An article published in the Church of England Newspaper claims there is evidence that Anglican Province of Nigeria is preparing to appoint a missionary bishop for Great Britain in a manner similar to the bishop appointed for CANA congregations here in North America.
Five bishops who are associated with the Anglican Communion Network in the United States have announced that they will not honor Bishop Lee’s pronouncement of a “godly judgement”. They claim that the deposed priests are still in good standing within the Anglican Communion and are free to function as priests in their respective dioceses.
“The Anglican church in Jamaica will include the lyrics of songs rendered by two of the country’s most famed reggae artistes – Bob Marley and Peter Tosh – in the next publication of its church hymnal due by the end of the year.”
Bishop Victoria Matthews, one of the leading Anglican Church of Canada bishops, has announced that she intends to resign from her position as Bishop of
The Episcopal Church Center, commonly called “815” (its street number on Second Ave in New York City) has announced that it is about to reorganize the way it works and reorient the structure of the various program groups that work directly under the Presiding Bishop.
Sometimes I need to explain to directees what is meant by the phrase “finding God in all things.” It has nothing to do with reading God into things, blaming God for disasters, saying this or that is God’s will. Rather, it involves opening ourselves to an encounter with God in whatever presents itself to us.
Meanwhile I was pushing redial over and over on my cell phone because I couldn’t get through to my sisters. Sometimes I got a busy signal. Sometimes a message that the network was busy. Sometimes the call didn’t go through at all. Over and over I called. Just wanting to be sure they were okay. And our son kept asking why.
It’s not really news that godparenting has evolved into “a revered but blurry mix of religious and secular duty,” but The Tennessean has devoted an extended feature to describing the history and current context of the tradition, which aligns closely with infant or child baptism and traces back to around the 8th century, when Catholic doctrine decreed that one’s spiritual birth is distinct from one’s physical birth.
Bishop Gene Robinson has publicly endorsed Barack Obama, according to published accounts of a telephone press conference today. On the one hand, Robinson is in the spotlight as a “civil rights leader,” but two cautions spring to mind, both issued by the Interfaith Alliance soon after the report of Robinson’s endorsement emerged.
Bishop Peter James Lee of the Diocese of Virginia has removed 21 clergy from the Episcopal priesthood. Twentytwo had been inhibited in January after the diocesan Standing
Committee determined that they had abandoned the Communion of The Episcopal Church. One inhibited clergy member has chosen to retract association with the group.