Seems to Speak to Current Events . . .

THE FEAST OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS

We remember today, O God, the slaughter of the holy innocents of Bethlehem by King Herod. Receive, we pray, into the arms of your mercy all innocent victims; and by your great might frustrate the designs of evil tyrants and establish your rule of justice, love, and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit,, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Certainly makes me think of San Joaquin's former bishop and raises the question:

"Oh, sisters, too, what may we do . . . ?"

To All:

I'll be off work until the 26th, and here in Albany, we're seeing oodles of tiny tots with their eyes all aglow

So, I just wanted to take this - possibly last; I mean just look at 'em! - opportunity to say

MERRY CHRISTMAS

TO

ALL

AND TO ALL . . .

FEH!

It's Official . . .

. . I'm forty.

Yay.

I Told You So.

Now see, a better man wouldn't have said that. But, throughout most of the episcopal blog world, I've been telling people that we should be prepared to be kicked out of the AC, that Rowan the Fundy-Lover just couldn't abide TEC.

So, here's his Advent attempt at being pope of all the Anglican Communion.

Notice, it's TEC that's beat up on and bullied and singled out for his (not so) subtle derision. Maybe people will begin to listen now, when I and others tell them that Rowan a) is prejudiced against the US and b) will always try to squelch those who show real independence. No sane person pursuing Truth over political position would believe that we owe great consideration to a position defended by nothing more than the cry of "that's the way we like it!" and whose chief global champion comes from a land of such darkness and spiritual retardation that it can produce Mugabe.

I'm not sure that Rowan would know what is right if it bit him in the ass . . .

. . and it might be about to.

Presiding Weakknees Schori might want to actually start listening to TEC laity before she's scrap-heaped, as well.

A Lovecraftian Christmas to All

This recording was produced by the H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society (www.cthulhulives.org), while the information on the video can be found on YouTube.

A Schofieldian Sing-Along

YOU WILL BE HAPPY IN THE SOUTHERN CONE!

YOU WILL BE HAPPY UNDER PAIN OF DEATH!

EPISCOPALIANS HELD HOSTAGE BY INSANE FUNDAMENTALISTS

This is basically the case in San Joaquin.

As I've said, will continue to say, and the Reasserter behavior bears me out, they are just bad peoople.

Episcopal Life carries an account of Schofield, whose self-loathing has apparently done things to his mind, at least in my opinion, threatening missions who didn't play his game.

We've got to do what we can to help these loyal Episcopalians. We really didn't know (didn't care to find out?) how mistreated they were under this abusive and entirely unwholesome bishop and his dog-collared thugs, but we know now and have to act. Will 815 do anything before it's too late? Probably not -- they've already been told to saddle their own horses, remember?

We can't move the HoB to go any faster - if at all - on deposing Schofield and declaring the See vacant, but we can still pressure our individual bishops, and priests, to do what is necessary to provide some sort of real ministerial presence to these folks. In addition, surely we have some lawyers in our liberal midst, too. Not all lawyers can possibly be Reasserters -- there must be some decent lawyers! Help these people!

Here's the website for loyal Episcopalians in San Joaquin needing your help.

I think, too, we can all agree this is a real and immediate test of our leadership. If at least something doesn't come from the PB within the next few days, it would take only the most unrealistic of optimists to believe we have a viable national leadership.

This crisis has shown that there will have to be major changes in the leadership - specifically, episcopal leadership - in this church once this is over, or before it's over if it drags out much longer under the current absolute mismanagement.

Well, It's That Time of Year Again

And I've done most of my present buying. Generally, I respect the expectation most people have of a "surprise" gift -- though I hate them. There's nothing that drops a big ol' steaming pile of Christmas crap right on your holiday mood than watching someone unwrap that carefully-chosen gift and get that frozen smile and the "Oh, this is great!" speech going. I almost always say, "What would you like?" they tell me, I either get it or tell them I can't afford it. For those who say, "Oh! Surprise me!" I agonize then watch them smother disappointment.

Christmas gift-giving, when it involves surprises, is a sort of agonizing death.

So, when someone asks what you'd like, don't give the bullcrap answer. Say what you'd like, and get it over with. If you say "Surprise me!" or "Oh, anything will be great!" or "You don't have to get me anything!" you owe that person big time for any disappointment you show.

And, the most realistic assessment of how Christmas holidays turn out in film, It's A Wonderful Life be damned.