In Malawi there are two new bishops. In Upper Shire Diocese the elected candidate is the Revd Fr Leslie Mtekateka. In Lake Malawi Diocese, the Venerable Francis Kaulanda was elected.
“Even though Williams explicitly says this is not a first-class, second-class division, it feels that way.”
Here is a collection of a few of the good things that Episcopalians and their congregations have done that made the news this past week. And other news fit to print.
The Rev. Dr. Mariann Budde, the Rev. Bonnie Perry and the Rev. Brian Prior have been nominated for the election of the next bishop of the Diocese of Minnesota. Integrity applauds slate of candidates.
This book is a rock-the-foundations work. Christians have been thoroughly taught that the crucifixion of Jesus saved the world. If the crucifixion is absent in historic Christian art, what is present?
I read today that the Episcopal Church has cut its entire Evangelism budget, and without getting into a debate about why this line item was vetoed, I began to think about the need for grass roots Evangelism. To share our Faith with others, we need to live ethically, and we also need to speak with passion about the tenets of our Faith, to speak about God’s work in our lives. In essence, I believe, we need to recapture the ministry of preaching.
Not one of the Twelve, but perhaps one of the seventy, approached without fear and took charge of Jesus’ funeral. Joseph therefore came and asked the favor from Pilate, which he granted. And why should he not? Nicodemus also assists him and furnishes a costly burial