Episcopal clowns

Friday, August 12, 2005
This article is part 1 of 5 in the series Ugly Church Stuff.

In an effort to grow the Episcopal Church (ECUSA), the Diocese of Southwest Florida recently held an event called “Beyond Telepathy.”
Here’s the archdeacon at the non-telepathetic conference:

Don’t worry about the archdeacon being reprimanded for clowning around in church. You haven’t seen what the bishops were doing!
If I ever see a procession like this at [...]

How many reprobates does it take to screw in a light bulb?

Wednesday, November 16, 2005
This article is part 2 of 5 in the series Ugly Church Stuff.

My subscription to Charisma magazine lapsed some time back. I wish it weren’t so. If for no other reason, Charisma makes for good reading because of the level-headed, critical look at the charismatic world that editor J. Lee Grady provides in his monthly editorial columns. And if that’s not enough to pay [...]

Does it ever end?

Thursday, November 17, 2005
This article is part 3 of 5 in the series Ugly Church Stuff.

As I was digging around Charisma magazine’s website, I found yet another possible clergy ethics scandal from August:
PASTOR PLANS TO RETURN TO PULPIT AFTER REHAB.
An Arlington, Texas, pastor is expected to return to the pulpit of his church after his June release from a second drug-treatment facility. Charged in March with drug possession and sexually [...]