The Rev. Lang Lowrey, Interim President of the General Theological Seminary held a web conference today (Friday) describing in more detail the plan restructuring plan announced a week ago.
It is clear that significant damage has occurred, including the loss of the stained glass windows and iconic words “Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel.”
Uganda’s Ethics and Integrity Minister James Nsaba Butoro says that stories of persecution of gays and lesbians in his country are lies. He also expects the infamous “kill-the-gays” bill to pass Uganda’s legislature “in due course.”
The University of Virginia held a moving vigil Wednesday night to combat sexual orientation bullying and honor those who committed suicide. Several Episcopal clergy and some other ministers joined several hundred students, faculty, staff and members of the community.
Rectors of two parishes called the Church of the Heavenly Rest have placed a friendly bet, payable in food, over the outcome of the American League Championship Series. One parish is in Texas and the other in New York City.
They who take up religion on a false ground will never adhere to it. If they adopt it merely for the peace and pleasantness it brings, they will desert it as soon as they find their adherence to it will bring them into difficulty, distress, or discredit. It seldom answers therefore to attempt making proselytes by hanging out false colours.