COVENANT Number 19Get this entire issue in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format ArticlesLocal Options: True Subsidiarity in the Body... one of the most problematic aspects of the Windsor Report (WR) [is] its grossly defective conception of subsidiarity. ... True subsidiarity empowers local bodies to incarnate the Gospel in their local context. A Meditation at an Episcopal ElectionMost every Episcopalian has someone in heart and mind that is The Bishop. Each of us could call to remembrance quality experiences we have had with the one who is for us The Bishop. Protecting 'Innocent' EarsLet me get this straight. What offends about "Saving Private Ryan" is not the way the film objectified the carnage of D-Day as something beautiful or the way it resuscitated the discredited myth of war as glorious -- but the way it uses a four-letter word? Kill the ScapegoatOn Yom Kippur in ancient Jerusalem, two goats were selected and brought to the front of the Temple. One, chosen by lot, was consecrated to God and sacrificed. The other was dedicated to a mysterious figure, Azazel. The high priest laid his hands on the head of this second goat, confessed the sins of Israel, and drove it out into the desert, the haunt of demons. Environmental StewardshipThe ecological crisis of our time calls us to find more ways to integrate how we worship, work, play, and live. Musings On ValuesKarl Rove is reported saying that "moral values" swept Bush back for a second term. Is there a "values voters" myth? GamesSometimes you see an athlete make the sign of the cross before a particularly tense play -- before a field goal, before a free throw, before going back into the ring. I am always touched by this. Protect me. Be on my side. Help me win. It is like the psalmist who nakedly begs God to "fight those who fight me" (Ps 35.1). Columns |