An international coalition of Anglicans has been created to campaign against the proposed Anglican Covenant. Campaigners believe the proposed Covenant constitutes unwarranted interference in the internal life of the member churches of the Anglican Communion.
Richard Hooker, who was born about the time Latimer died and who himself died three years before Elizabeth, comes nearer to being its definitive theologian than anyone else the Church of England has produced, with his Treatise on the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity being the nearest approximation to an Anglican summa
Techno and traditional celebrations of the Day of the Dead can be found across the country from Trinity Wall Street in New York City to
…participants stood up one by one to tell of lives devastated by the abuse they suffered as children, of the guilt and shame and solitude they suffered in the belief that they were alone. “It’s time to stop the stonewalling and denial, The pope … has to do something about this world crisis. It’s like a tsunami over the world, and he has got to do something.”
The recent rash of suicides by gay youths who were tormented at school for their sexuality provided the impetus for Swilley’s public disclosure, the pastor told Atlanta news station WSB-TV. As a father…Think about your 16, 17-year-old killing themselves. I thought somebody needed to say something.”
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and other church leaders met with President Obama on the eve of the election.
Expectations themselves are neutral things. They can be used to spur us to excellence or to inspire us to grow and discover who we are. But they can also be used to deny our self-worth or sense of belonging. When John the Baptizer refuses to be defined by the expectations of the priests and Levites, he is holding onto the identity he has as the voice crying out in the wilderness.