Povey Prattle

N.T Wright of Durham Bishop Tom Wright of Durham, UK wrote the following http://www.anglicancommunioninstitute.com/2009/07/rowan%e2%80%99s-reflections-unpacking-the-archbishop%e2%80%99s-statement/ My skeptical mind says thinks that Bishop Wright is saying: 1) The Archbishop is very obscure. 2) I, + Tom Wright, brilliant Bishop of Durham can explain it all. 3) You – un-brilliant lesser clerics and lay people, better believe what I say. Cos I am smart. And you are not smart. This former Parish Priest ( RetiredPove) has a simple question for Bishop Wright of Durham: “Did you consult with/ask permission of your supervisors ( ++John of York or ++ Rowan of Canterbury) before you went to press? As a curate I would not have gone to press without my rector’s permission. As a rector, I would trust my curates to consult with me before going to press. So +, Tom of Durham. Did you check with your Primate (++ John of York) before you commented on ++ Rowan’s missive? ...

I bought a new bed for Penne today. It seems that she is not impressed. But you never know!

To my Episcorat friends (Remember those Sacristy Rats - folks who loved to be near the altar, the vestments, the holy paraphernalia? Well, we are the Episcorats - folks who love to follow “All Things Anglican”.) You’ve probably read this http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/2502 Another Bishop, believing us to be “not very bright” explained everything in this http://www.anglicancommunioninstitute.com/2009/07/rowan%e2%80%99s-reflections-unpacking-the-archbishop%e2%80%99s-statement/ But Archbishops, and Bishops, and humble parish Priests have vested interests in maintaining the status quo (which pays their salaries). So, please read these good words from a Christian who has no stake in salaries or structures. (I believe them to be wise words). http://deimel.org/church_resources/rowan.htm

We live in a world of duplicity, hypocrisy, cheating and bearing false witness. Thus it has ever been . But we the starry eyed innocents of the western “democracies” pretend that it is different in our lands. Bishops, Birthers and Bankers all work against the good of the world . They are the Bishops, Birthers and Bankers of said “democracies”. BISHOPS (Arch) Bishop Rowan Williams (Canterbury UK) and Bishop Tom Wright (Durham, UK) have written at length about saving the Anglican Communion/Anglican Church (whatever it is we call it today). They are both writing with high sounding words, wrapped up in convoluted arguments. The supposed reason for their words is the resolutions of the Episcopal Church regarding the ordination/blessing of relationships/ rights of gay and lesbian persons -- blah blah blah Blah, blah, blah - back to Williams, Wright, and to the Episcopal Church. I dare to say that G-d gives not a shit about the Anglican/Episcopal Church. We ( I am an Anglican) are an histor...

Not much to say on this blog, either last night or today. Night night

Church Signs are often so goofy. Here are three from Sarasota. (I bet the crowds come rushing into these Churches when they see these signs ..... NOT!)

Now that I have gotten your attention with a naughty header, I refer you to today’s (July 27th) statement by the Archbishop of Canterbury, following the General Convention of the Episcopal Church. http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/2502 Read it if you will. It is hard sledding. I read it and in another naughty moment, it made me think of this bit from T.S. Elliot’s poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (1919) No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be; Am an attendant lord, one that will do To swell a progress, start a scene or two, Advise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool, Deferential, glad to be of use,Politic, cautious, and meticulous; Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse At times, indeed, almost ridiculous-- Almost, at times, the Fool . Already both liberal and conservative Christians are picking the Archbishop’s statement apart, phrase by phrase, and line by line. Neither liberals nor conservatives like it, for after all it is indeed: Politic, cautious, and meticul...

I was not pleased with my sermon today. It did not "hang together" in the way I'd hoped. But I was flattered by one All Angels' parishioner who asked me to blog it, so here it is! Sermon for July 26th 2009. The Revd. J. Michael Povey at All Angels by the Sea Church, Longboat Key, FL 2 Kings 4:42-44 Ephesians 3:14-21 John 6:1-21 We have been galloping through Mark’s gospel this summer. We’ve had to gallop, for that’s what Mark does. He writes with breathless excitement. “Immediately” is one of his favourite words. The crowds are almost always “amazed” at what Jesus did. They frequently “marvel”. Mark would do well on “Twitter”. But last week we left out a whole chunk of the sixth chapter of Mark. We read verses 30-34, then we leap-frogged across two stories, and read a bit from the end of the chapter. Now this week we leave Mark’s breathless narrative to read those two stories which we missed, but now reading them from John. They are miracle stories. We know ...