Episcopal Relief and Development is one of five organizations that have received the first Malaria Communities Program grants, part of a $30 million initiative created under the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) to support the efforts of communities and indigenous organizations to combat malaria in Africa.
Medieval breviaries and the missals make me sad. They show a shift in the liturgical culture, a movement away from this vision of the whole community gathered in prayer together. The culture and piety of the eleventh and twelfth centuries began to move to individual priests praying masses and offices on their own. Architecturally, altars proliferated in cathedral sanctuaries and side-chapels, each a niche for a priest on his own.
Deacons have constantly been inspired by the story of the seven Greek men who were presented to the apostles who, in turn, ‘prayed and laid their hands on them’ (Acts 6:6). Tradition has seen in these men, and in particular the most famous of them, Stephen, the forerunners and prototype of the church’s deacons.
Louie Crew, one of the founders of Integrity, and Brian Cox, one of the founders of the American Anglican Council, have issued a joint letter asking for donations to fund the listening process that was called for by the Lambeth Conference in 1998.
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Roads were packed, tents were pitched, and crowds wearing their Sunday best were out in droves, as thousands of people gathered in Jamaica to hear the Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, speak to mark the 200th anniversary of the Abolition of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. Sentamu is a black African who fled persecution Uganda under the rule of Idi Amin.
What Jesus insisted upon was a certain spirit in one’s conduct and was careful to teach principles only, knowing that when the spirit is right, details take care of themselves. He states, “The letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.” And so, I ask, what would Jesus think about the spirit, tone and tenor of these breakaway Episcopalians?
After the 2004 elections, religious conservatives were riding high. Newly anointed by pundits as “values voters” — a more flattering label than “religious right” — they claimed credit for propelling George W. Bush to two terms in the White House. Even in wartime, they had managed to fixate the nation on their pet issues: opposition to abortion, gay marriage and stem cell research.
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A truly delightful video interview with Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori on KOCO TV in Oklahoma: watch it here.