…at first the crowd might simply think we’re crazy, and are there solely for curiosity’s sake, but give it enough time, some others carrying the burden of being a one-person band are bound to show up and sing along. We might even discover we are part of of a sky full of stars–with such a heavenly view.
The Baltimore Sun provides an audio transcript of Bishop Cook’s appearance before the judge seeking leniency for her first arrest. The Sun also has more comments from
January 31 was Thomas Merton’s 100th birthday, a Catholic convert who became a Trappist Monk, a writer and even a peace activist. Why does Merton still matter?
The founder and former editor of The Episcopal Café, Jim Naughton, today was awarded The House of Deputies award. Past and current members of the Café team
… good fun or bad idea? Does this perpetuate the stereotype of the Episcopal Church or trying to show that we drink responsibly. What “equally attractive alternative beverage” is being offered?
It will take time to change the culture of dominance and denial, fear and disregard for the integrity of our bodies but many folks have been trying and I am hoping that more will join us to do so.
Calling a new rector is not like hiring a new associate for your law firm. Calling a new rector is not like voting for a new senator or mayor.
It’s more like preparing to enter into the covenant of marriage. To do it right means you need to be thoughtful and prayerful, and that usually takes some time.
For millions of people around the world, two letters of the alphabet represent a conversion, a total change, and a life-saving choice. Those two letters are AA for Alcoholics Anonymous, and the man considered the chief founder was a man named Bill Wilson, known as Bill W in the rooms of AA.
By protecting people who would discriminate anyway, Bishop Gene Robinson says that any proposal to build in a ‘religious exemption’ to civil rights legislation for
Kevin Madigan of the Harvard Divinity School says Christians should not assume that there is something about Islam that is intrinsically violent, anti-Semitic and anti-modern. After all,