anglican Communion and the Episcopal Church? This morning our friend Rev. Amy, sent by email this article from the 1998 Lambeth Conference. It is from the July 28th edition of The Lambeth Daily and is entitled "What's Cooking?" It outlines in great detail the food preparation and menu for the 1998 Lambeth Conference meeting of Bishops. The

Jeremynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052698273041525923.post-7229185482204326102007-03-21T17:07:00.000-06:002007-03-22T08:47:22.946-06:00

We are blessed here at Anglican Underground to have corespondents from coast to coast. I received this email late this afternoon from New York.It seems that new frontiers in the gay food conspiracy are coming to light with alarming frequency. This correspondent learned just today of a conflict that has been stewing at The General Theological Seminary in New York City for some days now. It seems

Jeremynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052698273041525923.post-37918150401982230692007-03-21T08:15:00.000-06:002007-03-21T17:02:14.019-06:00

This afternoon the Anglican Food Purity, Holiness And Righteousness Taskforce held a bi-coastal press conference in South Carolina and California to release even more evidence of what they are calling a "major situation in the Episcopal Church". AFPHART released startling new details of the House of Bishops menu and what they are calling a "heavy handed" reaction to one Bishop who refused to eat

Jeremynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052698273041525923.post-13144858747731205832007-03-21T06:02:00.000-06:002007-03-21T12:29:02.308-06:00

Many of you know that the Episcopal House of Bishops has been meeting at Camp Allen Texas to discuss the current situation in the Anglican Communion. They have been specifically discussing the recent Communique from the Primates and the proposed Anglican Covenant. Late yesterday afternoon they released a series of three "Mind of the House" statements. The following sentences were in the third

Jeremynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052698273041525923.post-55799595497348004782007-03-20T12:48:00.000-06:002007-03-21T12:28:22.743-06:00

It is important to us here at Anglican Underground to never miss important stories in the news. This may be one of the biggest stories we have seen so far. Evidence in mounting that the new Food Pyramid may be part of an elaborate gay conspiracy. I guess we should have noticed that the Pyramid was a rainbow to begin with and that if it were made into a sticker and put on the back of a car...

Jeremynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052698273041525923.post-90554002541930048562007-03-14T09:16:00.000-06:002007-03-14T20:10:32.642-06:00

This morning I got the following email from my Dad;Hey ManI have been reading the blog and I have a couple of suggestions. I am not sure who the blog is intended to reach but it seems to be posting a lot of theological or doctrinal opinions and sermons. Pretty dry stuff. If you truly intend to be irreverent maybe you could post some highly provocative or satirical proposition on a fairly benign

Jeremynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052698273041525923.post-55812959524814090562007-03-10T13:19:00.001-06:002007-03-10T19:49:05.564-06:00

My friend Rachel had this link on her blog and I really wanted you all to see it hereI thought it was a really wonderful description of what Eucharist and church can be. Peace

Mhnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052698273041525923.post-77369225146689154612007-03-08T10:59:00.000-06:002007-03-08T11:23:54.210-06:00

Perhaps because women have been marginalized by mainstream religion, perhaps because somehow, someway, despite our different cultures and ethnicities and stories, or maybe because of those differences, we find our instruments of unity not in dogma or lengthy narratives full of sound and fury, but in serving the needs of the poor and outcast, of the children and other women in need, and of all

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052698273041525923.post-22031970230206368092007-03-07T14:19:00.000-06:002007-03-07T14:46:12.379-06:00

I finally decided a spouse can be of use, after an entire day of the stomach virus. As I lay wilted in tortured pile of humanity on my couch after no eating or drinking because everying got returned to sender express, I began the long process of convincing myself that yes, I could sit up and yes, I could stand, and yes, I could put one foot in front of the other to walk to my bed where, yes, I

Laurienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052698273041525923.post-79211611241665138982007-03-07T13:29:00.000-06:002007-03-07T13:33:45.296-06:00

Ok, so the Episcopal Church gets a bad rap about evangelism. Jenn sends along this from the Diocese of Mississippi. You can't beat Krispy Kreme. Just like the Episcopal Church they are HOT NOW!

Jeremynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052698273041525923.post-82209050174481693712007-03-06T14:24:00.000-06:002007-03-06T14:42:08.659-06:00

Our friend Rev. Amy Coultas is in South Africa at the TEAM conference. You can read about her trip here. Or you can learn more about the TEAM conference here. J

Jeremynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052698273041525923.post-14740791764455495622007-03-05T18:56:00.000-06:002007-03-05T18:58:21.859-06:00

Father Matthew was a classmate and friend at General Seminary. He's cool show him love. J

Jeremynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052698273041525923.post-50820084321163202292007-03-05T17:58:00.000-06:002007-03-05T18:00:16.806-06:00

A few years ago the Jewish writer Harold Kushner wrote a book called "How good do we have to be?" The first chapter is headed God Loves you Anyway. He writes that much of the unhappiness people feel burdened by much of the guilt, much of the sense of having been cheated by life stems from one of two related causes: either somewhere along the way, somebody- a parent, a teacher, a religious leader-

Jeremynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052698273041525923.post-57824853083585354052007-03-05T13:04:00.001-06:002007-03-05T13:04:44.878-06:00

You scored as Jürgen Moltmann. The problem of evil is central to your thought, and only a crucified God can show that God is not indifferent to human suffering. Christian discipleship means identifying with suffering but also anticipating the new creation of all things that God will bring about.Jürgen Moltmann73%Anselm53%Paul Tillich53%Karl Barth53%Charles Finney53%Friedrich Schleiermacher53%

Mhnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052698273041525923.post-64481195935541148852007-03-02T11:11:00.000-06:002007-03-02T11:25:06.992-06:00

Last Sunday I supplied at St. Christopher's Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Jackson, MS. They have the best front porch of any Episcopal Church I've ever visited, and my bet is they actually use it. They didn't really need me - their music filled the room with the Holy Spirit - but they made me feel welcome and loved, even though in that community I was the different one. They even asked

Jennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052698273041525923.post-22466781268960325482007-03-02T09:20:00.000-06:002007-03-02T11:44:27.916-06:00

Growing up in the Baptist Church one of the thoughts that is constantly on your mind is "What will you say about that when you meet Jesus?" The point was that one day we will be called to account for what we have done and that it will have eternal consequences. This has a way of increasing anxiety about how you live your life. At every second you are called upon to be vigilant, because, as we

Jeremynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052698273041525923.post-48293277288901176552007-02-28T09:35:00.000-06:002007-02-28T09:46:56.688-06:00

And I will show you a still more excellent way. If I speak in the tongues of men and angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.... [A]nd if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. I Corinthians 12:27 - 13:13Many roads lead to the top of the mountain.Moses’s road was first a river. Drawn out of the water by and Egyptian princess, the

Laurienoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052698273041525923.post-75085748296552846172007-02-26T09:08:00.000-06:002007-02-26T09:19:28.388-06:00

I have wondered what I would do with this blog other than ramble on about my thoughts. Mondays seem like a pretty good time to share my sermon from Sunday. These sermons are almost never 'proofed' for spelling or punctuation. By the time my sermon hits the page most of the editing has been done and I usually preach my first written draft. Most of my sermons are put to paper between 6am and 8am

Jeremynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052698273041525923.post-5578393763161574512007-02-24T08:50:00.000-06:002007-02-24T09:41:13.063-06:00

So here it is, the Anglican Underground Blog. Since this is the first post to this blog, and I have no idea how consistent I will be in posting to it, I should say a lot in this post. My hope it to get a few friends, also young Episcopal priests, to join me in posting their thoughts and reflections about the Church and the world. I hope that this blog will inspire all who read it to think for

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