Pensieves
Episcopal News Service. April 1, 1982 [82087]
The Ven. Erwin M. Soukup, Editor of Advance, Diocese of Chicago
Poor King Charles I. He not only lost his head in 1694, he lost the vote, according to Lee Hickling, editor of The Virginia Churchman. During a debate in Virginia's Annual Council, a proposal would have asked The General Convention and the Standing Liturgical Commission "to include January 30, a feast day of Charles Stewart, King and Martyr" on the Church's calendar. Pro-inclusion adherents noted that, in England. Charles is "blessed." Anti's objected to Charles' insistence on the divine right of kings. Bishop Robert Hall, Diocesan, observed that "George is from Ireland." Charles lost, 140-156.
No Comment Department:
- Network to Educate for World Security points out that U.S. taxpayers pay 13 times more for subsidized Pentagon dining than they do for school lunches;
- One hundred militant Protestants shouted the Archbishop of Canterbury out of the pulpit in Liverpool last month to protest the visit in May of Pope John Paul TI to England;
- Bishops and deputies to The General Convention in New Orleans next September will be accommodated mostly in the Hilton Hotel which charges $55 per night. The working press has been assigned to the Marriott which charges $66. Nearby maisonettes are available for as little as $40 per night;
- All three TV networks and the Public Broadcasting System have used closedcaptioning to permit the deaf to follow dialogue on the major popular series programs. They have encouraged the hearing impaired to purchase unscramblers, at $240 each, to read the captions. Now NBC has announced it will discontinue closed captioning.
- The Joint Educational Development Office in Atlanta has issued a four-page guideline on the use of inclusive language for worship leaders. Among its suggestions are the use of "Midwife" or "Ground of Being" in referring to God, "Fiery" in describing the Holy Spirit, and to "avoid reference to God exclusively in male terms...."
Comment: Shades of Rudolph Otto!