Bishop calls for tolerance in gay row

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Bishop calls for tolerance in gay row A lay leader at Greyfriars Church, Reading, responds: “The gravest consequence will be to the Anglican Church’s witness to the name of Christ in our land. May God have mercy on us all and give those in authority Godly wisdom at this time.”
Well, sure: if John is appointed suffragan bishop, it will be a witness that Christ is for everyone, a repudiation of the hatred and bigotry all too often promulgated by the so-called Christian Church.

Practicing Resurrection: A Memoir of Work, Doubt, Discernment, and Moments of Grace

Nora Gallagher. Lovely, spectacular, inspiring book. Gallagher seems to have a gift for observing and staying with what’s real. I picked it up because of a passage I noticed about her lack of a bachelor’s degree and the difficulty that was creating in her application to the Episcopal priesthood. But there’s so much more here. I loaned it out as soon as I had finished it.

X2

I admit it pales in direct comparison to Matrix: Reloaded, but it was still a fun evening to fill out a movie day. It’s a shame Jean Gray isn’t a more compelling character; I found I didn’t care about her all that much when she died. (Or did she?)

Matrix: Reloaded

Of course it’s not as original as the first one–that’s a truism. But it is a fun movie. I admit, in some of the fight and chase scenes I was wondering not about the characters but about the filmmakers, but even so. A big two-thumbs-up.