2015 – Page 154 – Episcopal Cafe

Are we all responsible for the killings in Chapel Hill?

February 16, 2015 10 Comments

Last week, an angry man killed three of his neighbors over what he claims was a long-running parking dispute.

The three victims were all Muslim. Yusor Abu-Salha was a 21 year old planning to attend UNC Chapel Hill dental school that fall. She had recently been interviewed for NPR’s StoryCorps, by her 3rd grade teacher. Her little sister, Razan Abu-Salha, 19, was also killed, as was her husband, Deah Barakata, 23, who was enrolled as a dental student at UNC.

Church integration efforts in South Carolina

February 16, 2015 8 Comments

Racial segregation is the de facto standard for American Christian worship, but some churches are making a concentrated effort to integrate their communities. Writing for the Post and Courier, Adam Parker and Jennifer Berry Hawes profile integrated worship at several churches in Charleston, South Carolina.

Why are Darwin’s theories such a sensitive issue in America but not England?

February 16, 2015 13 Comments

Half of all Americans and Britons either don’t know or aren’t comfortable with Darwin’s theory of evolution. Why do so many British Conservative politicians accept the theory when their American counterparts do not?

Speaking to the Soul: The Poetic Core

February 16, 2015 No Comments

There’s an interesting theory about today’s gospel reading. Quite possibly, the author of John’s gospel crafted this passage by adding theological commentary and narrative material to what was originally a poem or hymn text familiar to Christians in his community.

The Magazine: Exploring the archives of Philadelphia Episcopal parishes

February 15, 2015 No Comments

Philadelphia Studies is a website dedicated to highlighting hidden treasures from the archives of Philadelphia are Episcopal Churches.

Giles Fraser: I regret that the devil is being made redundant. He’ll be much missed

February 15, 2015 8 Comments

And by their omission, we are being taken still further along the road from baptism as an expression of the big themes of death and resurrection to baptism as a polite middle-class naming ceremony. Once again, it feels like the church is chopping off its own balls.

The Magazine: Yoga for every body

February 15, 2015 2 Comments

To me, yoga means moving through the world authentically both on and off of the mat. When I am practicing yoga, I am in dialogue with the divine.

New Haven parish to worship on Facebook due to winter weather

February 15, 2015 2 Comments

In New Haven, the winter weather has resulted in a travel ban, so the parish of St Paul and St James will gather on Facebook instead.

The Magazine: The Habit

February 15, 2015 3 Comments

I have lots of habits. Some are bad, like never turning the lights off when I leave a room; others are good, for instance I’m usually prompt. But my best habit is the one I wear as a Sister in the Anamchara Fellowship. Every time I put it on I think of Paul’s description of the full armor of God

Speaking to the Soul: Transformed dreams

February 15, 2015 No Comments

At some point between two hills, transfiguration and the skull, these conniving disciples would start to understand. They’d have to give up delusions of grandeur, their secret dreams, and their own stubborn wills.

The Archive

Year: 2015