submergence

Anglican Communion Facetime 'Anglimerges'

I've been focused much these days on the Anglican communion and all the goings on with fears surrounding a breach, but even so, some of us will remain grounded by a theology of communio that is un-breakable because it is perichoretic and thus needs to be proleptic within the church...

So I started a Facebook group called 'Anglimergent,'  to give this kind of communio theology some good old Anglican incarnation/embodiment
in cyberspace and hopefully in physical space also into the future.

The whole idea is to engage emerging church 'conversation' across divides and *within* the Anglican communion. If such conversations among diverse friends can yield fruit among vastly different Christian traditions within the wider emerging church conversation, then emergent conversation can also help us image and incarnate an alternate Anglican future that is different from the breach scenario and 'Anglican family feud.'

We are supposed to see Christ in the 'other,' so Anglimergent is trying to give some face and talk time to diverse Anglicans seeking missonal unity and friendship  (TEC, AMiA, CANA, ACC, CofE, the Anglican Church of Uganda ...) to show that God can indeed be found in the face of whoever is seen as Anglican 'Others.'

Also, I've really been feeling the communio among new friends. Here is a picture of some real Province VIII Anglican communion (Fr. Tommy, St. Aidan's San Francisco, Abbess Karen, Apostles, Seattle and Fr. Will, Grace Cathedral San Francisco).

My dream is for there to be an Anglimergent Cafe Space at the next General Convention in 2009.

And friends from AMiA, CANA, ACC also consider hosting an Anglimergent cafe at your conventions too (and inviting a few of us TEC folk, as we will invite some of you to ours).

To do this at the TEC GenCon, we'd need some support from folk who are planning this shindig to get us there and give us the cafe space. I will work on this with others, so Bishop KJS, if you are reading this, email me :-)  karen@apostleschurch.org

There are also Luthermergent and Presbymerget groups in Facebook to join, as you roll with one of these tribes.

And check out Anglimergent to roll with us as participant members of the emergent Anglican tribe.   

Cheers

'Good Habits' ;-) Karen's Sister Act

I'm off this week at a small, urban convent in San Francisco for a week of rest, reflection, prayer and spiritual work (under Bishop's orders).

I have been sent here by my Bishop, Nedi Rivera (pictured left).

She says that I need 'Abbess work,' cause I'm not the best Abbess (I'm over working, driven, over-reaching and 'sleepless in Seattle' and thus not the best model of the spiritual life for my beloved Apostles community (ouch).

Bishop Nedi can say this to me because she is a Franciscan, so I'm going to the Community of St. Francis (an Episcopal Franciscan Convent), but THANK GOD this is not out in the middle of nowhere. As an urban Abbess I get jazzed by the sights and environs of the big city. So as convents go, this place is perfect for me, as it is in the hip Mission District of San Francisco (relief).

Church of the Apostles is 'new wave Benedictine' oriented (ora et labora) prayer/liturgy and work is our focus, but hanging with the Franciscans will be great for me to soak in the Franciscan charism.

It will be a time of rest, prayer and daily Eucharist with time for writing (I'm working on the 'commentary' for our Apostles rule of life) so all of this is appropriate for an 'Abbess @ boot camp' to do.

On a few outings I'll visit some friends (yes, I can leave the convent). Fr. Will Scott from Grace Cathedral (whom I met on the blogsphere), Fr. Tommy Dillon from St. Aidan's Episcopal (whom I met at an Episcopal Evangelism conference) and yes, Episcopalians can spell the word and Mother Leslie Nipps (dreaming up Bay area emerging ministries and living in Oakland).

And I'm NOT in a big habit (like the lady to the left).
But I did find a source for them online if YOU want to get one.

I am 'into' habits here, but ones around ora et labora, prayer and worship to help better ground my Abbess work at home at COTA.

P.S.
I do NOT sing, and I've NEVER met Ted Danson ;-)