March 31, 2016 – Episcopal Cafe

Brian R. Seage, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi on HB 1523

March 31, 2016 13 Comments

The Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi stands as one with our brothers and sisters in the LGBT community and the Human Rights Campaign. We respect their painful journey as they have sought full inclusion in our society. Many of them share a Christian faith that is deep and profound. We should embrace their quest for equality and justice rather than placing obstacles in their pathway. – Bishop Seage

The spirituality of other primates

March 31, 2016 3 Comments

Do you think that it is possible for animals to be “spiritual” and/or “religious”?

St. John Coltrane Church faces eviction

March 31, 2016 1 Comment

Sunday Masses are built on a live performance of “A Love Supreme,” a 33-minute opus that saxophonist Coltrane wrote to express the awesomeness of God. The Rev. Franzo W. King, the church’s founder, archbishop and sax player, and his wife, Mother Marina King, started the church after attending a Coltrane show in 1965. They had what they call a sound baptism.

Book of Ruth to be focus of ACC Lusaka Bible study

March 31, 2016 6 Comments

The Book of Ruth will be the focus of Bible Study for the Anglican Consultative Council Meeting in Lusaka.

Pakistan: where every heart is broken

March 31, 2016 1 Comment

The prime minister of Pakistan has said that the heart of every Pakistani was broken and that the whole nation was in the state of grief and sorrow during a televised address to the nation following the horrific Easter Day bomb attack in Lahorethat left at least 72 people dead and more than 300 injured.

Speaking to the Soul: Sloppy Love

March 31, 2016 No Comments

Although it lifts my heart, I still find it hard to believe in God’s joyous regard. Surely it could not be real! How could God insinuate God’s self into the murky reaches of my soul this way?

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