Author: John Schultz

From the WashTimes:

An Episcopal congregation in Woodbridge whose members were unhappy with liberal trends in the Episcopal Church suddenly dissolved itself last week, leaving the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia with a $420,000 bill from the property’s mortgage.
The members of Christ Our Lord Episcopal Church, a mission congregation founded in 1992, has since reconstituted under the Anglican Diocese of North Kigezi in Uganda as Christ Our Lord Anglican Church. It is the third mission to leave the diocese because of the 2003 consecration of New Hampshire Bishop V. Gene Robinson as the world’s first openly homosexual bishop, but the first to abandon its property. …full

It’s doubtful there will be a negative financial impact since land in Northern VA is getting harder and harder to come by. The diocese could sell the land for a tidy profit if they so choose.
Too bad the congregation couldn’t make the big leap back to Rome. Because – how much more of a leap would that be, when you get down to the brass tacks of Scripture & Tradition?

The story comes from Texas after all.
Baptists renounce speaking in tongues

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Trustees at a Baptist seminary have put it in writing: They will not tolerate any promotion of speaking in tongues on their campus.
The 36-1 vote Tuesday came nearly two months after the Rev. Dwight McKissic of Arlington, Texas, said during a chapel service at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary that he sometimes speaks in tongues while praying.
Mr. McKissic, a new trustee at the Fort Worth school, cast the lone dissenting vote on the resolution.
It states: “Southwestern will not knowingly endorse in any way, advertise or commend the conclusions of the contemporary charismatic movement including private prayer language. Neither will Southwestern knowingly employ professors or administrators who promote such practices.” …full

I’m sure this will be on the evening news tonite, between carjackings.

My foster baby slept from 11pm last night until 7am this morning – an unprecedented 8 hours. Needless to say Mom is happy, since she has the weeknight duty.

Pope set to bring back Latin Mass that divided the Church
By Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent
THE Pope is taking steps to revive the ancient tradition of the Latin Tridentine Mass in Catholic churches worldwide, according to sources in Rome.
Pope Benedict XVI is understood to have signed a universal indult — or permission — for priests to celebrate again the Mass used throughout the Church for nearly 1,500 years. The indult could be published in the next few weeks, sources told The Times. …more