2015 – Page 71 – Episcopal Cafe

Speaking to the Soul: Jesus in Hiding

July 31, 2015 No Comments

Even Jesus had days when he wanted to shut the door, draw the curtains, and pretend no one was home. But someone comes and calls him out of hiding.

The Church of Whitmanism?

July 30, 2015 4 Comments

PhD student pens essay calling Leaves of Grass the first great work of scripture to be penned since modernity killed God. God isn’t dead, but there is something of faith’s reaction to modernity captured in Whitman’s work.

Primate of Brazil speaks out on General Convention’s passage of marriage equality

July 30, 2015 25 Comments

Primate of Brazil issues statement on GC actions in favor of marriage equality; affirms relationship with TEC and disavows any actions to isolate provinces

LDS Church considering alternative scout-like program

July 30, 2015 9 Comments

Mormons re-evaluating their relationship with Boy Scouts in wake of recent vote to open scouting to GLBT adults leaders

Do Aliens believe in God?

July 30, 2015 9 Comments

One of Britain’s leading news sites, the Guardian, has a regular feature where questions are offered and readers invited to answer. Yesterday’s question was; “Do aliens believe in God?” and it has spawned an interesting and engaging debate.

Installation of Presiding Bishop Michael Curry scheduled for November 1

July 30, 2015 1 Comment

The Episcopal Church Office of Public Affairs has announced that the installation of Bishop Michael Curry as Presiding Bishop will take place on November 1

Speaking to the Soul: First and Last

July 30, 2015 4 Comments

He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, ‘Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all.’ –

Justin, not Your Grace: A Newsweek interview with the Archbishop of Canterbury

July 29, 2015 No Comments

Newsweek has just published a somewhat prickly interview with Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, by Robert Chalmers, touching on questions of prayer (“Prayer isn’t a

Episcopal Camp in Baltimore provides outlet for children living amidst violence

July 29, 2015 No Comments

Nancy Fenton, executive director of Episcopal Community Services in Maryland, writes about what summer camp instructors are seeing in the art of elementary school students

National Cathedral, Diocese of Alabama, Presiding Bishop-Elect Michael Curry to honor Jonathan Daniels

July 29, 2015 1 Comment

Jonathan Daniels will join Mother Teresa and Rosa Parks in Washington National Cathedral – his likeness, that is – the third sculpture to be placed

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Year: 2015