Jenny Te Paa, a member of the Commission which proposed the creation of an Anglican Covenant, speaking at the conference in New York last week, has pointed out the reasons she’s changed her mind and now is concerned about its adoption. One of her concerns is that the Covenant in its present form will seek to protect male power in the Communion and diminish the voice of women.
I saw it again yesterday. Side by side in the Lansing State Journal’s obituary section, three separate obituaries announced that no services were planned for the departed. One said this was in accordance with the deceased’s wishes. The others were silent on the reason. Since I am in the “service industry,” as it were, I began to wonder about this.
The open gate is the choice that God is always placing before us. It is a sign of the opportunity that is ours. It is to do with our basic freedom; we can choose to go that way or to ignore it and go along another path.
The Archbishop of Canterbury has come out in defense of religion’s roll in the public sphere. While this is not terribly surprising, the argument he puts forward is that the inclusion of religious belief is critical to maintaining a pluralistic society.
Following on the popularity of Women’s Uncommon Prayers: Our Lives Revealed, Nurtured, Celebrated, this all-new collection of prayers, with its multicultural global reach, will be organized according to themes of the Millennium Development Goals. Prayers will show the connections between the global concerns of women and girls and their personal lives.
The Rt. Rev. Njongo Ndungane, retired Archbishop of South Africa is calling for all governments to scale up their efforts to meet the Millennium Development
“I’m just somebody’s mom who got really angry at the system and felt I had the opportunity to make a change,” Shepard said.
BBC News is reporting that a tragic fire of suspicious origins has swept through the Anglican Buddo Junior School girls’ dormitory in Uganda.
Domestic violence, women in leadership, and women’s access to technology-these are a few of the issues that the International Anglican Women’s Network (IAWN) would like to discuss with bishops and their spouses at the Lambeth Conference, the meeting of all Anglican bishops in July 2008.
We don’t have too look far to see the bright spots in our church. Check out the growing network of Episcopal Internship Communities across the United States. For several decades, churches and dioceses have sponsored small groups (4-8) of young adults (18-30 years old or so) who live in community and each member works at a social service agency.