Church

What happens when a door is left open?

In the middle of winter the warmth of summer invades the outdoors.  Heat escapes and the equilibrium of temperature soon cools down the house!  In our current energy crisis (OK, the price of gas continues to scare me!) this loss of BTU’s in not good!

Today we ventured to Atasha’s mobile home.  There we place plastic on windows and weatherstripping around doors.  The usual “five minute” job was more like five hours.  In the end there were very few cracks for air to escape.  The doors closed firmly and heat vents were regulated.

For a guy like me who spends a lot of time at a desk, out for coffee, or just thinking this was a pleasant diversion.  “Hands on” does not mean disengaging the mind.  But it does mean making the mind work my hands!

On another note, Wayne Gibson was over tonight and we discussed his CD we are working on.  Maybe a sampler in the next few months?  Never overpromise — so forget I mentioned that (but check back in a few months!).

Check this place out!!  Blue Mountain Outdoor Adventure Centre.  Just outside North Battleford. 

Our Regional Pastors Network met together and tried out the zip line.  Below are the pastors.

Now, for those of you who recognize some of us — who is this daredevil tyring out the zip line?

This is the SPN.  The RPN.  Or whatever name you want to give. 

Area pastors of the Alliance are off for a short one day retreat to North Battleford (noon today until 3:00 tomorrow).  We will gather from North Battleford, Meadow Lake, Luseland, Kindersley, Rosetown, Milden, Outlook and Elrose.  Two new pastors join the group — they’ve started their ministries this fall.

And!!  We are trying out the Zip Line — supposedly the longest in the world!

The official deed is done.

For a number of years I met with an Anglican minister for encouragement, prayer and accounability.  It took me a while to get used to a number of terms that the church uses.  There is a strong heirarchy within the church, based on an episcopal model.  There is a richness to such structure!

Yesterday that structure was opened for examination by the whole world. 

Through a democratic process, a female primate (the head Anglican in a “province” — generally understood as a country) was elected and now installed.  That  she is female is in itself contentious in the world wide Anglican communion.  But further, she believes in same sex blessings.

In case you have missed it, the Anglican Communion worldwide has been struggling.  One upfront issue is the matter of same sex blessings.  The deeper issue is the place of Scripture.  The possibility of a split is there.

So, I was led to an article in the Telegraph newspaper from the UK — the birthplace of Anglicanism (the newspaper is not the birthplace — Britain is!!).  A farily short article without a lot of rhetoric.  Worth a quick glance.