ACNA 5th Provincial Council underway at Nashotah House

Archbishop Duncan address the Provincial Council.

I am here in Wisconsin - first time in Wisconsin - for the 5th Provincial Council of the Anglican Church in North America.  The meeting at Adams Hall is standing room only and it's been uplifting to see so many from so far come together to share mission and ministry.  Great to see the visitors that are here as well.  Stay tuned for updates!

It is my first time in Wisconsin - growing up in the Navy did not present an opportunity to live in the Mid-West.  In fact, the only time I went to the Mid-West was when I was 12 when we moved from Charleston, South Carolina to San Diego, California and camped our way across country.  

My dad's great-grandparents used to own a summer home in the northern part of Michigan which I have pictures of through the years when my dad visited as a child, but I have been in this part of the country.  

Adams Hall at Nashotah House where Council is meeting.

Flew into Milwaukee yesterday.  The meetings are taking place at Nashotah House, an Anglican/Episcopal seminary.  It is in a lovely setting with lots of woods and lakes and fields surrounding it.  A contemplative place, it is a great environment to have a council such as this.

Update: New dioceses have been admitted into the ACNA and voting is underway for new members of the Executive Committee.  You can see photos here and here.

DAY TWO: It is such a beautiful day here in Wisconsin - the sky is clear blue, it is in the mid-70s, the windows are open and it is just beautiful! The morning has been spent going over the budget, hearing ministry reports, welcoming special guests, and singing Amazing Grace.

So good to see old friends and meet lots of new people from all over the United States and Canada!

Today at the Cafe: Tunes to fly by ...

Clapton, Harrison, Petty, McGuinn, Cropper, Reed, Young - and Dylan.

Today at the Cafe

VA Supreme Court: "The prayer of the said petition is denied."

Late Nite at the Cafe: Audrey Assad

"I hear faith moves mountains, it moves my feet ... maybe I am a mountain because it is moving me to follow you."

LIVE: Ancient Evangelical Future Conference 2013

Live from Trinity School for Ministry, an Episcopal/Anglican Seminary in Ambridge, PA.

LIVE:

Forgotten 'Angelic' Anglican Readers of Scripture

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The Creed as Hermeneutical Lens for Reading Scripture -- and Vice-Versa

Revelation According to the Rules: Reading the Apocalypse with the Fathers




Evangelicals, the Bible, and the Need for Creed




The Canterbury Trail Revisited







Thursday, June 6

8:30 AM Morning Prayer


9:15 AM Opening Remarks

The Rev. Dr. Joel Scandrett


9:30 AM Session One

Evangelicals, the Bible, and the Need for Creed

Dr. Christopher Hall


Respondent – The Rev. Dr. Thomas Buchan


11:30 PM Break


12:00 PM Noonday Prayer and Lunch


1:30 PM Session Two

Revelation According to the Rules:

Reading the Apocalypse with the Fathers

The Rev. Dr. Peter Leithart


Respondent – Dr. Wesley Hill


3:30 PM Workshops


“The Creed, Spiritual Direction, and Worldview

Formation” – The Rev. Dr. Jack Gabig


“Theology in Application”

The Rev. Dr. Martha Giltinan & Dr. Philip Harrold


4:30 PM Evening Prayer


5:30 PM Dinner


7:00 PM Session Three

The Creed as Hermeneutical Lens for

Reading Scripture – and Vice-Versa

Today at the Cafe: Lay it Down

Bob Dylan Inducted Into American Academy of Arts and Letters

From here:

Bob Dylan was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters yesterday (May 15, 2013), marking the first time a musician has been tapped as an honorary member for the prestigious award.

"I feel extremely honored and very lucky to be included in this pantheon of great individual artists who comprise the Academy of Arts and Letters," Dylan, who was unable to attend the induction in person, said in a statement read at the ceremony. "I look forward to meeting all of you some time soon."

"For more than 50 years, defying categorization in a culture beguiled by categories, Bob Dylan has probed and prodded our psyches, recording and then changing our world and our lives through poetry made manifest in song – creating relationships that we never imagined could exist between words, emotions and ideas," read the citation awarded to Dylan.

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon gave the keynote address, appropriately titled "Rock & Roll," and laughed at how he was obsessed with the opening line to Dylan's "Chimes of Freedom," in which Chabon mistook the word "toll" for something else, The Associated Press reports.

Read it all here.

It started out as a Sunday afternoon drive ...

... and then it turned into this:

Tonight at the Cafe: 10,000 Reasons

Never forget.

Latest Episode of Anglican Unscripted

Time to check in with Kevin and George on all things Anglican:

Happy Birthday, Bob Dylan!

Yes, it's that time again - today is Bob Dylan's birthday and so the drinks are on the house - we're celebrating!  We were so much older then - we're younger than that now!

I remember You said ...

From Chicago Anglicans and Immanuel Anglican Church, via Anglican 1000 - be inspired!

Chicago Anglican from David Santoso on Vimeo.

Just who is the Archbishop of Canterbury?

See for yourself:

Highlights from the HTB Leadership Conference 2013

See highlights from the 2013 HTB Leadership Conference - and be encouraged!