Ann, Betsy, Greg, and Liz talk about the intersection between the work of film critics and the work of the Church. What can we learn from those who critique culture professionally?
Luci and Jordan go through the whole of Deuteronomy!
Listen to this choral interpretation of the Beatitudes titled Bonhoeffer, written by Thomas Lloyd, Director of Music at the Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral which has been nominated for a Grammy for Best Choral Performance
A few weeks after our return from Alaska, I heard about a 15-year-old girl who had spent a week in the homeless shelter for teens in Portland… After work that afternoon, with my newly re-expanded notion of family buzzing annoyingly near my left ear, I marched out to the deck where my husband had started happy hour. Our nest had emptied four years before…
“Here’s the thing …” I began.
Within a week I was learning to unbraid hair and dancing in the kitchen to hip-hop. After raising boys, I was thrilled to suddenly find this brave, resilient young woman at the counter making waffles with me.
by George Clifford At the end of the Reagan era, I found liberation theology attractive for four reasons: The then prevalent emphasis on
The small sea of Virginia Bluebells near the river behind Thomas Jefferson’s home seemed like a carpet of baby-blue and pale green to me in my first year of ordained ministry with fresh, jet-black shirts, optimism and a brand-new cassock.
As refugees we have found refuge, and we are to become a refuge too.
However, this bishop is in Canada. The bishop is the Rt Revd David Edwards, 10th bishop diocesan of Fredericton. In addition to the historic Christ Church Cathedral pictured above, the diocese owns several adjacent properties with all but one, also occupied by historic structures. These properties are costing the Anglicans of New Brunswick hundreds of thousands of dollars a year just for basic upkeep. They all need millions of dollars in repair and refurbishment.
Dr Julie McDonnell was a novice to Campanology, the art of bell-ringing. She is from Sussex England and in DEC 2015 she was diagnosed with terminal cancer. She has a blood cancer, one of 137 different kinds of blood cancer, chronic myeloid leukemia. A person in good health would find bell-ringing challenging.
On 10 JAN we published the story, What can we learn from our megachurch neighbors? Today we have a story about one such large church. This church is Denver Community Church. The Elder Team of this church has been on a journey of discernment for the last 18 months regarding the inclusion of LGBT Christians in the life of their congregation. Many Episcopal/Anglican parishes, dioceses and provinces could learn from this example.