Comments on: Anglican Roots : 664 The Synod of Whitby http://3minutetheologian.org.uk/blog/2008/05/16/angican-roots-the-synod-of-whitby/ Words about God and life for the Attention Deficit generation Sat, 17 Jul 2010 11:24:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Justin Lewis-Anthony http://3minutetheologian.org.uk/blog/2008/05/16/angican-roots-the-synod-of-whitby/comment-page-1/#comment-979 Justin Lewis-Anthony Wed, 21 May 2008 08:39:54 +0000 http://3minutetheologian.org.uk/blog/?p=94#comment-979 How incredibly kind of you to take the time and trouble to say those things Mark. I don't think you have to be a soldier in the US Army to wonder about humanity, but your comments are a antidote sufficient unto the day for the rest of the idiocies and casual cruelties we have to cope with. As for Sufjan Stevens, I have only one thing to say : "A Conjunction Of Drones Simulating The Way In Which Sufjan Stevens Has An Existential Crisis In The Great Godfrey Maze" How incredibly kind of you to take the time and trouble to say those things Mark. I don’t think you have to be a soldier in the US Army to wonder about humanity, but your comments are a antidote sufficient unto the day for the rest of the idiocies and casual cruelties we have to cope with. As for Sufjan Stevens, I have only one thing to say :

“A Conjunction Of Drones Simulating The Way In Which Sufjan Stevens Has An Existential Crisis In The Great Godfrey Maze”

]]> By: Mark F. http://3minutetheologian.org.uk/blog/2008/05/16/angican-roots-the-synod-of-whitby/comment-page-1/#comment-977 Mark F. Wed, 21 May 2008 07:39:51 +0000 http://3minutetheologian.org.uk/blog/?p=94#comment-977 Hi Justin, I missed you during the Great 50 Days. I found myself checking in every few days to see if you had changed your mind about blogging during Eastertide. I feel like I hit the jackpot today when I discovered all of your new posts! One of the reasons I love your blog is because you are such a deviate (albeit a holy one). You regularly stray from the hostility, smallness of spirit, and the bitter obsession with homosexuality which is the sad norm for so many Anglican Christians these days. I don't have a sense of how old you are, but it's obvious you haven't been infected with the soul-killing viruses of cynicism and spite (so many religious professionals and amateurs have quite a viral load these days). Is it possible that there are many other Anglicans like you out there? Oh, I hope so! People like you keep me from becoming totally discouraged about our common life in the Church. Being a soldier in the U.S. Army can be discouraging enough (about the state of humanity) without an extra dose of negativity coming from the Church. St. Stephen's is roughly 5,300 miles (isn't that around 8,500 km?) from my place in California, otherwise I would love to be part of your faith community. Thanks for taking the time to compose blog posts which enlighten and inspire layfolk like me. Your blog ministry has helped renew my spiritual mancrush on Jesus. In a world of people like Sue, I send my hopeful wishes that God will continue to maintain your sanity and fortify your charity. Peace, Mark P.S. You have converted me. I am now a total fan of Martyn Joseph. Martyn is sort of a more manly version of American singer Sufjan Stevens (are you familiar with Sufjan). And I am still gobsmacked by "The Resurrection, Cookham" painted by Stanley Spencer (I learned about Spencer via your website). I downloaded a copy of this painting and used it as a focus of meditation during Eastertide. Sometimes I wonder why we don't have more artists, musicians, and chefs on our kalendars. Hi Justin,
I missed you during the Great 50 Days. I found myself checking in every few days to see if you had changed your mind about blogging during Eastertide. I feel like I hit the jackpot today when I discovered all of your new posts! One of the reasons I love your blog is because you are such a deviate (albeit a holy one). You regularly stray from the hostility, smallness of spirit, and the bitter obsession with homosexuality which is the sad norm for so many Anglican Christians these days. I don’t have a sense of how old you are, but it’s obvious you haven’t been infected with the soul-killing viruses of cynicism and spite (so many religious professionals and amateurs have quite a viral load these days). Is it possible that there are many other Anglicans like you out there? Oh, I hope so! People like you keep me from becoming totally discouraged about our common life in the Church. Being a soldier in the U.S. Army can be discouraging enough (about the state of humanity) without an extra dose of negativity coming from the Church. St. Stephen’s is roughly 5,300 miles (isn’t that around 8,500 km?) from my place in California, otherwise I would love to be part of your faith community. Thanks for taking the time to compose blog posts which enlighten and inspire layfolk like me. Your blog ministry has helped renew my spiritual mancrush on Jesus. In a world of people like Sue, I send my hopeful wishes that God will continue to maintain your sanity and fortify your charity.

Peace,
Mark

P.S. You have converted me. I am now a total fan of Martyn Joseph. Martyn is sort of a more manly version of American singer Sufjan Stevens (are you familiar with Sufjan). And I am still gobsmacked by “The Resurrection, Cookham” painted by Stanley Spencer (I learned about Spencer via your website). I downloaded a copy of this painting and used it as a focus of meditation during Eastertide. Sometimes I wonder why we don’t have more artists, musicians, and chefs on our kalendars.

]]> By: Justin Lewis-Anthony http://3minutetheologian.org.uk/blog/2008/05/16/angican-roots-the-synod-of-whitby/comment-page-1/#comment-946 Justin Lewis-Anthony Sat, 17 May 2008 08:28:50 +0000 http://3minutetheologian.org.uk/blog/?p=94#comment-946 Welcome Sue! You are the ideal reader for this series, combining, as you do, historical inaccuracy with theological prejudice. I do hope you stay reading for when we get to deal with the English Reformations. Welcome Sue! You are the ideal reader for this series, combining, as you do, historical inaccuracy with theological prejudice. I do hope you stay reading for when we get to deal with the English Reformations.

]]> By: Sue http://3minutetheologian.org.uk/blog/2008/05/16/angican-roots-the-synod-of-whitby/comment-page-1/#comment-945 Sue Sat, 17 May 2008 07:34:17 +0000 http://3minutetheologian.org.uk/blog/?p=94#comment-945 Wasnt what is now called the Anglican church effectively founded by Henry VIII who was a serial killer, a mass murderer, and the "greatest" thief and vandal in English history. Rather rotten roots wouldnt you say! And isnt the church an entirely worldly power seeking insitution too. Wasnt what is now called the Anglican church effectively founded by Henry VIII who was a serial killer, a mass murderer, and the “greatest” thief and vandal in English history.

Rather rotten roots wouldnt you say!

And isnt the church an entirely worldly power seeking insitution too.

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