The Archive

Day: July 13, 2012

Is there room for me?

July 13, 2012 13 Comments

How a rigid Vicar drove one woman out of her parish on the day of her wedding and into a spiritual life that avoids the Church.

Thanks for following the Café during General Convention

July 13, 2012 2 Comments

Thanks to everyone who followed our coverage of the General Convention of the Episcopal Church here on the Café, on our Facebook page, and especially on Twitter, which was the defining medium of the convention.

Confidence in organized religion very low.

July 13, 2012 No Comments

The Gallup Poll says that forty-four percent of Americans have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in “the church or organized religion.”

Rites for animals available

July 13, 2012 8 Comments

General Convention approved new rites and prayers for the care of beloved animals.

Summarizing General Convention #77

July 13, 2012 1 Comment

Some dioceses summarize of the accomplishments of General Convention and what it means for the local church.

Guns

July 13, 2012 24 Comments

What would it take our society and nation to develop a will to limit access to weapons designed to kill human beings? What would it take us to make a real public conversation about violence? What would it take us to stand up to the NRA?

Speaking truth to power