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Canadian Bishop Questions University Chaplaincy The fall Jenn at University of ter to the president of the university that this model of chaplaincy is no King's College in Halifax began on a stating that the diocese could no longer appropriate , that the style of sour note for students and faculty longer fund a full-time chaplaincy. worship is antiquated and the chapel who worship at the college chapel. And Bishop Sue Moxley went fur- maintains a male-dominated clergy." The Bishop of Nova Scotia sent a let- ther: "There have been suggestions Students, staff and faculty as well as the chaplain himself have all expressed grave concerns about the bishop's letter. Bishop Moxley wrote President Dr. Ann Leavitt Sept. 8, asking her to form a committee "to review the chaplain's position, to consider its value to the university" and to find ways that the university could con­ tribute l;i.alf the funds needed to maintain the position. Dr. Gary Thome is chaplain of King's College Chapel (and Anglican chaplain to neighboring Dalhousie University), a member of the Primate's Theological Commission, and a 22- year reserve chaplain in the Canadian Letu Dunham photo Bishop Budde with her family at the service of consecration . Anned Forces. He was appointed uni­ versity chaplain in January 2006 for five years, ending Dec. 31. BishopBudde Consecrated in D.C. The diocese currently pays the The Diocese of Washington In an interview before her con­ chaplain's full stipend and benefits, welcomed the Rt. Rev. Mariann secration , Budde told Maureen but says it can only afford half that Edgar Budde on Nov. 12 as the Fiedler of Interfaith Public Radio amount. Bishop Moxley would like first woman elected as its ordi­ that progressive Roman Catholi­ to see the university either pay the nary. Presiding Bishop Katharine cism - including time she spent other half or the chaplaincy become Jefferts Schori was chief conse- at Catholic Worker houses in an off-campus model in which a crator . Rochester , N.Y., and Tucson, local priest serves as a part-time The service marked the reopen­ Ariz. - was a significant influ­ chaplain. Under this arrangement ing of Washington National Cathe­ ence for her during the 1980s. students would be "encouraged to dral after an earthquake stru ck in In 2008 she completed a doc­ participate in the local church" and central Virginia in August and tor of ministry degree. Her thesis the diocese would pay only "a small caused an estimated $25 million was "Engaging Leadership for honorarium to the parish to subsi­ in damage. Change: An Action Intervention dize this part-time ministry." Budde, 51, is a 1982 graduate with the Leaders of Thirteen King's has one of the busiest and of the University of Rochester Episcopal Congregations. " most beautiful college chapels in and a 1988 graduate of Virginia Budde is not the first woman Canada, and this chaplaincy has Theological Seminary. She has to serve the diocese as a bishop . borne much fruit. North America is served as rector of St. John the The Rt. Rev. Jane Holmes Dixon, scattered with King's College grads Baptist Church , Minneapolis, consecrated as bishop suffragan who were involved in the chapel, since 1994. in 1992, was bishop pro ternpore including Bishops Anthony Burton Her husband, Paul, is a Roman in 2001-02, and the Rt. Rev. Bar­ and Michael Hawkins. Catholic layman who works for bara C. Harris was assisting On Oct. 19, after the bishop's let­ the Aon Benfield financial firm. bishop in 2003-07. ter became common knowledge on campus, Thorne issued an open let-

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4 THE LIVING CHURCH • December 4 . 2011 Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Nazareth, Galilee, the River Jordan ter to students and faculty. He said he considered the bishop's reference to "antiquated" worship "a matter of opinion," but the reference to "male­ dominated clergy" was "a factual error." "The suggestion that the Chapel worship is 'antiquated' (def. 'obso­ lete,' 'outmoded or discredited by reason of age,' etc.) is pejorative in tone and this language has upset stu­ dents who find the worship in the chapel to be beautiful, inspiring, rel­ evant and challenging, " Thorne wrote. "For many students the wor­ ship is the means whereby they more deeply enter into a continuing conversion of heart and mind." Op tional tour ex tension s availabl e to: He continued : "The notion that G r cc , Jo rd an, Englan d, Tur ke , Italy, Ghana , South frica an d ETHIOPIA . there is no gender equality in the Chapel has distressed students, not For more information, Call: 800-486-8359 only because it is false but because Email: journeys @groupist.com others in the university who do not Or Visit us online: www.journeys-unlimited.com attend chapel are given the impres­ sion of a systemic oppression in a part of the university." He said that for the past six years a woman has celebrated the weekly Eucharist regularly , that when ordained women are present at Morning and Evening Prayer they give the Absolution and that on Thursdays at the Solemn Eucharist they function as liturgical deacons and subdeacons. Moreover, women preach and he encourages the bishop each time she has come to King's to preach and celebrate Holy Communion . This is the third year that Thome has "actively sought out and supported a female theological student studying for the priesthood to do her student placement at Dal[housie ]/King's." Anglican clergy were trained at King's until 1971, when the Atlantic School of Theology was founded . In recent years, King's College Chapel has been designated a multi-faith chapel open to students, staff and faculty of all faiths and traditions. In a second open letter to students also dated Oct. 19, Thome wrote that (Continued on next page)

December 4, 2011 • THE LIVING CHURCH 5 Dr. Thorne reads the Gospel during a chapel Eucharist.

(Continued from previous page) that the chapel is 'male-dominated' "the chapel, including the music pro­ is an insult to all of us who have gramme, has been the instrum ent of played a role in its life and growth . Is your continuing conversion, not to a the Diocese try ing to say that my 'narrow Anglicanism, ' but to a living contribution is inadequate? For the and bold faith that is able to be four years that I have been here, we thought, lived and shared with stu­ have had two female wardens out of dents of all faiths and of none. And three every year ." yes, this has led many to Anglican­ Leavitt had the Board of Governors ism, and a core of students is talking form a thre e-member committee to about possible vocations to ministry. cons ider whether university operat­ Equally, the chapel has been a place ing funds which come from taxes and where students of other faiths have tuition "could and should be used to deepened their spiritual lives, and support the Chap laincy, not only where vocations have been con­ given the University's cWTentand sig­ firmed for persons of other faiths. nificant financial challenges, but And equally, the chapel has been a given that a number of people at place of quiet, contemplation and King's would question the appropri­ refuge for atheists and agnostics ateness of what they believe to be a alike." secular institution financially sup­ One student, Jolanta Lorenc, wrote porting a position which is express ly Trinity College, Toronto to President Leavitt: "It is unfortunate denominationally affiliated." CtJ,wdn'J oldest Angf;c-,wth c<1/ogic.il college that the Bishop and the Diocesan Dr. Neil Robertson , a King's pro­ Council have views of the King's fessor and a member of the com­ Chapel that are in direct opposition to Liberal and Catholic in characrcr mittee, told The Watch, the univer­ offering cxccllcncc in prepamtionfor ministryfor all. the place that the Chapel and Chap­ sity's monthly magazine : "I don't see thatth e Church·s clergy may be godly. learnednod ab le laincy hold in students' lives. I cannot any need to estab lish an overarching

Understandingliturgi c.a.I worshipin stress enough how much the language question 'Should this be?' I'm rather historicaland conrcmporary forms, in the Bishop's letter affected those of the view that 'It is good.' Why engagedin rhc current issuC-."iof Church and Society who heard of and/or read it. don't we try to find a way to allow it Foundingmember of the Association of Theological Schools and 1hcToronto School of Theology. fcdcm1edwi th "Such language calls into question to be a contin uing good?" the University of Toronto the authenticity of every personal Robertson had attend ed chapel as Access to all the resources of TST and the riches, 1heological experience of each person who has a King's student in the 1980s. He said curriculumavailable anywhere found , and continues to find, in the the chapel "is in an extraordinary Moderatetuition fees. Chapel a place of rest , of peace, of place, in terms of the life of the col­ financial aid available for full-time and pan-time study hwnility, of beauty and of truth. The lege and the kind of striving for Master of Oivini1y.Mosier of Theological Studies, Doctor of Theology. other degrees statement contained in the letter ques­ exce llence in music and intellectual tions the legitimacy of one's core by and spiritual developm ent. It's in a On-campus housing available for singles and families disqualifying his or her belief and gold en age. It would be tragic to experience as antiquated, archaic and under cut all of that because we can't obsolete . This is highly distressing , as get our financial house in order." you can imagine." The diocese has extended its orig­ Trinity College. Faculty of Divini1y 6 Hoskin Avenue Veronica Curran, another student inal deadline for ending full-chap­ Toronlo, ON M5S I HS 4 16-978-2133 who has been also a chapel warden, lain cy funding from December 2011 www.1rinity.u10mmo.ca/Divinily wrote on a popular Face book group to June 2012. called "Save the Chapel": "The idea Sue Careless in Toronto

6 THE LIVING CHURCH • December 4, 2011 NEWS December4, 2011 Bishop Griswold Reflects on the Church Fond du Lac BishopDeclines Junction Plan Facing Challenges The Bishop of Fond du Lac, Wis., hold my approval The Most. Rev. Frank T. Griswold, has withheld his approval for a junc­ of the junctioning," Pr esiding Bishop from 1997 to 2006, tion plan with the Diocese of Eau he wrote. cited both the damaged Washington Claire after learning of discrepancies Jacobus and the National Cathedral and the desert in his diocese's voting. provisional bishop as he reflected on the Episcopal "For complete transparency on of Eau Claire, the Church's recent challenges. this issue, my intent was to publish Rt. Rev. Edwin M. Speaking with Faith & Leadership, the results in both the clergy and lay Leidel, Jr., had an online publication of Leadership order ballots," the Rt. Rev. Russell E. worked closely to Education at Duke Divinity School , Jacobus wrote to his diocese Nov. 2. bring the proposal Griswold first mentioned the cathe­ Jacobus Close affirmative votes were to their dioceses. dral's $25 million in reported in Fond du Lac when both "I am aware that this decision will estimated damaged. dioceses gathered Oct. 22: 32-28 bring joy to some and sadness to "What might be the among clergy and 53-51 in the lay others," Jacobus wrote. symbolic significance order. But a subsequent recount "I pray that we may continue to showed that the lay vote actually work together revitalizing our Dio­ was 53-51 against the plan, the cese, continue to develop, with the bishop wrote. guidance of the Holy Spirit, a good "I have made the decision that it working relationship with Eau would be imprudent to try to bring Claire, and keep the vision of junc­ the two dioceses together at this tioning alive as we move forward in time with this uncertainty and divi­ the mission and ministry of spread­ sion, and have determined to with- ing the Gospel of Jesus Christ." of this in terms of mainline ego being shattered and dislodged by events? Bede Parry Discloses Results of Tests I'm not happy that the Washington Cathedral is damaged, but is it a bad Bede Parry, who resigned from the "The psychological evaluation had thing to be in some way forced into priesthood amid a lawsuit accusing determined that I had a proclivity to exile and [become] a remnant?" he him of sexual involvement with reoffend with minors. Abbot said. minors, has issued a statement about [Charles] Wright [of Prince of Peace] "To use an image from the Old Tes­ his past, including what information called Conception Abbey's Abbot tament, maybe this is the desert circulated about him before his recep­ Gregory Polan with this informa­ time. The desert was a period of tion as an Episcopal priest in 2004. tion," Parry wrote. "Abbot Polan purification and self-knowledge in Parry served as music director and would later share the information order that they were prepared to organist at All Saints' Church, Las with Robert Stoeckig from the enter the promised land. All the Vegas, Nevada, beginning in 2000. He Catholic Diocese of Las Vegas, Epis­ things that happened in the wilder­ resigned in late June of this year. copal Bishop Katharine Jefferts ness, the struggle and the suffering, The statement, dated May 7, Schori and the human resources were part of being shaped and appeared Nov. 7 on Deception in department at Mercy Ambulance in formed and being made ready to Conception, a weblog edited by Las Vegas." enter the promised land, especially Patrick J. Marker. The blog's name Through the Episcopal Church's where they could receive it as gift alludes to Conception Abbey, which Office of Public Affairs, Jefferts rather than acquisition." is the subject of the lawsuit involv­ Schori has referred questions about ing Parry. Parry's reception to a statement A brief video on the we blog shows issued by her successor in Nevada, Parry discussing his history from his the Rt. Rev. Dan Edwards. developed until nearly two decades office at All Saints' on May 7. "It has been reported that there later, so the assertion in the John Doe In the statement, Parry describes was a psychological examination complaint is dubious. The Diocese of taking a series of psychological tests showing that he was likely to repeat Nevada, however, did have our own in 2000, after he sought to join his offense," Bishop Edwards wrote independent psychological evaluation Prince of Peace Abbey, a Benedic­ July 5. "Reliable testing to predict done by a psychologist and it did not tine monastery in Oceanside, Calif. such sexual abuse was not even indicate any pathology or risk."

December 4, 2011 • THE LIVING CHURCH 7 The Festival Service of Lessons and Carols at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn.

Woodrow Blette! photo Lessons I AS ANGLICANTREASURE

By Daniel H. Martin s

Some have suggested th at, if the various tradi­ tions within Christianity were to be assigned stew­ ardship of particular portions of the litur gical year, Anglicanism would surely inherit Christmas . Those not fomned spiritually in the English-sp eaking world may wish to debate this point , but few would deny that we "do Christmas " exceptionally well. One of the linchpins of the Anglican observance of the season is the Festival of Less ons and Carols . It originated as a Christmas Eve service in the chap el of King's College, Cambridge University, in 1918, and ccintinu es to thrive there . The live radio broad ­ cast is heard all over the world. So it is not , all things considered, an ancient tradition, but it is nonetheless a well 1established and mu ch beloved part of Angli­ can d~votion al cultur e at Christmastim e. In ius classi c form , the service consists of nine Over time and spa ce, variations on the King's Col­ I readings from Scripture , beginning with the Cre- lege archetype have come into being . One of these ation and Fall in Genesis , moving through some of takes th e form of A Proc ession with Caro ls on the Old Testa ment passag es under stood by Chris­ Adven t Sunday , also pioneered by King's. A signa­ tians as foretelling the coming of the Messiah , pro­ ture feature of this service is the responsor y "I look ceeding then to the familiar Nativity narrativ es from from afar," part of the medieval monasti c early morn­ Luke and Matthew, and concluding with the magis­ ing liturgy on the Firs t Sunday of Advent , at the ter ial paean to the Incarnation - the prologue to beginning of the service, sung by the choir from the John 's gospel. The readings are pr ecede d, inter­ rear of the chur ch. The Old Testa ment readings can spersed, and followed by choral anth ems and con­ be the sam e as those used by the Christmas ver­ gregational hymns . sion, but the New Testam ent material , rather than In pla ces that have sophisticat ed musical focusing on our Lord's birth , pays att ention to the resources, this is an unparalleled opportunity to ministry of John the Baptist as "the proph et of the really "strut " the gems of the Anglican choral tradi­ Advent," and can also nod in an apocalyptic direc­ tion. There is an abundance of gorgeous seasonal tion with mat erial that relates to the Second Corning. music writt en in, or adaptable to, the Anglican choral In an ideal world, Advent Lessons and Carols style, and there is new mat erial being composed would be held at the beginning of Advent, and Christ­ every year. But Lessons and Carols can also be done mas Lessons and Carols would be res erved until no quite simply, with familiar hymns and carols that earlier than Christmas Eve, and befor e the feast of the corgregation can sing, and in a variety of musi­ the Epiphany on January 6. The rhythm of our sur­ cal and ethnic styles. rounding cultur e, how ever, militat es against this

8 THE LIVING CHURCH • December 4, 2011 ideal, demanding that Christmas be celebrated in first verse, unaccompanied, before being joilned by an ever-expanding anticipatory period, all but eclips­ the choir, organ, and congregation. Thrilling treble ing the liturgical season of Advent. So another form descants are available for the final verse, which has evolved - a hybrid of the Advent and Christmas helps worshipers anticipate the time when it will be models. This pattern has been laid out in several our privilege and joy to gather around the throne of years of practice in All Saints' Chapel at the Univer­ the exalted Christ and sing his praises day and night. sity of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee , where Les­ The hymns and carols are intended to poetically sons and Carols is offered with surpassing beauty illuminate the readings. Sometimes the connection and elegance on the first full weekend in December is obvious. At other times, it can be more subtle. In each year, attracting more than 3,000 people . either case, however, reflective attention to the texts This hybrid format is a sort of compromise as they are sung will yield a reward well worth the between the strict ecclesiastical notion of sacred effort . ■ time and the secular world's understanding of when to celebrate Christmas . It begins in the Advent fash­ The Rt . Rev. Daniel H. Martins is Bishop of Spring­ ion from King's, with the Matin Responsory, main­ field and a member of the Living Church Founda­ taining an Advent "mood" for about half the readings tion. Pray ers and readings for both Advent and before surren dering to full Christmas festivity . In a Christmas Lessons and Carols are available in very workable adaptation , it concludes with what The Book of Occasional Services (Church Publish­ constitutes the beginning of the service on Christmas ing), The Episcopal Musician's Handbook ( a Living Eve at King's - the lovely English children's carol Chu rch Foundation publication), and the collec­ Once in Royal David's City. A solo voice intones the tion Carols for Choirs (Oxford University Press).

December 4, 2011 • THE LIVING CHURCH 9 vides variants of servi ces of lessons and musi c, the / most interesting being that prepared by Bayley and Dwyn Mounger . Forty of the anthems in this collection are also provided as congregational hymns . The anthems themselves are of varying quality and difficulty, from Bayley's own work (useful, not overly interesting , and well within the grasp of an overstressed parish choir and organist ) to several quite lovely (and more difficult) set­ tings by Roo Brown and Christopher Putnam. The one piece that particularl y stands out is Brown's setting of Arch­ bishop Rowan Williams's Christmas poem , "Wind smoothes th e wet trees earthwards." If one accepts the limitation of ease of use that Bayley set for himself as a given, ther e are two significant issues with these collections: texts and reproduction technology . While some of the Eucharist settings use Book of Common Prayer texts , he also set some paraphrases that verge on par­ ody. For example, Mark Schweizer's Gloria lacks sub­ lety , as if he were channeling Hayden Konig , and Mounger's conversational Gloria caused great mirth in the little choir I assembled to read this material. Simi­ larly, Bayley appears enamored with afaux-Celtic style for anthems and hymns that tends toward the sing­ songy. Bayley has chosen the admirable course of issuing this material with full copy licensing, allowing pur­ chasers to make as many copies as they desire for their choir and congregation, and the material in Cewbrate the Seasons is clear enough to allow scanning and manip­ ulation. The printing in Ce!,ebrate Advent is mu ch mor e variable . Again, positively, Bayley provides the music in several layouts to facilitate copying, but this uses up space in his books, and as anyone assembling parish bulletins can attest, pre-formatted layouts are never just right. I would Geonge Bayley, erstwhile director of music at All find his material much more useful were he to provide Saints' Cathedral , Albany, New York, and St. Peter's the content in editable formats (Finale and Sibelius) and Chur ch in Lewes , Delaware , has given us a look into a in PDF. He would also help his intended audience wer e working organist-choirmaster's filing cabinet in these he to provide reductions for the unaccompanied two collections. The six musical settings of the anthems which are printed in full score. Eucharist in Ce!,ebratethe Seasons are serviceable adap­ These books will stay on my shelf as resources for tions , dontrafacta actually, of well-known hymn and special services and a handful of trul y fine anthems in folk tunes . They are primaril y in unison with hymn-like Cewbrate Advent will frequently find their way to the accompaniments. copier . I also encourage more publishers to join Bayley The services for Christmas and Easter include small in the 21st century with his open licensing . sections of easy SATB writing, and extensive use of (The Rev.) Walter .Know!,es , , English-style handbells. All Saints' Church Celebrate Advent Christmas, and Epiphany pro- San Fran cisco

10 THE LIVING CHURCH • December 4, 2011 DailyWisdom from Rahner

Review by David M. Baumann nary things, " or their faith will even­ dates, but realities infused into our tually become shallow, unrealistic, daily lives. f one wishes to read this book the and immature before disappearing Rahner, like other writers of spiri­ Ibest way, it will take a full year. The altogether. tual classics such as the unknown Mystical Way in Everyday Life pro­ Rahner shows this mystical bent author of the 19th-century book The vides a series of reflections for the in the meditations in this book He Way of a Pilgrim, believes that all seasons of the liturgical year and spe­ takes elements of life, including people have the capacity to be mys­ cial occasions in daily life. To get the Christian teaching and practice that tics - that is, to have a deep, soul­ most out of it, one definitely ought can easily become unquestioned changing, all-consuming God­ not to read it "cover to cover," but habit even for believers, and makes haunted life; and that the mystical savor each entry alone , giving it time them new. For example, the book way is accessible in and through rou­ to make its home in the begins with a section tine experiences. That is, one need reader, take root, and even­ Rahner shows for Advent, and the not "leave the world" to be a mystic; tually produce fruit. a mystical first lines in the first one is, or can be, a mystic by virtue of Karl Cardinal Lehmann , meditation are: "It is a being "in" the world. According to who became Karl Rahner's bent in the strange thing. At the Rahner, in common occurrences assistant in 1964, wrote the meditations beginning of our such as enjoying dinner parties foreword. He explains that in this book. preparation for Christ­ around Christmastime and turning the first edition of the book mas, the gospel is (Continued on next page) was published in 1966, and reveals about the end of the world." Right that it was he who first put the book away, the reader is in fresh territory together, assembling under one cover as he sets out to reflect on a season a number of obscure texts that Rah­ that has been the subject of many ner had written in the late 1940s and hundreds of books, stories, sermons, 1950s. essays, and newspaper articles. Can From these writings, selected out anything new be said on the subject? of Rahner's massive corpus, comes a Rahner seems to do so effortlessly. series of brief entries, each from one There are four meditations for to maybe as many as seven pages Advent, five for Christmas, three for long. There are about 50 of them. New Year and Epiphany, one for Reading one a week, even reading Lent, three for Easter, and three for that one several times in a week, will Corpus Christi and Pentecost. Then enable the careful and serious reader there are three on the theme of Love to stretch this short but carefully of God and Neighbor, five on The crafted volume into a full year. One Spirit- The Many Gifts, five for The book's title, The Mystical Way The Mystery of the Saints, three for in Everyday Life, is well chosen. In Mysteries for Everyday Life. Next is his work Theological Investigations a section called A Theology of Every­ Rahner (1904-84) wrote, "The Chris­ day Life with entries for work, walk­ tian of the future will be a mystic or ing, sitting down , laughing, etc . he will not exist at all." This intriguing Finally there are Words for the Start The MysticalWay assertion can provide the starting of the Day. point for understanding the reflec­ These subtitles alone show the in EverydayLife tions in The Mystical Way in Every­ value of the book even before one Sermons, Prayers, and Essays reads a word of it. In ordinary things By Karl Rahner , S.J . Translated, edited , day Lif e. I believe that what Rahner and with an introduction by Annemarie means is that serious Christians in like sitting down and laughing one S. Kidder . Orbis. Pp. 199. $20 an increasingly secular and even hos­ finds the timeless and eternal reali­ tile culture will have to discern the ties of sacran1ental life and liturgical presence and activity of God in "ordi- season, which are neither habits nor

December 4. 2011 • THE LIVING CHURCH 11 BOOKS

(Continued from previous page) going hungry." On the theme of Lent, describe himself: he "always sees in the calendar over at the beginning of he further states that "we are suffer­ the midst of the everyday that which a year, the believer confronts univer­ ing to some degree from a need to be is eternal, earthly events as mirroring sal spiritual realities such as fear, filled and the absence of a carefree, heavenly ones." And because every­ worry, regret, anticipation, and hope. safe life" and "from a sens e that God one lives in the everyday, everyone There is really nothing that is purely is far away." As we go back again to has access to the mirror of the heav­ secular; for instance, it is far too sim­ the notion that all of life is mystical, enly. ple and therefore misleading to say we can only conclude that in a real The final sentence in Lehmann 's that Christmas is a religious festival way all of life is Lenten. foreword is: "I am firmly convinced but New Year's Day is worldly. Yet, without any contradiction , that these texts are still - or, better Rahner names and challenges Rahner also notes that the entire yet, are especially today - of the assumptions in habitual spiritual earth is festive. He reflects on the greatest importance, fresh, and exercises such as the keeping of miracle at Cana, and teaches: "The hence so very relevant." I agree with Lent: "Do we bot see a 'time of fast­ son of this woman ... loves humans , him, and can think of no better way ing' as a slightly dusty ceremony left he who himself is human. He loves to conclude this review. over from the good old days?" Well, people, their earth and their joy, the do we? Is fasting relevant in an age of taste of wine, and the carefree laugh- The Rev. Canon David M. Bau­ many needs? In an arresting line, he ter of a childlike heart." When Rahn er mann, SSC, is rector of Bl essed muses whether we would be "will­ describes John who wrote the Sacrament Church, Placentia, Cali­ ing to fast as long as it did not mean gospel, he uses words that can also Jorn ia .

renewal that swept through the Episcopal Church beginning in the 1960s; and a lovingly honest account of her husband , Graham, one of the movement's great and tragic leaders. This is an accessible , almost conversational book , as though Betty were telling us her story in person - from her traditional Southern upbringing in North Carolina, through her classical music training , mar­ riage and family life in the parish rectory at the famous Church of the Redeemer, Houston, to the Pulkinghams' pilgrimag e together around the world as leaders of the Fisherfolk and the subsequent development of the Community of Celebration. Her story covers years in Texas, Coventry, the Isle of Cumbrae in Scotland , and back across the waters to Colorado and finally Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. The scenery and context change but prayer, praise, and faithfulness shine through in each locale. Each chap­ ter ends with a verse or two from Holy Scripture , This is My Story,Thisis My Song putting her story into the context of God's story. Now in retirement back in her beloved North Car­ A Life Journey olina mountains, Betty Pulkingham remains a com­ By Betty Pulkingham . WestBow . Pp. 240. $17.95 panion of the Community of Celebration and active communicant of Holy Comforter in Burlington. For Review by C. Christopher Epting those who may wonder how liturgical change, spir­ I itual renewal, and life in community have come This Is My Story, This Is My Song is the charming together in the church's recent history , this will be autobiography of a gifted composer and contributor informative and pleasurable reading. to our 1982 hymnal and the wider Church's music ; an (The Rt. Rev.) C. Christopher Epting insider's view of the charismatic and spiritual Davenport, Iowa

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I The Persistence

Why TraditionalAnglo­ of Memory CatholicismWill Abide

By John D. Alexander and Phoebe Pettingell

s traditional Anglo-Cathol icism a thing of the past? Many people today Iseem to fear or hope so. In recent years, many of its adherents have left the Episcopal Church for such bodies as the Anglican Church of North America (AGNA) or the Roman Catho lic Ordinariate. The rhetoric heralding the demise of traditional Anglo-Catholicism within the official Anglican Comm nion is at its most strident among those departing. But even some Anglo-Catholics1 who show no intention of leaving sound repeated notes of demoralization (Cont inued on next page)

December 4, 2011 • THE LIVING CHURCH 13 Th Persistenceof Memory

(Continue , from previous page) exempl k is John Henry Newman, who converted to experienced the same tension as did Newman Roman !catholicism in 1845 after having served for between Catholic principles and official Anglican­ more than a decade as a chief spokesman for the ism. But instead of going to Rome, they opted to Tractarian movement. The reasons for Newman's ameliorate the tension by compromising with the converdion are complex and much debated. In part dominant Anglican culture - even when doing so the traj f ctory was theological. By the summer of meant adopting positions at odds with accepted 1839, he had begun to wonder whether Anglicanism understandings of the Catholic tradition as received occupi i d a position similar to that of Donatism and in contemporary Roman Catholicism, Eastern Ortho­ other heresies in the early Church. His subsequent doxy, and the developing Anglo-Catholic movement. explora fions of this question certainly contributed to One historical exemplar is William Alexander, his eve111tual submission to Rome. Bishop of Derry (1867-96) and Archbishop of Another significant factor, however, was New­ Armagh (1896-1911). Today remem­ man's ~rowing disillusionment with the bishops of bered mainly as the husband of the the Chtf[Ch of England. In Tracts for the Times, he hymn writer Cecil Frances Alexan­ had upheld the episcopate as the principle of the der, he was in his own time a famous I Church !s apostolicity and catholicity. So, when the preacher, theologian, and author. bishops acted in ways that he deemed uncatholic, The son of an Anglican clergyman in I the underlying foundations of his position seemed Ireland, Alexander was educated at fatally undermined. For Newman, Oxford, where in the early 1840s he it was not enough to have the came under the sway of Newman, freedom to promote the Catholic listening to his sermons in the Uni­ faith as a source of renewal versity Church of Saint Mary the Vir- Alexander within a Church of England gin, and on several occasions visiting Littlemor e whose bishops remained luke­ (although he never met Newman). When his hero warm if not hostile. He wanted went over, Alexander wrote his parents that he was instead to belong to a Church abandoning his studies and returning to Ireland to be that authoritatively embraced received into the Roman Catholic Church. But on the and taught what he took to be the first leg of the journey, he encountered a motherly faith in its fullness. In other Quaker woman who persuaded him to reexamine Newm an words, what ultimately proved the issue . intolerable1 for Newman was what we have described Deciding after a night's vigil in Birmingham that as the !tension between the Anglo-Catholic role the church of the English Reformers was the true within tthe wider Anglican system and the actions of one, Alexander eventually returned to Oxford, com­ that syhem's official decision-making structures. plet ed his studies, and was ordained in Ireland in For Ner man, and for many of his followers, the 1847. He came to believe that the Oxford Movement only way to resolve that tension was to go else­ had failed to understand the real force of the Refor­ where fn search of the True Church. mation , having been led astray by a superficial read­ ing of the early Church Fathers . In his episcopal career, Alexander rendered outstanding service to the Church of Ireland, helping guide it through the rr ~ 10 'or herculean task of reorganization following dises­ Newman's secession engendered a deep crisis tablishment in 1871, and fending off subsequent among Ihis disciples. Many followed him into the ultra-Evangelical attempts to rewrite the Irish Prayer Roman Catholic Church. Others, like Mark Pattison, Book. At the same time, however, he condemned the became disillusioned and repudiated not only Trac­ growing Ritualist Movement in England. Although tarianishl but also orthodox Christianity in any form. known all his life as a "High Churchman," his church­ Still ot~ers reassessed their relationship with Trac­ manship was of a variety that did not hinder his tarianism and retreated into more mainstream forms preferment in the staunchly Protestant atmosphere of chu ~chmanship. These erstwhile Tractarians of Irish Anglicanism. Alexander was a remarkable

16 THE LIVING CHURCH • December 4, 2011 figure who deserves more attention desire to see one's party winning parenthesis in my life; and I have than he has received in the century against the opposition , he wrote: now returned again Ito my old since his death. Yet his accommo­ views such as I had before. At the dation to the church of his era ulti­ I look now upon my time with time of the great Oxford Movement mately cut him off from the devel­ Newman and Pusey as a sort of (Continued l on next page) oping Anglo-Catholic tradition to which he had been attracted in his youth. Witness CALL Other Anglo-Catholics opt against Center for Anglican Learning & Leade r hip both secession and accommodation. They accept that their status will probably remain that of a minority, THEANGLICAN COVENANT and that their relationships with the • What doe s it say? power structures of official Angli­ • \'vha t do es it mea n? canism will often be marked by a • What wo uld be its impact'I dialectical tension that is sometimes • Do we give or withh old asse nt? creative but at other times destruc­ Now, you can guide your congregation tive. They embrace their vocation as in a discussion of the propot ed Anglican one of witnessing to Catholic faith Covenant with help from emin en t chur ch and order in the midst of an ecclesi­ scholars. astical environment that is not always receptive to their message. John Hereare your toI ots: Keble and Edward Bou­ • A copy of the doc ument verie Pusey stand as the • A Stud y Guide to structure your archetypal exponents . discussion Although Keble inad­ • A video commentary and explication vertently made hin1self of the text the Oxford movement's • A video of two Chur ch scholars John the Baptist with discussing the impact of the proposa l on the wo rldwide Anglican Communi on his 1833 Assize sermon • A video of two scholars debating the on "National Apostasy," pros and cons of asse nting to the for the next 12 years Keble proposed cove nant, mode rated by a Newman became its pa rish priest inspiration and leader. Newman's final sermon at St. Mary's, Littlemore , on September 25, 1843, was "The Parting of Friends," and it broke hearts because he inspired love in those he had led. Yet Keble, who felt the pang more sharply than most, had no doubts about the cause they had struggled for. Later, at the tin1e of the The entire tool kit Gorham Judgment (1850) , he for an introductory price of just $35 declared: "If the Church of England To Order: were to fail, it should be found in my visit www.c dsp.e du/ center_dialogues.p hp parish." In old age, musing on the or contact CALL, 510-204-0704.

December 4, 2011 • TH, LIVING CHURCH 17 The Persistenceof Memory

(Continued from previous page) ... Pus ey and Newman wer e full of the wonderful Church wrot e: "With all the terrib le losses of 1845, I progress and succe ss of the Movement - where I am not sure that without [Keble and Pusey] we had always been taught that the truth rnusl be unpop­ should have don e as well as we have. They awed ular and despised , and to mak e confession for it was people and made them think , and gave time for the all that one could do; but I see that I was fairly car­ latent strength of the church to grow quietly." ried off my legs by the sanguin e Dean Church's words highlight a key paradox of views they held. this third way. Those Anglo-Catholics who perse­ vered in their vocation of witness precisely when the Disappointment shook Keble success of their proj ect seemed most hopeless and least of the Tractarians because he futile often turn ed out to be the catalysts of the most understood from the beginning that profound transformations of the wider Anglican tra­ worldly success rarely attends spiri­ dition - in areas as diverse as church architecture, tual movements. Quietly, he contin­ liturgical renewal, spiritual practices , theo logical ued his witness from his country par- reflection , and ecumenical dialogue. While tradi­

Pusey so nacreb> certain that he was part of an tional Anglo-Catholics are often made to feel that the ever-renewing aspect of Anglicanism. best they can do is simply survive in their own With the departure of Newman, leadership of the enclaves, their witness contributes in hidden ways to movement effectively passed to Edward Bouverie the renewal of Anglicanism within an ever-expand­ Pusey. He became, in the popu lar imagination, the ing ecumenical horizon. face ofpost-Tractarian Anglo-Catholicism, from which the satirical Victorian press scornfully coined the terms "Puseyism" and "Puseyites. " While Pusey felt Concluding Reflections that Newman's defection had occurred in part The three ways of Anglo-Catholicism continue to because his church "did not know how to use him," play out today. Those following the first way include he never contemplated a like move even when he some who continue to opt directly for Rome or found himself similarly censured by those in author ­ Orthodoxy, while others leave for the ACNA or the ity. Ironically, his own deep sense of unworthiness, Ordinariate. Others follow the second way by trying to which welcomed personal humiliation, protected construct an accommodating form of Anglo-Catholi­ him from the sense of hurt and rejection that cism that minimizes tensions with mainstream liberal afflicted Newman. Anglicanism while emphasizing differences with con- Pusey is largely responsible for reviv- ing the doctrine of the Real Presence in the Eucharist - yet he was ambivalent "With all the terrible losses of 1845, I am about those who understood it as area­ son for reviving ritua l and goth ic archi­ not sure that without [Keble and Pusey] tecture. Nonetheless, he outwardly sup­ we should have done as well as we have. ported them in their fierce battles with the establishment, while inwardly They awed people and made them think, uncertain such matters were worth the controversies they caused . Pusey's and gave time for the latent strength steadfast use of his gifts, scho larship , of the church to grow quietly." vision, and holiness in the service of the church's revival most probably - Dean Church stunted his own academic reputation as one of the original minds of his age, but its benefit to an enduring identity for Catholic temporary Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicanism remains immeasurable. and indeed traditional Anglo-Catholicism. And the Recalling the secession of Newman and his disci­ third way is exemplified by those traditional Anglo­ ples more than 40 years later, Dean Richard W. Catho lics who have announced their intention to

18 THE LIVING CHURCH • December 4. 2011 remain even while acknowledging inherited from its pre-Reformation The Rev. John D. Alexander is that doing so is liable to entail certain past and which it continues to share rector of St. Stephen's Church in ambiguities and tensions in their rela­ with its Roman Catholic and Eastern Providence, Rhode Island. He is tions with the structures of official Orthodox sisters. This vision is suf­ pursuing doctoral studies in Anglicanism. ficiently compelling to ensure that Christian social ethics at Boston In every generation since at least third-way Anglo-Catholicism will University . the 1840s, some Anglo-Catholics continue to emerge in each genera­ have concluded that they were living tion as an abiding - and often trans­ Phoebe Pettingell is a literary through the final crisis of Anglican­ forming - feature of the total Angli­ critic, liturgical writer and editor, ism and that the Anglo-Catholic proj­ can landscape. ■ and parishioner of St. Stephen's. ect was no longer viable. Yet, to their surprise, Anglo-Catholicism always continued without them after they left. The recent round of departures NOTICE: MOVING SERVICES has often been marked by a desire to carry on some form of Anglo­ Catholic tradition outside official Skip Higgins Anglicanism. But if we are correct that Anglo-Catholicism is defined at 877-477-8177 least in part by its structural role www.customovers.com within the wider Anglican system, "Moving Episcopal clergy to new ministries since 1982." then it inevitably becomes some­ • Clergy discounts •Only one survey/ 3 estimates • Major van lines represented thing else when removed from the • Full value protection plans • $200/Day late pick-up /late delivery penalty* context of that system. In particular, • Internet satellite tracking • 24/7 cell phone contact to assure your peace of mind it is unclear that the Roman Catholic CUSTOM MOVERS - FHWA Lie. # MC370752 Ordinariate can succeed in its stated * Certain Restrictions Apply. aim of preserving the Anglican pat­ rimony within Roman Catholicism. We wonder if such a structure is not liable to produce a tertium quid - a hybrid "third thing" - that is nei­ ther truly Anglican nor fully Catholic, and which may be shaped more by what it is reacting against than by any positive vision of the Church. Despite significant challenges, tra­ ditional Anglo-Catholicism is not going to disappear from the Angli­ can Communion, for it represents not simply a historically contingent party, movement , or tradition, but rather a structurally defined role or function within the total Anglican system. To borrow the title of the Salvador Dali painting, traditional Anglo-Catholicism expresses the persistence of memory within Angli­ canism - specifically, the memory of the heritage that Anglicanism has

December 4, 2011 • THE LIVING CHURCH 19 Scenes from t he Broadway revival of Godspe /1 at the Circle in the Square Theater, New York. Jeremy Daniel photos

Godspell's Midlife Crisis

By Retta Blaney polines. This is what we do at my health club in Urban Rebounding , a vigorous hour of odspe/1 is showing its age, at least as working out while jumping on individual tram­ Grepresented by director Daniel Gold­ polines . The performance was about as stein's production at New York's Circle in the involving as watching someone else exer­ Square Theatre. This first Broadway revival of cising. The song "All Good Gifts," presented the beloved 1971 rock musical is like a mid­ simply and led by Telly Leung , was the dle-aged person trying to recapture youth. In exception . people's daily life the result is sad to see. The fitness center motif continued with Here it's just boring. Goldstein's bizarre staging of the Last Supper What seemed fresh and light 40 years ago around a hot tub. What is the possible signif­ - 20-something actors cavorting in colorful icance of that? Maybe if they had all hopped ragtag costumes singing and acting out in it might have made a kinky point about Jesus' parables, with him leading and joining communion and fellowship. As it was, Jesus in the fun - now seems like a church pageant and the disciples sat there passing around aimed at getting the youth group more inter­ some pita bread and a chalice while the water ested in religion. Nothing in this revival is of bubbled and steamed in front of them. Broadway quality except the songs, which It's a shame this production is so limp, were adapted by composer/lyricist Stephen because Godspe/1 meant a great deal to Schwartz from the Episcopal hymnal and bib­ many people. It ran for five years Off-Broad­ lical passages from the Gospel of Matthew. way before transferring in 1976 to the Great Even the songs suffer here because of White Way, where it ran for another year. It choreographer Christopher Gattelli's formu­ has been produced widely throughout the laic dance moves, which in the case of the world and its song "Long Live God" show's breakout hit, "Day by Day," look more appeared in many a folk Mass until the late like a cardio class warm-up. I also thought of 1980s. "Day by Day," based on a 13th-cen­ the gym during "We Beseech Thee," which tury prayer, spent 14 weeks on Billboard 's had cast members bouncing on mini-tram - Hot 100 chart. Godspe/1 even had the dis-

20 1liELMN8 CHURCH•o-lber 4, 2011 tinction of breaking the color barrier in South Africa when, in 1974 at composer Stephen Schwartz's insistence, an integrated cast per­ formed it for an integrated audience. The audience at Circle in the Square was largely middle-aged, probably baby boomers with great memor ies of the show . The revival's marketers must want to attract younger audiences, because ads mention that Schwartz also composed Wicked (2003), which still plays to large audiences at the theatre next door. I wonder, though, if today's generation can be drawn to this story about cathedral and wrote and staged liturgical the teachings of Jesus after having cut their drama there. Lisa Schubert , St. John's vice musical theatre teeth on The Book of Mor­ president for events, marketing and commu ­ mon , which features a song about female nications, said the cathedral has received genital mutilation, and a hit from several years annual royalties of $50,000 to $75,000 during ago, Spring Awakening , in which the young the past decade . The royalties support the characters were either talking about sex, hav­ cathedral's arts program. With that in mind, ing sex or masturbating. despite the musical's current failings, long Godspe/1 was conceived and originally live Godspe/1! ■ directed by John-Michael Tebelak, who died of a heart attack in 1985. He left his royalties to the Cathedral Church of St. John the Retta Blaney is the author of Working on the Divine, where he was an artist in residence. Inside: The Spiritual Life Through the Eyes of Tebelak began Godspe/1 as his master's the­ Actors, which includes interviews with Kristin sis at Carneg ie Mellon , where he met Chenoweth , Edward Herrmann, Liam Nee­ Schwartz. Later he was dramaturge at the son, Phylicia Rashad and Vanessa Williams.

Dacemb1r4 , 2011 • 1llE UVINGCHURCH 21 CATHOLIC VOICES

By Benjamin D. Grizzle

lthough the Occupy Wall Street A movement aspires to offer a transformational critique of the global economy, it suffers from an incoherent worldview lacking con­ nection to the nourishing roots of theology and economic history. One There need l.o be of God's prevailing concerns in l'undamental changes Scripture, pragmatically elaborating lo the way i; c do things. on salvation itself, is that his people #Occupy Wall , t. might understand the principles of good stewardship: long inventories of goods and treasure crowd the Old Testament histories; prophet after prophet rails against the way God's people misappropriate their spiri­ tual and material inheritance; and Jesus' parables are chockablock with commercial metaphors about talents, servants, managers, work­ ers, wages. Even the eschatology of sin and redemption is articulated in commercial terms in Proverbs 10 and Romans 6: "Sin pays its servants: the wage is death" (J.B. Phillips trans.). We know God's character is one of perfect justice and total grace, which poses a pragmatic challenge to those of us operating in financial markets: In an unjust world of limited resources , how do we work to incarnate redemp­ tive kingdom principles in the way we create and manage wealth? I suspect many culturally exposed but less than biblically fluent Chris­

David Shankbone/Wikimeclia Commons photo tians might be surprised that the king­ A demonstrator at Zuccotti Park in New York City on Nov. 2, Day 47 of Occupy Wall Street. dom of God described in Scripture is not an egalitarian utopia. Yes,there is "neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is ther e male and female." But there will still be a first OCCUPY and a last and a seat of honor , although the seating plan may con­ found our worldly expectations. While we take comfort from the Stewardshipparable of all servants paid equally at closing time, we cannot escape the

22 THE LIVING CHURCH • December 4. 20 11 master's ruling in the parable of the sheets have encouraged new loans to responsible , or capabl e than their cit­ bags of gold in Matthew 25: "To all parties the "greedy banks" would not izens. While I lay the toxic cycle of those who have, more will be given, generally have lent to of their own moral hazard squarely at the feet of and they will have an abundance ; but volition. These GSEs promise to buy governments for distorting the fierce from those who have nothing, even much of the debt generated by polit­ accountability of the market, that what they have will be taken away." ically evocative but gen­ leaves the finger of Jesus treats stewardship with far erally not creditworthy It was only a blame pointing greater seriousness than most mod­ groups - veterans, stu­ matter of time uncomfortably back at em churches and governments: unpro­ dents , low-income and all of us who elected ductive trees are not given tenure for first-time homebuyers, untilAmericans our leaders , spent occupying space in the garden, but farmers in were not money we did not rather cut down and thrown in the fire. a rapidly industrializing producingenough have, and borrowed Occupiers' primary outrage seems economy. While a case money on a promise to be against poor stewardship . They can certainly be made for of what other we had no plan or abil­ use the language of "increasing using government to countrieswanted ity to keep. Bankers inequality," but more precisely they encourage constructive to buy or own. may be the one per­ may object to the unreliable correla­ behavior or to help disad­ cent , but they are tion between productivity and com­ vantaged groups, there hardly tyrants. Rather, pensation. Few resented Steve Jobs are ways to do this with- they were responding his wealth, given the value created by out so profoundly distorting the econ­ to the rapacious de-mands of four gen­ Apple, but who does not resent golden omy. erations of citizens living beyond their parachutes paid out to senior execu­ Because of this mechanism for means - a historical perspective, and tives of unprofitable , much less failed, extending private consumption humble admission , conspicuously companies? Occupiers will garner beyond the limits of individuals' pro­ lacking among the occupiers. The powerful and unexpected allies - big ductivity, it was only a matter of time moral suasion of the occupiers would shareholders, hedge funds, and until Americans were not producing increase geometrically if they were to activist investors - if they use this enough of what other countries point even a single finger at the one language of just stewardship rather wanted to buy or own. And so we had group they can change: themselves, than a resentful Robin Hood rhetoric. to begin consuming and investing in the 99 percent they claim to repre- In trying to uncover the causes of their resources, which led to our cur­ sent . today's crisis, occupiers would also rent massive budget , trade , and For occupiers to produce the last­ do well to apply their axe to the roots account deficits. The dollar's dramatic ing cultural shift I believe many truly of the problem, which an even cur­ devaluation and hyper-inflation in the desire, they must graft themselves to sory study of economic history would 1970s shouui have been a wakeup call the deep roots of the biblical reveal is hardly the prominent branch that we had dangerously eroded the prophetic tradition , by reminding all of banker malevolence. During the "full faith and credit" of the world in of us - the 100 percent - of our last Great Depression, people and our nation . But the pattern of endless role in laying the foundations of this governments wanted to consume entitlem ent expansion, periodic dis­ crisis. Then , casting in stark terms more and grow faster than their pro­ cretionary military intervention , and the consequences of continued com­ ductivity allowed. If you are unwilling increasing idolatry and encourage­ placency, they should deploy the to accept the financial limits of your ment of private sector consumption language of stewardship to outline a own productivity, you borrow. But has continued to the point where we practicable alternative to the abyss from whom? Contrary to populist are toda y: a cancer of debt permeates into which we now stare: lest we be belief, the private sector is not gener­ most of society, and at least two gen­ found asleep when the master ally eager to lend to parties lacking erations of people are confused by, returns, or cast fruitless into the fire income, assets or collateral. Conse­ and even angry at, the suggestion that for our carelessness with what we quently, ever since Franklin D. Roo­ a person or nation's quality of life be were entrusted. ■ sevelt created "government spon­ constrain ed by its ability to pay for sored entities" (like Fannie Mae), the cost of its lifestyle. Benjamin D. Grizzl e, who has GSEs and their ballooning balance Governments are no more moral, worked in finan ce fo r nearly nine

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side the canons in a controversial area suggests that his participation in the review of Bishops Lawrence's actions conveys at least the appear­ ance of potential bias. There would seem to be ample grounds for Bishop Shaw to recuse himself in this matter to demon­ strate that even bishops are entitled to equal justice under law. Richard A. Best, Jr. Washington, D. C.

An UntenableDichotomy Thank you for the interesting pieces by Bryan Spinks and Philip Turner [TLC, Oc. 23]. Ever since ele­ ments of the civil rights movement commingled with the sexual revolu­ tion, the Church has been faced with what for many Christians is an untenable dichotomy: justice for Bishops and Canons homosexuals (defined as treating same-sex couples as if they were T~ank you for your careful reporting on the investigation of alle­ married) versus the teaching and gati9>nsof uncanonical actions by the Bishop of South Carolina, the witness of the Church. Rt. ~ev. Mark Lawrence [TLC, Oct. 23, Nov. 6, Nov. 20]. It appears Four responses are discernible gen rany accepted that the case is closely related to the issue of within the Church. Two vanishingly sam1r -sex relationships. small groups accept the dichotomy One concern has received little attention: one of the Title IV Dis­ as stated. What I'll call Group 1 ciplfulary Board members is the Bishop of Massachusetts, the Rt. believes that to be Christian is to be Rev.IM. Thomas Shaw. I am sure that Bishop Shaw, a man of vast unjust to homosexuals and pro­ experience in the Church, will make every effort to consider the duces the microscopic, vociferous, fact J surrounding the information about his brother bishop care­ and vile campaigns of Westboro full~ and fairly. Baptist Church. The other, Group 4, However, Bishop Shaw, according to an account published by accepts the dichotomy and con­ Epi~copal News Service, officiated at the marriage of two women cludes that Christianity must on January 1 in Boston, even though, as the ENS story acknowl­ "change or die," thus resulting in a edg Js, "the Episcopal Church's canons state that marriage is vacuous anti-Christianity. bet een a man and a woman." That Bishop Shaw chose to act out- The vast majority of Christians opt to change the terms of the Scriptur e and proclaimed by the dichotomy , hence making the "ver­ Church. Group 3, for all its good sus" into an "equals" sign. Group 2 intentions and however great its acknowledges God 's unchanging desire to remain faithfully Christian, revelation , upon which the Church's cannot help arriving at the same consistent teaching is founded , and place (though by different means , argues that the definition of justice and this is highly significant) as must be modified to be something Group 4. The current leaders of the other than accepting same -sex Episcopal Church, as chief banner­ equivalents of marriage. Group 3 bearers of Group 3, are probab ly claims that the stated definition can doing the inevitable when they seek be accepted and that the teaching of repeatedly to vitiate the cat holicity the Church can be modified, ever so of the Anglican Communion. slightly,to accommodate this claimed We see this reality at its most reality. Those who wish to change poignant in Dr. Spinks's article, both terms of the dichotomy will wherein promulgators of the theo­ invaiiably fall into Group 3. logically indefensible grow increas­ with the Up to this point , the problem has ingly desp erate in their quest for Episcopal generally been one of Group 2 treat­ eccles ial legitimacy. It would appear , ing Group 3 as ifit were Group 4 and based on the news article in the Musician's Group 3 treating Group 2 as ifit were same issu e, that the Diocese of Handbook Group 1. Dr. Turner rightly takes South Carolina may be visited with note of the improvement in civility as the wrath that seems a concomitant Lectionary Year B these errors are turned from , while of the frustrated revolutionary. 2011-2012 also rightly noting that this does not The answer for the Church is not 55th Edition represent any actual convergence clear. Group 3 consists of good between Groups 2 and 3. Christians who, for understandable Order online at: Indeed , his piece focuses proper and often laudable reasons , have livingchurch.org/store/books attention on a far more profound and embraced an inherently unchristian or call 1-800-211-2771 painful difficulty: what Group 3 wants ideology, one with a foundation in turns out on closer inspection to be neither the Christian Scriptures nor impossible . Revising Church teach­ the traditions of the Church, and The ing to acconunodate the desiderata of without substantial warrant in l'~piscopal the sexual revolution involves no rightly fonn ed reason. Such folk cur­ minor tweak, but rather a major rev­ rently monopolize the leadership of fvlusician's olution in Christian thinking and a venerable and influential Christian l landbook rejection of a large swath of divine institutions, the Episcopal Church revelation as the Church has received not leas t. The ideology will collapse 55th f<:clition and consistently interpreted it. on its own. But how much damage Lcctiorwry Year B It is not a matter of getting around will it and its well-meaning avatars a few "clobber" verses, but funda­ do in the meantime? mentally changing the understand­ Da nie l Muth ing of humanity as presented in St. Leonard, Maryland

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OFFER EXPIRES O CTOBER3 1, 2012 PEOPLE & PLACES THE LIVING CHURCH FOUNDATION,INC. Appointments Deaths The Rt. Rev. Dr. Stephen Andrew s, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. The Rev. GraceBurson is rector of Holy The Rev. JamesR. Adams, longtim e The Rt. Rev. Anthony J. Burton , Spirit, PO Box 68, Plymouth, NH 03264. rect or of St. Mark's Church, Capitol Dallas, Texas The Rev. Kathleen Cullen is priest-in­ Hill, died Sept. 23 in Cambridge , MA. charge of Trinity, Hampto n, and Chris t He was 77. The Rev. Thomas A. Fraser, Riverside , Ill. Church, Portsmouth , NH; add: 200 High St., A native of Lincoln, NE, he was a grad­ Hampton , NH 03842-2286. G. Thomas Graves Ill, Dallas, Texas uate of George Washington University and The Rev. William Dennler is rector of Episcopal Divinity School , and was Mrs . John M. Hayden, emerita Holy Trinity, 615 Sixth Ave. S, Nashville, TN ordained deaco n and priest in 1958. He led La Crosse , Wis . 37203. several parish es in the Diocese of Wash­ The Rev. Matt Greathouseis rector Grace The Rev. Dr. Charles Henery, ington . He was curat e of St. John 's, Church , 103 S Poplar St., Paris, TN 38242. Delafield , Wis . Georgetown, 1958-60; vicar, St. Christo­ The Rev. RobertHarris is priest-in-resi­ pher 's, New Carrollton , MD, 1960-63, and dence at Grace Chur ch, 315 W 5th St., Jordan Hylden , Durham , N.C. rector, 1963-66; and rector of St. Mark's, Ottawa, KS 66067-2842. Washington, 1966-96. He found ed the Cen­ The Rev. Jay C. James , Raleigh, N.C. The Rev. CarolineHines is interim at Christ ter for Progress ive Christianity in 1997 Church, 43 Pine St., Exeter, NH 03833. David A. Kalvelage, Pewaukee , Wis . and served as its president until 2006. By The Rev. DavidC. Killeenis rector of St. then the center had attract ed 290 affiliated The Rev. Russell Levenson , Jr., John's, 211 N. Monroe St., Tallahass ee, FL congregations from 12 denominatio ns. He Houston , Texas 32301. was author of So You Can't Stand Evan­ The Rev. Patty Minx is deac on at St. The Rt. Rev. Edward S. Little II, gelism? A Thinkin g Person's Guide to Paul's , 11 E 40th St., Kansas City, MO South Bend , Ind. Church Growth, From Lit eral to Lit erary: 64111. The Essentia l Ref erence Book fo r Biblical The Rt. Rev. D. Bruce MacPherson , The Rev. AbigailW. Moon is associate at Metaphors and So You Thin k You're Not Alexandria , La. St. John's, 211 N. Monroe St., Tallahassee, Religious ? A Thinking Person 's Guide to FL 32301. Richard J. Mammana , Jr., the Church. He is survived by his wife, Vir­ The Rev. RicardPelkey is rector of St. New Haven , Conn . ginia M. Adams, Cambrid ge; three daugh­ Joseph 's, 16921 W Newberry Rd., Newberry, ters , Les ley Adan1s, Geneva , NY, and The Rt. Rev. Daniel H. Martins , FL 32669. Gretc hen Adams and Nancy Adams, both Springfield , Ill. The Rev. Dale Plummeri s rector of St. of Cambridge; and five grandch ildren. Andrew's, PO Box 1495, Roswell NM, 88202. The Rt. Rev. Steven A. Miller, The Rev. JosephM. Rushtonis rector of St. Milwaukee , Wis . Paul's, 122 E. Pine St., Georgetown, DE 19947. The Rev. Paul DudleyClasper , who The Rev. DavidE. Taylor is rector St. Paul's, served much of his vocation in Asia Daniel Muth , St. Leonard , Md . 113 Main St., Lancaste r NH 03584. died Oct. 29 at Pilgrim Place , Clare~ The Most Rev. Bernard Ntahoturi , mont , Calif. He was 88. Bujumbura , Burundi Ordinations A native of Spencerville, Ohio, and the son of a pastor, he earned bachelor's The Rev. Canon Michael Perko , Priests degrees from Taylor University and South­ Albuquerque , N.M. Easton- JackMason , St. Paul's, PO Box 3, ern Baptist Theological Seminary and a David R. Pitts, Baton Rouge, La. Vienna MD 21869-0003. master 's degree and Ph.D. from Union The­ Florida- BenjaminW . Ammons, Jr., canon ological Seminary, New York. Theologian The Rev. Dr. Michael Nai Chiu Poon , for youth ministry, 325 Market St., Jack­ Reinhold Niebuhr oversaw his doctoral Singapore degree on the mystic Friedrich von Hugel. sonville, FL 32202; George L. Hinchliffe, The Rev. Nicholas T. Porter, Beginning in the 1950s he was vice presi­ assistant, St. Luke's, PO Box 1238, Live Oak, Southport , Conn . FL 2064-1238; Marie ElizabethTjoflat , assis­ dent of Bunua Divinity School near Ran­ tant, St. Francis', 895 Palm Valley Rd., Ponte goon. He beca me a pro fessor at Drew The Rev. Dr. Ephraim Radner, Toronto , Ont. Theological School and taught at the Grad­ Vedra, FL 32081. Ethel Ripley, Mt. Pleasant, S.C. SoutheastFlorida - CharlesCannon , rec­ uate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA. He tor, St. James', PO Box 509 Islarnorada FL was a senior lecturer in religion at the Chi­ Kenneth A. Ross Ill, Grand Rapids , Mich . 33036. , , nese University of Hong Kong, and in the mid-1970s he was received into the Episco­ Dr. Grace Sears, Richmond , Ky. Deacons pal Church from the Hong Kong Anglican Miriam K. Stauff , Wauwatosa , Wis . Chur ch. In 1982 he becam e dean of St. Chicago-BenVarnum , St. Thomas', 12251 John 's Cathedral , Hong Kong. He was the­ The Rev. Canon Mark Stevenson , Antioch Rd., Overland Park , KS 66213. ologian-in-residence in the Diocese of Cali­ Baton Rouge , La. Michigan- WinifredCook , CynthiaCorner , fornia, 1987-91, before moving to Howard M. Tischler, Albuquerque, N.M. RogerWalker . Claremont. He assisted with se1vices at St. An1brose's, Claremont. Dr. Casper was the Lana Valenta, Dallas, Texas Resignations author of several books, including Theolog­ Dr. Shirleen S. Wait, Atlantic Beach , Fla. The Rev. Susan Lesueur, as rector of ical Ferment: Personal Refl ections; East- Transfiguration, Derry, NH. (Continued on next page) Dr. Christopher Wells, Milwaukee , Wis .

December 4, 2011 • THE LIVING CHURCH 29 PEOPLE & PLACES YOUNG CHilDR!EN AND WORSHilP £t7:J.' --v' (Continued from previous page) em Paths and the Christian Way; and The Handcrafted materials for programs using Young Children and Yogi, the Commissar, and the Third- World Worship and FollowingJesus books as guides; introducing Church. He is survived by his daughters , Cathy Clasper-Torch, Providence, RI, and children to the experience of worship and wonder. Cindy Schram, Durham, NH; stepchildren Worship Woodworks, Inc. Karen Bowden, Lynchburg, VA, and Steve Michalson of Landsdown, PA; four grand­ Visit our website: www.worshipwoodworks.com r-888-689-6757 children; and two step-grandchildren. Email: [email protected] 620-622-4568 The Rev. TerryR. Cobbdied Aug. 10 in Lexington , SC. He was 75. A native of Memphis, he was a graduate of Memphis State University and the School of Theology at the University of the South . He was ordained deacon in 1972 and priest in 1973. Fr. Cobb was an assistant at Christ Church Cathedral, Nashville, 1972-75; vicar, Trinity, Fulton , KY,1975 -78; vicar, St. Paul 's, Hickman, KY, 1975-78; rector, St. Cyprian's, Franklin, NC, 1978-86; vicar, Christ Chur ch, Robinsvill e, NC, 1982-86; recto r, St. Alban's, Lexington , 1986-2006. After retir ­ ing he assisted at St. Paul's , Batesburg. He was a member of the Order of St. Vincent and the Order of St. Luke. He is survived SHRINE OF OUR LADY by his wife, Cheryl; brother , Jerry Cobb, TH E MISSION BOOKSTORE OF CLEMENCY Memphis; daught ers Kim Kirby of OF NASHOTAH HOUSE Arkansas, Beth Fredricksm eyer of Col­ AN EPISCOPAL SEM INARY Continuous Novena daily at 5.45pm orado and Jennifer Mueller of Florida; son 2777 MI SSION ROAD Send your prayer requests to NASHOTAH . W I 53058-9793 Hal Cobb of Charleston, SC; Jennifer Canon Gordon Reid Mueller, of Florida; and ten grandchildren. Most books seenin The LivingChurch are available. S.Clement's Church, 2013 Appletree St. Ask about clergyand church discounts. (262) 646-6529 Philadelphia , PA 19103 www.s-clements.org The Rev. CynthiaAnn Gilliatt died Aug. 16 at Rockingham Memorial Hos­ pital , Harrisonburg , VA. She was 67. A native of St. Louis, she was a graduate of Duke University. She completed a Ph.D. at the University of Michigan in 1971, and St. Paul's Cathedral completed postgraduate studies at Vir­ ginia Theological Seminary in 1988. Gilli­ DIOCESE OF OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City att was ordained deaco n in 1988 and priest in 1989. She was an associate professor of English at James Madison University, priest associate and chaplain to the Can­ terbury Club at Emmanuel , HaITisonburg , We are seeking a new Dean to provide continuing lead­ and priest-in -charge, Good Shepherd, Blue ership for our vibrant and diverse parish. We serve over Grass. She helped found a Virginia chapter 1,000 members and the Diocese of Oklahoma from of Integrity. Gilliatt also loved golf and our historic location in downtown Oklahoma City. 17th-century English poetry. We encourage you to learn more about us by visiting our website, which includes our Parish Profile and information about the application process. Sendyour clergychanges to Peopleand Places: [email protected] AULS CATHEDRAL P.O. Box 514036 Milwaukee, WI 53203-3436 http :/ /stpaulsokc.org

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