August 30, 2012 – Episcopal Cafe

Who knew? Mitt Romney, Bain Capital and the Episcopal Church Pension Fund

August 30, 2012 23 Comments

In those days, sometimes I wondered if I had made a really big mistake. I had thought about asking my church’s pension fund to invest, but I didn’t. I figured it was bad enough that I might lose my investors’ money, but I didn’t want to go to hell too. Shows what I know. Another of my partners got the Episcopal Church pension fund to invest. Today there are a lot of happy retired priests who should thank him.

Strutting our materialistic selves on Facebook

August 30, 2012 8 Comments

Bishop Kirk Smith of Arizona ponders the eagerness with which we tend to share the extravagance of our lives via social media. Describing what he

New breed of street evangelists share ministry of presence

August 30, 2012 4 Comments

A new breed of evangelism is hitting the streets, characterized by progressive Christians sharing a ministry of prayer and presence. Adrian Dannhauser says this is

Franciscan characterizes sex-abuse victims as seducers

August 30, 2012 6 Comments

Writing in the National Catholic Reporter, Tom Robert rightly slams Franciscan leader Fr. Benedict Groeschel for remarks that place blame for clergy sexual abuse squarely

Why are Christians so mean?

August 30, 2012 8 Comments

Christians can be remarkably mean-spirited, notes the Rev. Kimberly Hyatt of Jacksonville, Fl., blogging at patheos.com:

Promoting civility

August 30, 2012 2 Comments

Religious fundamentalists who insist that politics must be theocratic or Theodosian—equating a particular political order with God’s will or design—often find democracy the work of

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