ANGLICAN DIOCESE OF SOUTH CAROLINA REAFFIRMS ITS MISOGYNY The Anglican Diocese of South Carolina held its annual meeting last weekend. The highlight of the event was to reaffirm the diocese's historic misogyny. Misogyny is defined as contempt for, dislike of, or ingrained prejudice against women. The schism of 2012 came about in part because of this. Then, the diocese solidified its stand by joining, in 2017, the Anglican Church in North America that does not allow women to be bishops, that is, for females to exercise ecclesiastical authority over males.  Only a few weeks ago ..read more

NOTES --- FEBRUARY 10, 2024 Let's face it, dear reader, much of the news of late has been disturbing, even worrisome. Moreover, it comes from many different sources. Of course, in a few days we will get a new wallop when we are told we are only dust and will return to the dust. In such circumstances it can be hard to keep going in good cheer. But, go we must. First, the Anglican Diocese of South Carolina has come under a withering bombardment of criticism from the avowed misogynists of the anti-Episcopal world since the managers of the Mere Anglicanism conference last month bounced a spea ..read more

THANK YOU, JANET ECHOLS AND JOY HUNTER Let's give credit where it is due, and today that is to Janet Echols and Joy Hunter, at least according to the TESTIMONY of the Rev. Calvin Robinson (see @ 22). First, a little background as we are learning more about the brouhaha of last weekend at the Mere Anglicanism conference in Charleston. On Friday, Robinson gave his talk. Find it HERE . Robinson said he was invited to the conference by Jeff Miller, the manager, in order to speak about "Critical Theory." Robinson is biracial and used to sport an outsized afro, which he has ..read more

 THE STRANGE BROUHAHA AT THE CHARLESTON MUSIC HALL The annual conference called "Mere Anglicanism" met last weekend at the Charleston Music Hall, organized and led mostly by clergy of the Anglican Diocese of South Carolina. It produced quite a little dust-up, strangely enough not by what speakers said but about what one was prevented from saying. Given the history of the schism and the ADSC, this is saying a lot. First of all this is not an Anglican conference. Of the nine SPEAKERS identified, I could count only one or two who were members of the Anglican Communion. Second ..read more

  DETAILS OF ADSC MEMBERSHIP CHANGES IN THE DECADE AFTER THE SCHISM As the Anglican Diocese of South Carolina prepares for its annual meeting in March, it is worthwhile to review membership trends in the decade since the schism of 2012. We know that the ADSC has seen a significant decline in membership overall, but what can we tell about the details of the decline provided by the ADSC in its parochial REPORT on its website? Quite a bit as it turns out. How many people have left the (50-53) local churches of the diocese yearly and how many have arrived in the post-schism deca ..read more

  WHY EVANGELICALS LOVE TRUMP Evangelical Christians form the core of the Trump base this year as in past years. In the elections of 2016 and 2020, 80% of them voted for Trump. If anything, at least as many support him this go around. The question at hand is: Why are Evangelical Christians so fervently devoted to Donald Trump? Here is my take on it. First, one has to define what we mean by the term "Evangelical Christian." They are the "born again" Protestants such as fundamentalists, pentecostals, conservative mainstream. I would put the Anglican Church in North America in this group ..read more

  NOTES,     16 JANUARY 2024 Greetings, blog reader. It has been a while since I posted anything here, so I just wanted to touch bases with you today and let you know I am still here. I pray that all goes well with you. I have not posted anything about the schism lately because there is nothing to post. Both dioceses are moving ahead in an after-schism mode which I suppose is the only thing to do at this point. The Anglican diocese is busy setting up a new diocesan camp since the courts unanimously agreed that the Episcopal diocese was the owner of the venerable Camp St ..read more

  HAPPY CHRISTMAS, 2023 My warmest wishes to you and yours for a joyous Christmas this year.  Now that I am in my old age, Christmastime makes me nostalgic for the happy holidays of my youth so long ago in Pensacola. Christ Church is a landmark of downtown as it presides over the city from the corner of Palafox and Wright streets. It was built in 1902 as a gem of Spanish mission style, in homage of the Florida's Spanish heritage. Pensacola was a Spanish military outpost off and on from 1559 to 1821. This old postcard shows how Christ Church appeared when I was a child in the 1940 ..read more

  POPE FRANCIS APPROVES OF SAME-SEX BLESSINGS The news broke today that Pope Francis has formally approved of in-church blessings of same-sex unions. Find an article about this HERE .  The pope's monumental decision is a major turn-around at the Vatican. The CATECHISM of the Catholic Church states "under no circumstances can they [homosexual acts] be approved." While a blessing in church does not technically "approve" of homosexual acts, it at the very least takes a neutral view. The church would not be approving of "sinful" relationships with ceremonies inside chu ..read more

REVIEWING NAPOLEON I saw the new movie "Napoleon" today at a local theater. Here is my take on it. I have deliberately avoiding reading other reviews or comments so as not to skew my own view. First of all, we must remember this is a Hollywood movie. It is not history. Since it is just a movie, we must think about the purpose and function of this movie. Why was it made? For entertainment, certainly. Then, we have to ask, how does this film work as entertainment? I think a movie has to engage the viewer in one or two ways. It has to present an enveloping narrative, a plot, that draws us ..read more