The Lead just received a press release from the Presbyterian centered More Light organization reporting on actions taken today at the biannual General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. The actions taken today, if ratified, will eventually make it possible for gay and lesbian pastors in committed same gender relationships to serve openly in ordained ministry.
Lionel Deimel, an Episcopal layperson in the Diocese of Pittsburgh writes of some of the preparatory steps being taken in that diocese by laity and clergy from across the spectrum who wish to remain Episcopalian should there be a vote by other members of the Diocese to leave the Episcopal Church.
Canon Eugene Sutton, who will be consecrated tomorrow as the state’s first African-American bishop, is the great-great-grandson of slaves. Maryland’s first bishop, the Right Rev. Thomas John Claggett, was a slaveowner.
A Virginia circuit court judge has ruled that the statute governing possession of church property in case of a division is consititutional. An appeal to
Following a press conference at which he refused to condemn violence against gays “Akinola, previously described as a luminary of the conservative movement, has now been hidden away until Sunday afternoon, when a statement outlining a skeleton structure for a “flying communion” has been issued and, handily, when most of the press will have left Jerusalem altogether.”
In a campaign comment ahead of today’s uncontested election in Zimbabwe, President Robert Mugabe has condemned Archbishop Rowan Williams as lacking a “moral compass” and said that gays in the church are a sign of “moral degeneracy”.
The Church Times is among those reporting that GAFCON may create some new structure. What kind of structure remains to be seen, as does how
What of the potential for pushback from dioceses that are doing well on their own? To limit tensions between winners and losers from a mandate, the current thinking is that premiums charged to the dioceses will be set based on regional demographics and regional cost of healthcare. The hope is that as a result each diocese would be at least as well off as it is going it alone.
I suppose my greatest curiosity about the afterlife is whether I will continue to be me. I want to continue being me, of course. I want not only to see all of those creatures that I have rescued through the years; I also want to see the loved ones whom I have lost. I want to lay my head on Grandma Lucy’s lap again.