Andrew Raines
@makeitraines.bsky.social
SC farmboy from the Pee Dee. Episcopal Candidate for Holy Orders in Dio of Upper SC. DPhil student at Oxford. Dogmatic Universalist. Vinegar BBQ enthusiast.
(I, however, am not.)
November 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
(I, however, am not.)
You’re on the ball!
November 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
You’re on the ball!
Paul Zach I’m pretty sure. Really good!
November 15, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Paul Zach I’m pretty sure. Really good!
Which new hymnal?
October 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Which new hymnal?
Few seem to have heard of mustum! I hadn’t before seminary
October 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Few seem to have heard of mustum! I hadn’t before seminary
I don’t believe so, but bishops have typically not resorted to the penal measures of their Victorian predecessors
October 4, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I don’t believe so, but bishops have typically not resorted to the penal measures of their Victorian predecessors
Very good! Much more gnashing of teeth to go around anyway
October 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Very good! Much more gnashing of teeth to go around anyway
I’m sorry if I seemed uncompassionate and incurious! My whole DPhil is about how God saves people through other religions’ sacraments too. But our denomination’s whole schtick in contradistinction to other Reformed folks is an emphasis on tradition and liturgy. We don’t get to make it up wholecloth
October 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I’m sorry if I seemed uncompassionate and incurious! My whole DPhil is about how God saves people through other religions’ sacraments too. But our denomination’s whole schtick in contradistinction to other Reformed folks is an emphasis on tradition and liturgy. We don’t get to make it up wholecloth
“Song of Songs, welcome, inclusion, vibes”
October 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
“Song of Songs, welcome, inclusion, vibes”
Liturgical diversity is a very different thing from reading non-Christian texts alongside the Bible as if they were of equal authority in our community. I’m a let a thousand flowers bloom kind of person, but we do have a religion. It’s not bad to think our departed fam should have a say in our life
October 3, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Liturgical diversity is a very different thing from reading non-Christian texts alongside the Bible as if they were of equal authority in our community. I’m a let a thousand flowers bloom kind of person, but we do have a religion. It’s not bad to think our departed fam should have a say in our life
A very unenviable position. People I respect say she’s a fabulous pastor and manager. I’m sure there will be great speech writers to come.
October 3, 2025 at 9:43 AM
A very unenviable position. People I respect say she’s a fabulous pastor and manager. I’m sure there will be great speech writers to come.
I hate to be read as mean-spirited or something. I’m sorry if it was uncouth given the medical emergency that happened. But there really is no special NY context that makes non-Christian readings in a church service make sense in our religion, and I just can’t be made to feel ashamed for that.
October 3, 2025 at 9:13 AM
I hate to be read as mean-spirited or something. I’m sorry if it was uncouth given the medical emergency that happened. But there really is no special NY context that makes non-Christian readings in a church service make sense in our religion, and I just can’t be made to feel ashamed for that.
I’ve heard so many opinions about her so idk either
October 3, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I’ve heard so many opinions about her so idk either
What do you think?
October 3, 2025 at 9:04 AM
What do you think?
I’m pretty perennialist in certain ways, and I believe that God has relationships with folks outside the visible Church. But that doesn’t mean I have the right to dissect other religions’ holy texts for bits and bobs that I find poetic and proclaim them alongside the Bible.
October 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I’m pretty perennialist in certain ways, and I believe that God has relationships with folks outside the visible Church. But that doesn’t mean I have the right to dissect other religions’ holy texts for bits and bobs that I find poetic and proclaim them alongside the Bible.
Jesus is Lord or he isn’t. Jesus is God or he isn’t. He died and rose for us to defeat evil and death or he didn’t.
October 2, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Jesus is Lord or he isn’t. Jesus is God or he isn’t. He died and rose for us to defeat evil and death or he didn’t.
And the gospel has more content than making us feel fuzzy about how many sorts of folks (that we already like bc they agree with us on secular politics) we can pull to the dinner table.
October 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
And the gospel has more content than making us feel fuzzy about how many sorts of folks (that we already like bc they agree with us on secular politics) we can pull to the dinner table.
Even if a more substantial perennialism were at play, there doesn’t seem to be much discernment in what’s read other than does it make me feel fuzzy about being rather undefinedly inclusive
October 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Even if a more substantial perennialism were at play, there doesn’t seem to be much discernment in what’s read other than does it make me feel fuzzy about being rather undefinedly inclusive
I’ve agreed it might not have been. That wouldn’t make it legal to read non-Christian texts.
I wish to be charitable, but knowing the way my fellow mainliners tend to think, it doesn’t usually go beyond nice vibes in things like this.
I wish to be charitable, but knowing the way my fellow mainliners tend to think, it doesn’t usually go beyond nice vibes in things like this.
October 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I’ve agreed it might not have been. That wouldn’t make it legal to read non-Christian texts.
I wish to be charitable, but knowing the way my fellow mainliners tend to think, it doesn’t usually go beyond nice vibes in things like this.
I wish to be charitable, but knowing the way my fellow mainliners tend to think, it doesn’t usually go beyond nice vibes in things like this.
Definitely. I don’t even want to make it about her, and I apologize for drawing too much attention to her person by including her name. Obviously there are lot more people there who think this was okay.
October 2, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Definitely. I don’t even want to make it about her, and I apologize for drawing too much attention to her person by including her name. Obviously there are lot more people there who think this was okay.
Bishops are charged with protecting true teaching, and that has a little more substance to it than feel good kumbaya. They’re required to make sure their flocks use rites in accordance with doctrine and worship of the Episcopal Church
October 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Bishops are charged with protecting true teaching, and that has a little more substance to it than feel good kumbaya. They’re required to make sure their flocks use rites in accordance with doctrine and worship of the Episcopal Church
Thing is, you wouldn’t be. That’s particularly an us thing. It’s one thing to have a rabbi read the Torah for us, but Islam is explicitly a rejection of us.
October 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Thing is, you wouldn’t be. That’s particularly an us thing. It’s one thing to have a rabbi read the Torah for us, but Islam is explicitly a rejection of us.