Recently I was shocked to read an email my parents forwarded me: a pastoral letter from Chip Edgar, Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of South Carolina, Recently I was shocked to read an email my parents forwarded me: a pastoral letter from Chip Edgar, Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of South Carolina, addressing a kerfuffle at this year's Mere Anglicanism conference. Edgar's response essentially amounted to a takedown of the patriarchy, and I was inwardly fist-pumping. The context for his email was an explosion of prejudice from Calvin Robinson, a speaker at the conference. Over the past couple weeks, I've been elated to see more ACNA bishops speak out. I am so thankful for the moral leadership of these men, who, in rebuking patriarchy – or, at minimum, the bad behavior of a priest supporting it – took a stand befitting the love to which Christ compels us.
Equal in the Grammars In 1882 a woman writing in the Memphis Free Trade presented her qualms with gender exclusive language: “As the law of grammars now When it comes to Bible translations, using gender-inclusive vs. gender exclusive language isn’t merely a matter of kindness or linguistic accuracy, but of being theologically on point with our creation as male and female, as “beloved” by the other. "Equality in the grammars," as it were, should be seen as a necessary conformation to Biblical anthropology, not as a concession to political correctness.