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Anglican Communion

The Quest for “Ubuntu”

June 25, 2010

It is an odd word, ubuntu, even difficult to pronounce.  It’s oddness, however, reveals more about our own perceptions and our need to continue to learn and grow, to overcome a propensity to lock down our souls. What is the meaning and significance of ubuntu? It points to a quest of the human heart, to [...]

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Brian McLaren on Catholicity and the Middle Way

June 10, 2010

The blogosphere is once again alive with the latest developments among provinces within the Anglican Communion.  It breaks my heart to see some of my faith heroes backed into defensive corners over institutional matters that I believe are not consonant with their deepest hearts (my humble opinion).  This morning I read an essay by Brian [...]

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Gathered in One Spirit and Mission

May 28, 2010

Last Sunday was an extraordinary celebration of faith and common mission at Holy Comforter. It doesn’t get much better on Pentecost than having a former Bishop of Jerusalem as your celebrant and preacher.  Bishop Samir Kafity graced us with inspiring and confident words as we renewed our baptismal promises to engage God’s mission in the [...]

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Journey From Palm Sunday to Easter with Rowan Williams

March 30, 2010

This week the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, will give a series of Holy Week Lectures entitled ‘The beginning of the Gospel’ over three consecutive evenings at  Canterbury Cathedral.   The lectures will be available at the official site of the Archbishop here. History & Memory Monday 29 March Unveiling Secrets Tuesday 30 March A Lifelong [...]

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Rowan Williams on the “Uniqueness and Finality” of Christ

March 23, 2010

Archbishop Rowan Williams recently gave a brilliant address at Guildford Cathedral titled The Finality of Christ in a Pluralist World. The Archbishop spoke of defending the uniqueness and finality of Christ, and encountering the truth about God and humanity from a moral, political and philosophical perspective. The address highlighted the importance of approaching inter faith dialogue [...]

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Archbishop Rowan Williams at the Beginning of Lent

February 21, 2010

In this video, also available here, Rowan Williams talks of Lent as providing an opportunity to “sweep and clean the room of our own minds and hearts so that the new life really may have room to come in and take over and transform us at Easter.”  The Archbishop says: “It’s not about feeling gloomy [...]

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Remarks from Rowan Williams Upon Receiving the Campion Award

January 30, 2010

From America Magazine: On January 25 Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, accepted the 2009 Campion Award from the editors of America.  In his remarks upon accepting award, he reflected on the idea of a “martyrial ecumenism,” mused on the surprising links between Shakespeare and St. Edmund Campion and emphasized the central place of forgiveness in all [...]

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Archbishop Rowan Williams Welcomes 2010

January 1, 2010

A timely message about hope, human cooperation, and charity.

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Rowan Williams Offers a Challenge in Rome

November 20, 2009

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, speaking at a congress in Rome’s Pontifical Gregorian University, called for a renewed effort in promoting greater visible unity between Anglicans and Roman Catholics. “Since the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s, the Roman Catholic Church has been involved in a number of dialogues with other churches – including with [...]

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Making God Credible

November 12, 2009

In a sermon given at All Saints Margaret Street on November 1, Archbishop Rowan Williams reminded his listeners that God does not make himself credible by argument, but by the lives and deaths of faithful people who engage their human journey with courage and hope. Speaking about our “contemporary anxieties” in the Anglican Communion, Rowan [...]

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