Bishop John Bryson Chane of the Diocese of Washington will give the invocation and Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori will offer the closing prayer at the National Prayer Service organized by the Presidential Inaugural Committee at 10 a. m. on Wednesday, January 21 at Washington National Cathedral.
Those who follow interAnglican strife will no doubt recall that during the Lambeth Conference, Archbishop Daniel Deng Bull, primate of the Church of Sudan called
I write to you to invite you into conversations with me regarding your relationship with the Episcopal Church in view of the January 5, 2009 California Supreme Court decision on property. I am, of course, not an attorney, but the decision is clear that all property and assets of a parish are held in trust for the wider Episcopal Church.
The fighting in Gaza has waged on all week. The Church Times has a report on the situation and a number of pictures from the
Bishop T.D. Jakes, the Dallas megachurch pastor, will preach at the private church service that President-elect Barack Obama will attend the morning of his inaugural, The Associated Press has learned. Jakes will give the sermon Tuesday at St. John’s Episcopal Church.
A broad coalition of religious groups here in America are pressuring President-elect Obama to move quickly to recreate a ban on torture for prisoners in
There’s a pretty significant cold spell settling down across the east and mid sections of the US right now. The overnight cold is so bad
When Jesus began his ministry, he delivered an inaugural address, too, most likely written without a team of consultants. And like those Washington speechwriters, Jesus also squirreled himself away for a while. Jesus always removed himself for a time of prayer before making his move.
When the holy Abba Anthony lived in the desert he was beset by accidie, and attacked by many sinful thoughts. He said to God, “Lord, I want to be saved but these thoughts do not leave me alone; what shall I do in my affliction? How can I be saved?”