David Walker noticed that there is a new twitter site for the Church of England called, and we are not making this up, “Twurch of England.” It is for the the bishops and clergy and…the clergy and bishops of the CofE. This caused our friend to mount a small revolution
Bishop Gene Robinson of New Hampshire is the new Senior Visiting Fellow at the Center for American Progress, a Washington, DC, think tank.
The new Archbishop of Nigeria continues the tradition of confusing opposition to homosexuality with moral leadership.
Walter Robinson teaches journalism at Northeastern University. Before that, he led The Boston Globe’s investigative unit, which in 2002 and 2003 documented sexual abuse within
As journalists ask “what the did the future pope know and when did he know it?” the Archbishop of Westminster, Vincent Nichols, writes about his shame and anger about clergy who abused children sexually. It is no surprise that laity who have witnessed the cover-up in real time have different perspectives.
Sin is deliberately turning one’s back on what God has done for us in salvation history. It is not just a matter of pride and raising ourselves up too high, but it is also a matter of excess shame and hiding our true selves from others.
Who is recognized as “great”?
Whose name will I find in history books?
Their discussion of genetics . . . shows a complete failure to understand basic principles–what it means to say something is innate, and the fallacy of a single gene theory
Pew sitting can engender feelings of familiarity, anonymity, and detachment. Conversely, participating in an exuberant procession can feel awkward, encourage physical and emotional interaction with others, and demand engagement. In other words, exuberant processions clash with the self-concept of many Episcopalians as God’s frozen chosen.
Born a slave in the household of a prominent Philadelphian, Richard Allen was sold to a Delaware farmer who allowed him and his brother to work as day laborers to purchase their freedom. In Delaware, Allen also encountered exhorters of the Methodist Society, then still affiliated with the Church of England. The antislavery position of the Methodists attracted him, while their inspiration led him to teach himself to read and write and to feel a spiritual awakening.