Washington Post blog contributor Alan Cooperman lists his five favorite “retellings” of Biblical stories, and is very effusive over the Jenkins/LaHaye books. But before listing his top five, he invites readers to share their favorites as well—or perhaps to just abuse him with their favorites; hard to say.
The Rev. Thomas Woodward, who writes for The Episcopal Majority blog, was invited to speak with members of the Fort Worth Via Media about “remaining Episcopal.” Before he did so, he asked Bishop Iker if they could meet and discuss whether Iker had concerns over his visit. He has written about the experience, noting his appreciation for the meeting and summarizing several insights about what it’s like to be in dialog with someone from the other side of the aisle, so to speak.
The “Moving Forward, Welcoming All” gathering of Episcopalians in the Diocese of San Joaquin is being broadcast online, live today at 10 a.m. Pacific (1 p.m. ET). The video stream will bring live coverage of the gathering at the Church of the Saviour in Hanford, California.
During a pastoral address that summarized the mission work of the Diocese of Virginia and illustrated the problems faced when giving doesn’t add up to diocesan needs, Bishop Peter James Lee, made some observations about the ongoing litigation with breakaway parishes, reiterating statements from the parish about the court case and the Va. Attorney General’s recent intervention in it. But the issue that stirred the most hearts was immigration policy.
In this essay from the Australian magazine Policy, Peter Saunders argues that while capitalism lacks romantic appeal, it “offers the best chance we have for leading meaningful and worthwhile lives.” Socialism’s history, he writes, “is littered with repeated failures and with human misery on a massive scale,” yet it is attractive to “people who never had to live under it.”
John the Baptist was a major figure – and yet, we really don’t know most of the details of his life – because he gave it away to point to Jesus. John was big, but he made himself small, as he pointed toward Christ and showed that disciples of God must live lives of giving it all away. It’s the central paradox of the Gospel – to live, we must die.
Heavenly Father
you sent your apostle Paul to preach the gospel
and gave him Timothy and Titus
to be his companions in the faith: