{"id":28658,"date":"2020-12-03T15:21:58","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T20:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=28658"},"modified":"2020-12-03T15:22:39","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T20:22:39","slug":"dismantling-advent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/dismantling-advent\/","title":{"rendered":"Dismantling Advent"},"content":{"rendered":"

Advent is the time in the liturgical calendar when we expectantly wait and prepare for both the celebration of the Nativity of Christ at Christmas and the return of Christ at the Second Coming.<\/p>\n

This year, the Anglican Church of Canada has decided to use Advent as an excuse for jumping on the latest faddish secular bandwagon \u2013 what a shock, I hear you mutter \u2013 and denounce racism and white supremacy.<\/p>\n

They are vowing to \u201cdismantle\u201d racism but, instead, have dismantled Advent, an opening skirmish in their battle to dismantle Christianity. If only someone would dismantle the Anglican Church of Canada. Oh, I forgot, they are dismantling themselves<\/a>. We don\u2019t have too long to wait.<\/p>\n

From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"\"This Advent, we feel called to name the truth that the sin of racism and white supremacy is ongoing. People continue to be subjected to and oppressed by these systemic evils, even within our own churches and the ecumenical movement.<\/p>\n

For the sake of our common mission and witness to the gospel of Jesus Christ, we share a commitment to dismantling racism and combating white supremacy, and we actively seek opportunities to engage more deeply. We bind ourselves together in this work, even as we are bound together by a common history of complicity with evil. We look forward to meeting with members from the Black, Indigenous and other communities of color within and beyond our churches to help us develop specific goals and actions. We know this will not be easy, but it is essential. It happens only by moving beyond the borders of the familiar, encountering the truth, trusting God\u2019s grace and being transformed. We have much to learn from and with each other.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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