Episcopal Life reports on the Archbishop of Ireland’s remarks to the Church of Ireland’s General Synod. The Most Rev. Alan Harper reflects on his visit
St. Ann’s Episcopal Church in the Bronx, New York City, is a center or work against gun violence. Episcopal Life reports on a Mother’s Day
With summer on the horizon in the northern hemisphere the Church of England’s Environmental Adviser, David Shreeve, is calling for households to switch off their
…with an increasing number of troops being diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, the modern military is debating an idea Gen. Washington never considered — awarding one of the nation’s top military citations to veterans with psychological wounds, not just physical ones.
Now that he’s on the brink of realizing one fantasy, Allen has concocted another. “I’m hoping the Phillies not only win, but that they pitch a no-hitter,” he says. “And I’m hoping the owners are so impressed that they ask: ‘Who was that fat, bald priest who sang the national anthem?’
The other day, I did the funeral of a woman I’ll call Polly. She lived alone, worked as a cashier in a gas-station/variety store 50 to 60 hours per week saving $5 here and $20 there to “pay off” the bills she carried after a being hospitalized for a seizure. As far as we can tell, her care was very good. Care was not the problem. The problem was that she was never going to pay her bills in anything like a normal lifetime.
To understand Luke’s Pentecost it is necessary to understand that the gospel doesn’t just go to the ends of the earth; the ends of the earth are present from the very first day. There is no secondhand, third-hand or fourth-hand faith.
State sponsored violence against members of the Anglican Church reached new levels over the weekend as police in different parts of Harare gatecrashed church services and beat up parishioners loyal to new bishop Sebastian Bakare.