by Anne Kennedy | Sep 6, 2020 | Apostasy, Biblical Illiteracy, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Go to Church, LGBTQIetc, The Gospel
In the spirit of always being reminded that 2020 is the year that keeps on giving, I woke up in the wee hours to read this tragic news: Popular Christian author, speaker, and TV personality, Jen Hatmaker, has filed for divorce from her husband, Brandon. The...
by Anne Kennedy | Jun 17, 2020 | Abortion, LGBTQIetc
I’ve been slowly reading through JK Rowling’s “Reasons for Speaking Out on Sex and Gender Issues.” If you have time, it is worth the effort—she reiterates many points I’ve run into elsewhere. She clearly and, I must say compassionately, lays out the dilemma for both...
by Anne Kennedy | Jun 9, 2020 | Garden-Variety Malaise, LGBTQIetc, The Gospel
I never thought I’d wake up one June and find that the blazing headlines of the moment would not be about Gay Pride month. That cyclical liturgy is now so much a part of the American experience that I have been shocked to see it unseated on the daily twitter scroll....
by Greg Griffith | May 8, 2020 | Anglicans, Episcopalians, LGBTQIetc, Woke Church
On May 6, Matt posted on Facebook: A good number of new generation of Anglican clergy are recovering from very rigid fundamentalist pasts where their heads were packed with lots of scripture but their hearts were left cold. Where their pastors/parents wedded the GOP...
by Anne Kennedy | May 6, 2020 | Apostasy, LGBTQIetc, Woke Church
I missed a remarkable anniversary two days ago, which Matt proceeded to remind me about every few minutes for the last twenty-four hours. Rachel Held Evans died a year ago on Monday. Most of the Twittersphere has moved on to other matters because even events of great...
by Anne Kennedy | Apr 30, 2020 | Anglicans, Church Growth, Episcopalians, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Jesus, LGBTQIetc, Sexuality, The Gospel, Theological Liberalism
Matt has been going all over the internet reposting one of my first Stand Firm pieces about how I (at least) don’t think we can yet be friends with those who happily self-identify as Episcopalian or some other brand of Progressive Christian. The war isn’t over, I...