Religion Dispatches looks at the conservative Christian response to marriage equality and sees two possible paths being followed, but it isn’t clear where either might lead
This week’s review is ‘Spotlight,’ a film that chronicles the Boston Globe’s work that lifted the lid on child abuse and cover-ups in the Roman church.
Sometimes God’s demands on each one of us are the demands of the lover. “Turn away from all distractions and put your focus here, on me.” “Take on the searing joy, the profound mystery and the deep commitment of this relationship.”
Via ACNS: The Revd Canon Nancy Charton, the first woman to be ordained to the priesthood in South Africa, has died. “I remember Nancy fondly
While the number of people giving money to charity had dropped back from 68% to 63%, volunteer rates in the US are on the rise
They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them
I had not realized until now how much St Martin’s historical feast day had been a part of the development of our tradition of Advent. From the late 4th century through the middle ages, St Martin’s day on November 11th, marked the beginning of 40 days of fasting through to Epiphany on the 6th of January.
“We give you praise for the gifts of perseverance, teaching and wisdom made manifest in your servant, Artemisia Bowden, whom you called far from home for the sake of educating the daughters and granddaughters of former slaves in Texas.”
Following fires in churches around the country, and in the wake of this summer’s shooting at Emanuel AME church in Charleston, SC, the arrest this
Today marks the fortieth anniversary of the loss of the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald, with all twenty-nine lives aboard.