Homeless people who inhabit St Peters Square were invited for a private tour of the Vatican this week and were met by the Pope in the Sistine Chapel
Two recent articles, at NBC news and the Washington Post, inspired by the work of political scientist and author Robert Putnam (best known for his book Bowling Alone) have looked into the idea that declining religious participation is potentially a contributing factor to the rising wealth-gap.
by John G. Panagiotou This article originally appeared on the website of the Orthodox Institute of America “Where your treasure is there will your heart
“I never let go of the notion that a feeble human being could commune directly with the power behind all we see and know, like a surfer cascading across a wall of water pitched up along the shoreline by the fathomless ocean. “
All we really have for Holy Week and beyond is the presence of a God who stands with us and who has prayed all the desperate, unanswered prayers that we too have prayed. He is there, hanging on a tree.
More committees and commissions have added their reports to the Blue Book for General Convention. Available now are: Standing Commission for Small Congregations– posted 3/27/15
The South Dakota Capital Journal reports on a monthly hymn sing that helps keep Dakota language alive: …recently, for Native Americans who grew up speaking and
These words and images are gathered with respect, playfulness, and reverence for life. Our hope is to open conversations among people of many persuasions who have more in common than we often realize.
In 2014, Earth Hour broke all records of mass participation by mobilising hundreds of millions of people to become everyday super heroes for the planet and was celebrated in 162 countries and territories and over 7000 cities and towns.
Lent and Holy Week are about Jesus but it is also about us. It’s about our mortality and the promise of rest and resurrection. Perhaps the sound of the requiem is to be a comfort to us. The march to the cross leads not to a requiem but rather a celebration of life.