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About Bruce Bryant-Scott

Canadian. Husband. Father. Christian. Recovering Settler. A priest of the Church of England, Diocese in Europe, on the island of Crete in Greece. More about me at https://www.linkedin.com/in/bruce-bryant-scott-4205501a/

What is the Meaning of this Text? (Part of A Study on the Servant Songs of Isaiah, Session Two)

“What is the meaning of this passage?” There have been many ways of answering this question. Indeed, there is a whole science called Hermeneutics that looks at how to interpret things (check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermeneutics). Anglo-American Analytical philosophy is entirely about … Continue reading

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A Study on the Servant Songs Session One November 25, 2014

A Study on the Servant Songs          Session One   November 25, 2014 Parish of St. Matthias, Victoria BC       Diocese of British Columbia, Anglican Church of Canada This session is about setting the context for looking at the Servant Songs. The Servant … Continue reading

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A Guide for Members and Delegates to the Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia

The eighth edition of the ever popular Synod Guide by yours truly is now available. You can download it at http://bc.anglican.ca/page/synod-2014 or it is available for download here.

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Prolegomena to Any Future Marriage Canon That Will Be Able to Present Itself as Biblical and Theological

A Submission to the Commission on the Marriage Canon, Anglican Church of Canada by The Reverend David Bruce Bryant-Scott BA MDiv ThM, Rector, The Parish of St. Matthias, Victoria, The Diocese of British Columbia, September 29, 2014 This paper presents … Continue reading

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Signing Off

In the old days we signed letters laboriously by hand, writing, “Yours sincerely, ” or “Yours truly,” to those we knew and loved, “Love,”.  If you were truly formal, you might sign, “I remain, Sir, your faithful and obedient servant,”. … Continue reading

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Open Source Church: Chapter One

What would happen if Christianity was like open source software (prominent examples are Java and OpenOffice, as well as the Firefox browser)? What would happen if the church was run like Wikipedia? The answer to this question is found in … Continue reading

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Levinas’ or Levinas’s ?

Part of my PhD dissertation is about the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995). A critical issue in any English language discussion of this philosopher is this: what is the correct possessive to use with the philosopher’s last name? Is it … Continue reading

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. . . and My Reply to Mr. McConaghy.

Dear Mr. McConaghy: Thank you again for your e-mail to me. It is always helpful when Christians have the opportunity to discuss their differences. It allows us to re-examine our rationales for particular conclusions, and acknowledges the paradox of diversity … Continue reading

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A Response to That Article In Maclean’s

With permission, I am posting a response I received to the article that appeared in Maclean’s http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/red-light-from-the-church/ My reply will be in the next post on this blog. The e-mail is from Mr. Brian McConaghy of Ratanak International http://www.ratanak.org . … Continue reading

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The Value of Paying Attention #2 (The Limits of Blogging)

Originally posted on In A Spacious Place:
Two interesting responses to yesterday’s post on “The Value of Paying Attention”. Tress observes in relationship to activity in the Comments Section of “In A Spacious Place” (IASP): lately I have been wondering…

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