The Archive
Day: August 9, 2009
The service of soldiers
Stained-glass figures of war heroes – from Richard the Lion-Hearted to Nathan Hale – look down on Linda Strating as she addresses her tour group on its last stop, the War Memorial Chapel of Washington National Cathedral.
Episcopal bishops on “State of Belief”
Bishops Gene Robinson and Jane Holmes Dixon joined the Rev. Welton Gaddy of the Interfaith Alliance this week on his radio program State of Belief.
Ending usury
Action in Montgomery (AIM) a congregation-based advocacy group in Montgomery County Maryland, has joined with the 17 other groups in the Metro Industrial Areas Foundation in a campaign to cap credit card interest rates called 10 percent is enough.
Eternal life
In effect, Jesus is saying, “I am the bread of life,” not bodily bread, which merely eliminates the physical suffering brought on by hunger, but rather that bread that refashions the entire living being to eternal life. The human being, who had been created for eternal life, is now given power over death.