Because a new bill before the Arizona legislature would require medical officials to report anyone they suspect of being here without documentation to State authorities, many people who need medical care are avoiding getting it.
Faiths change over time. They bring different parts of their experience of God into sharper focus and allow previous certainties to fade. Whether you call
The Executive Council of the Episcopal Church (the interim governing body between General Conventions) concluded its meeting in Fort Worth yesterday and reported that a key portion of their conversation focused on responding to calls to reconsider the structure and governance of the Episcopal Church.
Paul writes: “I was resolved that the only knowledge I would have while I was with you was knowledge of Jesus, and of him as the crucified Christ.” So we look to an icon of human weakness and failure to discover the power of God; this is one of the truly bizarre things about Christianity. But the strange, troubling image of the crucified can also be tremendously liberating.
It is my contention that Douglass anticipated a liberation theology, a theology that is at the heart of the Christian tradition to eradicate economic, social, and political oppression. Douglass was carving an emancipatory pedagogy out of the stone of oppression that weighed heavily upon him and his people.
A former Episcopalian tells fellow conservative Roman Catholics that they should take the Ordinariate seriously in North America. To prove his point, he plays with numbers and even made a Google map.
The World Council of Churches has decided to scrap the title of their main legislative body. “The Central Committee” sounded a little too Soviet for a worldwide gathering of Protestant and Orthodox churches.
Bishop Price of Pittsburgh has issued a pastoral direction guiding discussions between parishes that wish to leave the Episcopal Church and the diocese, offering a way forward for resolving property issues, including an 8-point overview of what would be involved in those conversations.
Members of the Diocese of Fort Worth told Executive Council about their mission, ministry, and shared stories of hope, healing, and reconciliation. They described the long journey ahead to rebuild their diocese.
Does the Nippon Sei Ko Kai support the Anglican Covenant or not? The answer may be in the eye of the beholder.