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'Reforming' a Religion
Why pray 'Thy will be done' when one can pray 'my will be done'?
By John M. Grondelski | December 15th 2023 2:51 PMRabbi David Ellenson died December 7 in New York. I read about it in The New York Times. I’ll admit to knowing nothing about the man before I read his obituary. The phenomenon of reading obituaries kicks in at a certain age. As a child, I was always puzzled by the…
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As Anglicanism fractures, with whom is Rome to conduct dialogue?
By John M. Grondelski | June 15th 2023 12:38 PMThe significance of the outcome of the Fourth Global Anglican Future Convention (GAFCON IV) held last April in Kigali, Rwanda, is coming into ever sharper relief. That an overwhelming portion of Anglicanism, especially in the “Global South,” has been pushed to the point that it no longer recognizes its communion…
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