In a neat synchronicity, three different voices across the internet spoke to the intersection of past and future of the Episcopal Church, largely lamenting a sense of something lost but also looking hopefully at the potential of a new beginning.
We tell the story, or cherish the memory, consecrating that moment in time, instead of recognizing that all of time is consecrated, and what set those times apart was the opening of our eyes.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu is an Elder Emeritus
The ordained women of La Iglesia Anglicana de Mexico met together for the first time as a group.
The Doctor is an alien Time Lord whose sacrificial love for the human race and the planet earth has been demonstrated repeatedly over the course of the show’s more than fifty years.
I have to admit that when anything grows, I’m amazed. Amazed that such a small seed in the ground can transform into a beautiful, fruit-bearing plant.
The Church Pension Group today rang The Opening Bell® at the New York Stock Exchange in recognition of CPG’s centennial anniversary.
Andrew Sloane was vicar of St. Pauls, Knightbridge in London (and former Rector of St Paul’s, K Street in Washington, DC) when he managed to convince several parishioners to “loan” him thousands of pounds, and then stole another four thousand pounds from collection money. He then used the money to pay for male prostitutes.
The Disciples of Christ have elected Rev. Teresa Hord Owens, an African American, to be their president. Although other mainline protestant denominations, including the Episcopal Church, have elected African American men, Hord Owens will be the first African American woman to lead a mainline protestant denomination on the national level.
What do you do with the demands on your life when they overwhelm you?