Following public criticism, several embarrassing cases resurfacing from the past and a painstaking subsequent review of procedure, the Church of England has published its “model protocol” for handling child protection cases.
Meeting at Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in Chicago, Dec 5-7, the 50-member group known as the Chicago Consultation urged leaders of the Episcopal Church to permit the blessing of same-gender relationships and to remove barriers that keep gay candidates from being elected as bishops, according to a news release from the group.
They were forbidden from voting because St. John’s vestry decided last week to not pay its dues to the Diocese of San Joaquin. “We didn’t want the money going to some group other than the Episcopal Church.”
Homophobia is the fear that I cannot exist and flourish as who I really am if others come out of the closet about being LGBT. So understood, homophobia is an instance of the false conviction that I cannot be as big as I really am (cannot stand up to full stature) unless others pretend to be smaller than they really are–a thesis that is ancient, dishonorable, and directly counter to the Gospel!
Daily Reading for December 12 Contrary to all our fond hopes, you seized upon precisely this kind of human life and made it your own.
Glass, attorney who represents congregations and individual Episcopalians who wish to remain in the Episcopal Church, and another person who requested not to be identified told ENS that Bishop Schofield threatened the personal livelihoods and congregational finances of priests who opposed his efforts to lead the diocese out of the Episcopal Church.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, stops work at 6pm so he can watch The Simpsons with his family. He is more afraid of
Your faithfulness and steadfastness to your community and your vows inspire all of us. More than inspiring us, your efforts deserve our active support because, in truth, you are acting on behalf of all of us.
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has released her Christmas message calling us to “[find] Immanuel as immigrant, wanderer, child.” Many make an extra effort to
The Dallas Morning News reports that stores are almost out of a best selling Talking Jesus Messenger of Faith doll. The 12-inch doll is made