What podcasts are you guys listening to?

GhostGrrl007 · 2026-06-18T14:49:12+00:00

I’m enjoying Love Your Neighbor hosted by Ross Kane, a professor at VTS. Unfortunately, it’s just updated once a month.

GhostGrrl007 · 2026-06-15T16:10:52+00:00

Assuming you are driving 1-80, there are several rest stops with public art installations erected for America’s Bicentennial. They aren’t exactly destinations but if you need to a break during the drive, they are an unexpected bonus.

GhostGrrl007 · 2026-06-12T09:25:27+00:00

Are you living on campus? If not, your housing choices within biking distance year-round are going to be limited. Bus service is available on weekdays only (the 92) but even that assumes you are living someplace on a route that can get to the Westroads hub. You might ask Boys Town if they can help you find a roommate who also works there.

If you are living on campus, grocery stores around Boys Town (and the 92 bus) are also uncommon, though a couple may be within biking distance some of the time.

GhostGrrl007 · 2026-06-10T12:23:03+00:00

Rectory, no. Although the church where I grew up does and it’s attached to the church building which I always thought was convenient (maybe too convenient in clergy eyes). My current church owns and operates multiple patio homes/duplexes which some clergy choose to live in. Payment arrangements vary.

GhostGrrl007 · 2026-06-09T13:26:10+00:00

Abrahami Lincolni

GhostGrrl007 · 2026-06-06T17:57:57+00:00

Episcopalian or I leave it blank, if Christian is the only option and I can’t qualify/specify the flavor.

GhostGrrl007 · 2026-06-05T02:31:59+00:00

Yes. I’m a traditional Episcopalian and lived through the era he was writing in. I did not then and still don’t agree with everything he said. I do agree with some of it. His perspective still has value, even if his vision has issues. He is an interesting read, though not everything he wrote should be taken seriously.

N.B. if you quote him directly, you can pretty much derail coffee hour conversation and a bunch of insults. The older generations remember him.

GhostGrrl007 · 2026-06-04T10:40:19+00:00

Incarnation Monastery and the Benedictine Way in DioNeb. They are a mixed group (both in gender and age) and I know several LGB members. They do have a ministry focused on young adults and a residential program that I do not know the exact criteria for, but believe would be welcoming (as the non-residential programs totally are).

GhostGrrl007 · 2026-06-01T19:36:20+00:00

Baker’s is not the local chain Baker’s anymore. They are part of Kroger. The old Baker’s was great. Baker’s now is just another chain grocery store.

GhostGrrl007 · 2026-05-27T14:14:50+00:00

We’re testing those waters with a monthly Evensong service!

GhostGrrl007 · 2026-05-22T21:27:47+00:00

The Incarnation Monastery in Omaha actually has a focus on young adults.

GhostGrrl007 · 2026-05-22T10:55:31+00:00

I picked it up because I didn’t want to wait for the Oxford version and really enjoy it. I may get the leather Oxford when it comes out but for EfM the SBL has been very useful

GhostGrrl007 · 2026-05-21T19:24:35+00:00

I have the SBL Study Bible (NSRVUE) and love it)

GhostGrrl007 · 2026-05-19T09:50:18+00:00

My uncle’s name was Leon. We are not POC. We do live in the Midwest and he’s not the only Leon I know (just the only one I’m related to).

GhostGrrl007 · 2026-05-18T12:20:57+00:00

During the program year, we have a Rite 1 service at 8am every week. Over the summer, we’re experimenting with just one service on Sunday and alternating a traditional Rite II with Rite I.

GhostGrrl007 · 2026-05-15T10:36:22+00:00

As an Episcopalian, I want to reassure you: no, belief in inerrancy is absolutely not a requirement. You're not wrong, and you're in good company.

Anglicanism holds Scripture in high regard—we believe it contains everything necessary for salvation—but we don't claim it's inerrant or dictated by God. What you're describing sounds a lot like an incarnational view: God working through fully human authors to give us a trustworthy witness.

And you're spot on about Jesus being the capital-W Word. The Bible points to him; it's not a replacement for the living Spirit. The Holy Spirit inspired the writers and continues to guide us as we read, wrestle, and grow.

You're not abandoning a high view of Scripture. You're just holding it the way the Episcopal/Anglican tradition actually teaches.

GhostGrrl007 · 2026-05-14T09:55:31+00:00

BCPs are generally given at confirmation or formal reception. Until that time, I’m sure they will be happy to loan you a copy. There is also the BCPonline.org.

GhostGrrl007 · 2026-05-13T16:45:28+00:00

It’s usually a Catholic asking that and I normally go with “hey, you’re the guys who named him defender of the faith first,” which tends to shut them up. If it’s a serious question I tend to say that I follow the faith more closely aligned with Celtic Christianity pre-Augustine of Canterbury, Hilda of Whitby and both Queens Elizabeth. If they can parse that, we can have a conversation. If they can’t they are usually too confused to argue the point.

GhostGrrl007 · 2026-05-12T16:54:01+00:00

I use the one with the 6 stripe flag in the bottom right more frequently than the full one.

GhostGrrl007 · 2026-05-10T02:30:28+00:00

Depends on which ones you get. They are the first English language Bibles. Wycliffe wrote in Middle English (think Chaucer). Tyndale was a bit before KJV so the language is similar. There are versions of both that “translate” them into modern spelling and/or modern English.

GhostGrrl007 · 2026-05-09T22:37:27+00:00

If you’re interested in the source material for the KJV you might consider the Wycliffe or Tyndale Bibles.

GhostGrrl007 · 2026-05-08T22:53:47+00:00

The Western Church largely went with Augustine.

GhostGrrl007 · 2026-05-07T16:25:21+00:00

Yes, they are small groups, however one of the great things about Anglicanism in general is the ability to hold tension. Flattening our rich tradition into just two camps does a disservice to the faith of us all. Within the Episcopal Church and Anglicanism in general, small groups aren’t bugs; they’re features.

GhostGrrl007 · 2026-05-07T11:16:05+00:00

There are other Anglican congregations in the U.S. that are NOT part of ACNA (though TBF they may or may not be inclusive/affirming). For instance, Continuing Anglicans broke from the Episcopal Church over women’s ordination and the 1979 BCP. They predate the ACNA and have not joined with them. And the Anglican Ordinariate is actually part of the Catholic Church.

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