Olivia Cole writes in Huffington Post on the negative reaction to the brilliant and kind character of Beetee, portrayed by African American actor Jeffrey Wright:
Amanda Marcotte writes on the growing policy for Catholic Hospitals to refuse care for women who are losing their pregnancies. From her article in Slate:
Writing at his blog A Long Way from Home,
Wednesday, December 4, 2013 — Week of Advent 1, Year Two [Go to Mission St Clare for an online version of the Daily Office including
The Archbishop of Canterbury reflects on the progress and the issues of a response to HIV/AIDS especially in Africa. How can the church be an
… trying to avoid the penitential aspect of Advent is just another way of avoiding the hard call of Christ to give up what we value most in service to God and our fellow travelers…
When we insist on a strict observation of Advent, we are the only people — as Christians – who are NOT talking about Christmas and singing “Christmas” hymns* at the exact time when we have the culture’s fullest attention.
The Reverend David Sellery, Author, Resource Creator and Retreat Leader. Committed to a vocation that focuses on encountering God in the midst of everyday life,
by Deirdre Good When we ignore or gloss over major aspects of a person like C. S. Lewis—roots, religious affiliation, ethnicity—we diminish our own understanding
The Episcopal Church is in the midst of supporting 16 days of activism against gender-based violence, and the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, president of the