The Archive
Year: 2013
Marriage Equality in the Episcopal Church: status map
Integrity has
Venite, exultemus
Commemoration of Chad of Lichfield O come, let us sing unto the Lord;* let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation. Let us
A bishop and a rabbi walked into a boardroom
What is it really like to lead a religious denomination in the 21st century? WNYC-FM business reporter Ilya Marritz spoke to Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and Rabbi Rick Jacobs, President of the Union for Reform Judaism, to find out.
Botswana celebrates 40 years
The Rt Revd Trevor Mwamba is retiring as Bishop of Botswana and moving to the UK as the Church in Botswana celebrates their 40th anniversary.
Next bishop of Blackburn to ordain women
The Ven. Julian Henderson, Archdeacon of Dorking, will be the next Bishop of Blackburn and he immediately broke from his predecessors by announcing that he will ordain women to the priesthood and is in favor of women serving as Bishops.
PHOD on preventing gun violence
The President and Vice-President of House of Deputies wrote today about ending gun violence in a letter to the Deputies of General Convention
No Special Standing
We have no privilege because of our religion. We are not better because of our belief. There is goodness and godliness present in the non-religious and other-faithed person. God comes to us in the unexpected one. Our theological presumptions, even when founded on the scripture, can be wrong or shortsighted. We all need God’s compassionate mercy. We’re all in the same boat, believer and non-believer alike.
Bishop Marc Andrus: why we signed the dump DOMA briefs
The Christ whom we recognize is the one who speaks in John’s Gospel, saying, “There are many things I would teach you but you cannot bear them now … the Sprit will lead you into all truth.” For Episcopalians, tradition is a moving force that is not only dynamic but that changes quality over time, and we might liken the change to be one of more light being cast into the world.