Day: June 5, 2007

Southern Africa: Archbishop calls for reconciliation in the Holy Land

“If we have learned anything at all from our experiences in South Africa, surely it is this: that the only lasting solution to any conflict must come through a process of reconciliation that paves the way for a future built upon justice, where former antagonists can find true freedom, peace and prosperity together, and where each is served by, and therefore promotes, the flourishing of the other.”

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Tuesday Daily Office

On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered a village, ten lepers approached him. Keeping

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Putting the Fire in a Fireplace

Pentecostal churches are good at evangelizing, bringing people in, but they have also noticed that many of those people that they have brought into churches would over time go to more traditional churches and seeker-friendly megachurches. Is traditional liturgy part of the appeal?

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“Speaking for unity, oneness and equality”

Davis Mac-Iyalla launched the Chicago leg of his 20-city American speaking tour this weekend. In a feature, the Chicago Tribune provides good insight into the context of Mac-Iyalla’s visit, recapping his comments from a Sunday talk at Trinity Episcopal Church in Highland Park.

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PB to present concerns about climate change to Senate committee

Citing the need for immediate attention to serious issues of global warming, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori will represent the National Council of Churches at a Congressional hearing on global warming on Thursday. The Presiding Bishop, who holds a doctorate in oceanography, approaches the issue of climate change from both scientific and theological perspectives.

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Our soul is a made trinity

Not only are we made in his image and likeness, but the whole workings of our redemption, the way we walk in and towards God, is Trinitarian. Truth sees God, and wisdom beholds God, and of these two comes the third: that is a holy marvelous delight in God, which is love.

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Our coming-out party

What do Fenway Park, a blue and gold oil rendering of Our Lady of Good Counsel’s sacred spaces, international reaction to the Lambeth guest list, and reflections on William Countryman’s “Living on the Border of the Holy” have in common? They’re all on the “menu” at Episcopal Café.

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