Oxford Warns Evangelical Hall on Misogyny, Homophobia, Academic Standards

I still haven't made it to Oxford yet, but this article certainly gives me even more motivation to do so. Wycliffe Hall, the seminary at Oxford for Anglican ministers of an evangelical persuasion, has been warned to monitor for misogyny, homophobia, and low educational standards. Interesting side note that the average age of an Anglican ordinand out of Oxford is 41; I feel young again!

New Amy Welborn Blog

Amy Welborn, the Queen of Catholic Blogging and my own inspiration in blogging about a mixture of Important Issues and everyday life in an always interesting way, is in the process of transferring to a new blog. I still check Amy's blog almost every day, and while I sometimes am irritated by her treatment of LGBTQ issues (Amy's dismissive "whatever" comment about the gay couple who write the HBO show Big Love was especially annoying recently), I still love her to pieces. The new title is Charlotte Was Both, an allusion to Charlotte's Web I will leave you to find on your own. Alas, Amy mentions that she chose this title and wanted "no allusive Latin" in the blog title, which made me blush and despair that anyone reads this blog!

Bonus points to any of you familiar with Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope, from whence the title of my blog comes. A must-read for any Anglicans, especially those of us who enjoy taking ourselves too seriously!

Anti-Gay Surgeon General Nominee Backtracking?

Another story to which I do not know how to react; should I be glad that overt anti-gay bias is a problem even for right wing politicians? Or should I be worried that the most extreme right wingers can be confirmed to high office with a little tap dancing?

New MCC in Chicago

This Sunday a new Metropolitan Community Church in development, AChurch4Me, ministering to the queer community of Chicago, is meeting at 11:00 A.M. at the Center on Halsted in the Lakeview neighborhood. The Center on Halsted is an amazing organization, and it is great to see them partnering with and serving LGBT progressive Christians. I am sorry I will miss the early meetings of this group while I am abroad, but I will look forward to seeing how they make out when I return to Chicago.