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On this episode Fr. Aaron and Fr. Nick continue discussing the ACNA's stance on ordination of women to the priesthood while also looking at women's orders through the lens of Scripture, Tradition and Reason.

On this episode Fr. Aaron and Fr. Nick discuss the ACNA's stance on ordination of women to the priesthood and the idea of dual integrities. They also begin to unpack some of the history surrounding women's orders while exploring the creation account and the importance of understanding cosmology, anthropology and male and female archetypes in Scripture.

0:00 - Chit chat
9:45 - Why talk about W.O.?
13:00 - Dual Integrities
15:30 - 15 years into the ACNA
16:30 - Goals for this conversation
20:00 - Mere Anglicanism and Calvin Robinson
23:40 - Idealogical Context of Our Current Moment in Time
40:25 - Galatians 3:2844:30 - Created in God's image, Male and Female He created Them
48:00 - Cosmology and Archetypes
54:30 - Intended goal of creation
1:07:40 - Have we forgotten the First Story?
1:09:15 - Was God arbitrary in his choice of gendered language?
1:20:40 - Why talk about it this way?
1:22:45 - Conclusion

On this episode of Two Priests Talking we spend some time hearing from Fr. Nick.

0:00 Intro
0:44 Chit Chat
8:36 The Lid Fits the Mug
9:42 This is the interview
12:00 Earliest memories of faith?
16:28 People or the Institution?
21:03 College and The Navigators
27:50 Movement into Ministry
29:00 Katie
32:30 Moving to Knoxville
35:28 Ministry and Depression
41:36 Move toward Anglicanism
46:26 Beatitude or Theosis?
49:06 Old North Abbey
54:57 Ordination: an ontological reality
1:04:10 What would you say to your younger self?
1:07:15 Last Thoughts
1:10:34 Blessing

On this Episode of Two Priests Talking we interview one of our very own, Father Aaron Wright. We discuss his youth as a pastors kid, growing up into faith and Anglicanism, meeting and marrying his wife, life at Old North Abbey, why he is an Anglican and much more.

0:00 Intro
0:43 Chit Chat
4:25 Pastors Kid
7:55 Fairhope, Alabama
9:30 Raising Kids into Faith
12:00 Called to Ministry
23:20 Experiencing God
27:00 The Story and Anglicanism
32:30 The Gospels
38:00 Marriage and Kids
43:35 Ministry Life
45:39 Old North Abbey
52:00 What has surprised you most at ONA?
55:20 What is the biggest challenge facing ONA?
1:01:18 What are you most excited about at ONA?
1:03:04 UT Football
1:06:50 Tailwater or Mountain Stream?
1:08:21 Why I'm Anglican
1:12:21 Blessing

Challenges facing Global Anglicanism and what encourages Archbishop Foley.

On this episode of Two Priests Talking we have the privilege of interview His Grace, Archbishop Foley Beach. We chat about Georgia football, travel highlights, the challenges facing Global Anglicanism, GAFCON, and much more.

0:00 Intro
4:21 Welcome Archbishop Foley
5:41 UGA Football
7:31 Travel Highlights
9:15 Wildest thing eaten during international travel
11:40 Abp. Movement into Anglicanism
15:42 Ordination and Consecration
17:21 Challenges facing Global Anglicanism
23:31 Encouraged by...
24:46 GAFCON Thoughts
29:35 Young Clergy
31:31 Free Time
32:50 Final Thoughts
34:13 Blessing
34:45 Reflections on our conversation with Abp. Foley

On this episode of Two Priests Talking Fr. Aaron and Fr. Nick examine the role that suffering plays in living a life of flourishing and the temptation to erect our own towers of Babel rather than embracing Pentecost.    

0:00 Chit Chat  

5:54 Is Human Flourishing Possible? 

10:25 Suffering and Flourishing 

26:55 Babel and the lack of Meaning 

31:40 Babel as the Centripetal Humanist Project 

32:40 The God who Suffers  

34:30 The Invitation to Flourishing 

40:55 Theosis and the Divine Life 

1:03:05 Signing Off