Episcopal school saves 387 lives
At St. Peter’s Episcopal School . . . participated in a global outreach program, NetsforLife, through Episcopal Relief and Development.
At St. Peter’s Episcopal School . . . participated in a global outreach program, NetsforLife, through Episcopal Relief and Development.
Today’s young Evangelicals cut an altogether different figure. They are socially conscious, cause-focused and controversy-averse. And they are quickly becoming a growth market.
“I came via the scenic route . . . a little like Jonah where God says, “I want you to go to Nineveh.” Oh no. I’m going to Tarsus. Tarsus sounds like a really nice place. I’m heading off in the opposite direction. And fast!”
Jefferts Schori said his Pentecost letter suggesting sanctions for churches that disagree . . smacked of discredited colonial practices.
University of Michigan researchers say empathy among U.S. college students is at a 30 year low.
The Spirit’s ministry is described in nearly the same terms as that of Jesus himself, who is sent by the Father to declare the things he has seen and heard. Like Jesus, the Spirit is a faithful witness, who speaks only what belongs to Another. As Jesus puts it, he will take what is mine and declare it to you.
If you were to travel in Uganda to the small town of Námugónga, a few miles from Kampala, you would find there at the Anglican Church one of the most bizarre memorials ever erected—it is a large cross, and piled like cordwood beneath the cross are some 25 life-sized ceramic figures, with their heads and shoulders protruding from bundles of wood and cane rods which encase the bodies.