The Archive
Year: 2012
Most Americans now believe climate change is real
A majority of white mainline Protestants (65 per cent) and Catholics (60 per cent) believe the disasters are the result of climate change, while nearly two-thirds (65 per cent) of white evangelical Protestants believe the storms are evidence that we are in Biblical “end times.”
Both/And, Not Either/Or
To be absorbed into scripture is to nurture a “both/and” perspective… Great Christian doctrines are “both/and.” Jesus is both fully human and fully divine. God is both One and Three. Great heresies are created by relieving the “both/and” tension with an “either/or” decision.
An idiot’s guide to church and state in the UK
A guide to understanding church and state in the United Kingdom is also a useful primer for Episcopalians..
Time to end the Church of “No”
The denial of women bishops and the panicked reaction to the idea of marriage equality in the Church of England reveals that this is not just an institutional battle. It has become the way that many people have come to know the Gospel. The preoccupation with women and sex is driving people away from the Church. .
The collapse of US evangelicalism
John S. Dickerson, senior pastor of Cornerstone Church and author of The Great Evangelical Recession writes in the
A monk in the midst
A new video feature A Monk in the Midst from the Diocese of Massachusetts features Bishop Tom Shaw, a brother of the Society of Saint John the Evangelist, which has its monastery on Harvard Square. In this one, he speaks of how the church “wrecks” Christmas.
Ugandan president speaks against homosexuality at consecration
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni preached against homosexuality at the consecration of The Rt. Rev. Stanley Ntagali as primate of the Church of Uganda this weekend. But has he also signaled his intention not to sign the draconian anti-gay legislation under consideration by that country’s parliament?
What they preached about in Connecticut
Karin Hamilton, director of communications in the Diocese of Connecticut and the Rev. Molly James are collecting sermons preached in the diocese on Sunday in
“We believe that goodness can come out of the darkest days”
Anger is a normal part of the grieving process, but we cannot allow ourselves to stay angry. For if we allow events like us to make us angry or bitter than the evil one has won out. No matter how bad the day may be, no matter how tragic the circumstances, we cannot allow ourselves to be overtaken by anger or by fear.