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...than two years away from her. He says he also felt guilty about the draft deferment he would get for it, when other young men his age were heading for Vietnam. In the end, it was Ann - a convert to Mormonism from having been a once-a-year churchgoing Episcopalian - who persuaded him to go, saying he would always regret it if he didn't. He didn't convert many Frenchmen but found the experience was something that "concentrates the mind," he says. "My faith has been a part of my foundation throughout my life. My faith has made...
...face taking a second-class status within the global group), the Communion has made it clear that it values its unity more than American participation (and funding). And in establishing "alternative oversight" by bishops more to the liking of U.S. conservatives - under a complicated system that still gives Episcopalian Presiding Bishop Katherine Jefferts Schori some say in their regulation - the Communion has engaged in unusual interference with the polity of a member church. But it has also hinted that it would prefer that Episcopalianism remain the main U.S. Anglican branch, provided it is willing to accommodate some more conservative leaders...
...selection tips the site's doctrinal hand. Since I don't recognize all the titles, I call David Singer of the American Bible Society, who confirms my suspicion that "None of the commentaries are anything but Protestant and if anything, Evangelical." Nada for Catholics, Orthodox or the sort of Episcopalian who might, say, elect a gay bishop. According to Godspeed CEO Sears, who self-identifies as evangelical, most of this is accidental, and "we're definitely making a commitment to round it out," although he draws the line at Mormon commentaries. I would not hold my breath waiting...
...Chafee is an Episcopalian aristocrat who inherited the Senate seat once held by his father John Chafee. "Linc is barely a politician," says a Democratic colleague. "He's the only Senator I know who isn't infatuated with the sound of his own voice." Indeed, Chafee the Younger seems a refugee from the counterculture: he worked as a blacksmith and horseshoer after graduating from Brown University with a classics degree in 1975. He has a benign, diffident, slightly spacey aspect. Visiting a senior citizens' center last week, Chafee apologized for interrupting lunch. "Don't worry! We love you," a woman...
...phrase in Williams's text suggests that the current crisis "could mean the need for local churches to work at an ordered and mutually respectful separation between constituent and associate elements." This seems to be saying Williams can imagine conservatives separating from the Episcopalian Church and setting up a new U.S. body which would be more likely to enjoy full status with the Communion. In his statement, it is followed by a classic "on the other hand" clause that excludes that sort of two-American-churches setup...