The Archive
Day: July 29, 2012
Celebrating the Philadelphia 11 on their 38th anniversary
Today is the 38th anniversary of the ordinations of the Philadelphia Eleven, the first women ordained in the Episcopal Church. Louie Crew has written a open for the occasion.
Bishop Budde: Rediscovering the reasons for our existence
Contrary to the conservative critique, it isn’t what we’ve changed that is weakening our congregations, but rather what we’ve been unwilling to change. For all our liberal theology and progressive politics, we’ve remained rather stodgy in worship, wedded to unwieldy structures, and resistant to growth. When I ask young people what keeps them from attending church, the answer, predictably, is that it’s boring.
Global South Primates: next ABC must ‘address the ecclesial deficit’ of Communion
The Primates write that they “expect to be consulted on this decision of great importance for the Communion.”
Mary, Martha, and Lazarus of Bethany
Psalm 36:5–10 Ruth 2:5–12 Romans 12:9–13 John 11:1–7, 17–44 John 11:1–7, 17–44 (NRSV:) Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of