The Archive
Year: 2013
Pope Francis urges spirit of brotherhood/sisterhood for all
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What is it about clergy collars?
The Rev. Joanna Fontaine Crawford, Unitarian Universalist minister
We are not all in this together. Is that even possible?
The economic interests of the rich and the rest are at odds, writes Shamus Khan in an op-ed for The New York Times. And since
Re-thinking Advent: a zest for life
The real hope of Advent is that God, in God’s way and God’s time, is bringing to completion what God began in Jesus, a hope that animates and empowers God’s people with a genuine zest for life. So this Advent, please do not obstruct these gates; instead, let’s proclaim the one who is life itself.
Delight
Delight yourself also in the Lord, and he shall give you the desire of your heart. (Psalm 37:4) What strange and troubling times we live
When the Jesus you were expecting isn’t the Jesus who shows up
As yesterday’s Gospel reading makes clear, the Jesus that John the Baptist got was not exactly the Jesus he was expecting: When John heard in
Chuck Blanchard, 2.0. At least.
Good news for readers of the Episcopal blogosphere: After four and a half years as General Counsel to the United States Air Force, Chuck Blanchard
Methodist pastor in same-sex wedding controversy won’t surrender credentials
At a news conference at Arch Street United Methodist Church Dec. 16, the Rev. Frank Schaefer said he will not surrender his clergy credentials and intends to continue to be an outspoken advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
Moving “the front line” of your ministry forward
Bishop Steve Lane of the Diocese of Maine has asked clergy and members of his diocese to move “the front line” of their ministry out