Now there may be two. Six years after the Episcopal Church exploded in dissension over the election of the nation's first actively gay bishop, The Rev. V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire, the Diocese of Los Angeles has elected a second.The Rev. Mary Glasspool of Baltimore was narrowly elected Saturday to be an assistant bishop. (Friday, the diocese also elected a woman bishop) If the vote is ratified by a majority of the nation's dioceses, Glasspool will be consecrated May 15, according to the Associated Press.How iffy is this? At the tri-annual legislative meeting last summer, the Church affirmed that gays and lesbians could be called as bishops -- despite fierce pressure from traditionalists in the US all the way up to the head of worldwide Anglican Communion, the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams.Last summer, traditionalists in the U.S. have split off to form the Anglican Church in North America, which not only forbids gay bishops, it won't permit women bishops either. Then, in October, Pope Benedict XVI surprised Williams by throwing open a wide welcome to traditionalist Anglicans -- including married Anglican priests -- to move to the Catholic Church.Most of the world's 77 million Anglicans in Africa, Asia and South America lean to the traditionalist direction and are likely to find the latest American choice of another gay bishop to be a renewed affront.
Now there may be two. Six years after the Episcopal Church exploded in dissension over the election of the nation's first actively gay bishop, The Rev. V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire, the Diocese of Los Angeles has elected a second.
The Rev. Mary Glasspool of Baltimore was narrowly elected Saturday to be an assistant bishop. (Friday, the diocese also elected a woman bishop) If the vote is ratified by a majority of the nation's dioceses, Glasspool will be consecrated May 15, according to the Associated Press.
How iffy is this? At the tri-annual legislative meeting last summer, the Church affirmed that gays and lesbians could be called as bishops -- despite fierce pressure from traditionalists in the US all the way up to the head of worldwide Anglican Communion, the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams.
Last summer, traditionalists in the U.S. have split off to form the Anglican Church in North America, which not only forbids gay bishops, it won't permit women bishops either. Then, in October, Pope Benedict XVI surprised Williams by throwing open a wide welcome to traditionalist Anglicans -- including married Anglican priests -- to move to the Catholic Church.
Most of the world's 77 million Anglicans in Africa, Asia and South America lean to the traditionalist direction and are likely to find the latest American choice of another gay bishop to be a renewed affront.
There's a different type of story out of Burleson this holiday season. A couple in the city, 13 miles south of Fort Worth, believes God has given them a divine sign and it's a message spelled out in the most unusual of places. Tracy and Pam Norrell are calling it a miracle, a gift laid before them on their small farm. Tracy went to gather the eggs from the chicken coop Monday night, as he does every day. But this time one egg in particular caught his eye. Unlike the others, this egg isn't smooth and a very noticeable cross is indented on the top. The Norell's say the egg was laid 'straight from heaven' and is a message of encouragement that comes at the right time.
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