In mid-January representatives of the Anglican communion, Lutheran church, and Buddhist faith met in Myanmar to discuss ongoing interfaith relations.
S2E11 feat. Sarah Condon, Bernard J. Owens, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry
On February 10, Washington National Cathedral will host the Prayer Vigil of Peace and Reconciliation, beginning at noon with Eucharist, and continuing for 24 hours to conclude with the ordination and consecration of the Ven. Carl Wright as the Episcopal Church’s next bishop suffragan for armed services and federal ministries.
On Saturday, a priest in Long Island was arrested and charged with drug possession and child pornography possession.
“But they did not understand what he was saying and were afraid to ask him.” (Mark 9:32)
Luci and Jordan plow through Joshua (“a right strawy book of the Bible”) looking at the entry of the Israelites into the promised land.
It’s as if Jesus is saying, “Do you see this little kid, who could die at any minute and who is in constant need of valuable resources? This child is more deserving of heaven than anyone else!” It’s not about how big and important we are here on earth; it’s about how much God loves us in spite of the value assigned to us by society.
Everyone’s home is in God.
We need not know it
in order for it to be true.
God does not need to be believed in.
But it can sound so sappy.
And yet sometimes
we humans want a home.
God is like the lover who just can’t see your point of view.
When Barbara Blaine was 13 years of age, she reports that she was sexually molested by a Roman Catholic priest. She identified the priest who she says molested her. And although there have been 30 years of accusations against him, he has never had to face the criminal justice system for those accusations because he is protected by the statute of limitations in the law. Barbara went on to found the group SNAP, Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests and she has been involved with SNAP’s leadership for the past 29 years.