Lent comes late this year, but it’s not too early to start thinking about spring. In posting a Social Hour question about Groundhog Day, we had a reader point out that we can’t really reflect on it without observing that it’s also Candlemas; the two are inextricably intertwined.
Attendees to the Primates’ Meeting in Dublin issued a number of statements – including one pertaining to the death of gay Ugandan activist David Kato – and wrapped up their remaining business.
“Saviors and leaders are all around us – in these disciples of Jesus, and in similar communities far beyond this one. When we came to the baptismal font, each one of us was presented and dedicated to God to share Jesus’ healing work.”
“The man is 92 years old, he has worked for us, he has done his part and then we need to pray for him.”
The Anglican Church of Uganda sent a lay reader to lead the Friday funeral of slain gay rights activist David Kato. He proceeded to launch
It’s a maddening attempt to set himself free from what he did in Kampala, which was to essentially pour gasoline all over an already incendiary matter and then hand the Ugandan people a lit match.
When asked what Anglicans stand for, he suggests the proper answer is, “Yes, here are our articles, but here is our Prayer Book as well—come and pray with us, come and worship with us, and that is how you will understand what we stand for.” That is, what Anglicans stand for is found in an experience of common worship, not a historically limited document.
I have heard of an experiment in meditation. For a certain number of days, some years ago, a group of people made a circle around the city of Washington and meditated continually. Gathered unknown to itself within this circle of loving kindness, Washington changed. The statistics for that period in the city showed a remarkable and unprecedented decrease in violence and crime.
The Primates meeting in Dublin focused on the role of the Primates meeting, described in the Windsor Report and the Anglican Covenant as one of
During his annual address to Diocesan Convention this weekend, Bishop Howe announced that he would be ending his time as bishop of Central Florida in 2012 and called for the election of a coadjuto