Call to mind with me the time when Peter was praised and called blessed. Was it because he merely said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God”? No, he who pronounced him blessed regarded not merely the sound of his words, but the affections of his heart.
As requested of all provinces, the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church has submitted its response to the St. Andrew’s Draft of the Anglican Covenant.
The suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Dallas spoke with the Corsicana Daily Sun about a legislator’s bill that would override the Dennis Canon. The bishop did not come out against the bill.
Episcopal permission be given to a limited number of parishes, based on Episcopal discernment, to offer prayers and blessing (but not the nuptial blessing) to same-sex couples in stable, long-term, committed relationships, as an extension of the current pastoral norms.
Father Matthew Moretz, the Episcopal You Tube Star, has a few thoughts on evangelism.
“What if the Episcopal Church is poised and positioned for its greatest season of ministry ever? What if difficulties of recent years were actually like pruning on a vine, making way for great fruit and new wine to come? What if historic values and virtues have become like a treasure hidden in the Episcopal Church, waiting to be rediscovered and shared?”
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Peace between victor and vanquished
Peace between old and young
Peace between rich and poor
The peace of Christ above all.
In previous years the NFL has frowned on congregations getting together to watch the Super Bowl together on a large screen – and especially so
Here at the Café we’ve been notified that earlier today Bishop Jack Iker, who left the Episcopal Church with a group from the Diocese of