Here’s a neat trick: We’ve been adding diocesan Facebook pages as well as those of cathedrals, bishops, and Episcopal-related nonprofit organizations to our “favorite pages.”
Union members of the national church office staff demonstrated at Church House in Westminster, and at Lambeth.
The infant
suffers the labor pains
of her own birth.
“A thousand years ago everybody knew, as a fact, that the earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew that the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on it. Imagine what you’ll know tomorrow.”
“Father,” it says, “I have sinned against heaven, and before you.” This is the first confession before the Creator of nature, the Patron of mercy, and the Judge of guilt. Although God knows all things, he awaits the words of your confession.
From the Church Divinity School of the Pacific: After much prayerful thought, discussion, and deliberation, the Board of Trustees of Church Divinity School of the
The situation in Haiti continues to be dire. While aid is streaming toward the impoverished nation, the necessary infrastructure to distribute the material goods is lacking. Haitians living abroad, particularly those in the U.S., often called members of the Haitian diaspora are trying to coordinate a work-around as quickly as possible.
A surprising genetic result has shown that the people of the Lemba tribes in southern parts of Africa are genetically descended from jewish people. The tests verify what the Lemba have always claimed for themselves – that they are the descendents of jewish men who came to the area, took local wives and settled permanently.
This weeks collection of stories seems to focus on the ways that Episcopal churches are managing to cross the lines to build bridges between people of different denominations through their outreach ministry, between the sacred and secular and the ancient and the modern.
The Archbishop of Canterbury was honored for his contributions to increasing the understanding and deepening the relationship of the UK and Russia. “The Order of Friendship” was awarded at a London ceremony attended by the Russian ambassador on behalf the President of Russia.