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Religious liberty vs LGBTQ citizens

April 8, 2017 15 Comments

We have perhaps all seen the most vocal situations of businesses not wanting to serve LGBTQ folks. The legal argument is, that any business owner with a firmly held religious belief, should be allowed to refuse service to LGBTQ folks, if serving them would violate the business owner’s belief. The conservative law firms that fight these cases often contend that their position is that which is held by the majority of US citizens. Recent polling affirms that only one group actually supports laws legalizing discrimination against LGBTQ citizens.

Speaking to the Soul: Being Disconnected

April 8, 2017 No Comments

It’s time to connect with God, and connect with my neighbor, not just on a cell phone, or chat, or a tweet, but in face-to-face, hand-to-hand, eye-to-eye ways. Time to reconnect with God, because that’s the most important connection of all.

2FAB Lenten Special #6

April 7, 2017 No Comments

2FAB continues on the Way of the Cross with stations 11 & 12; Jesus is nailed to the cross and Jesus dies on the cross.

Westminster Choir College is being sold by Rider University

April 7, 2017 2 Comments

Westminster Choir College, of Princeton, New Jersey, is being sold by Rider University, which acquired the college in 1992.

Survey on two marriage liturgies released.

April 7, 2017 No Comments

The Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music is inviting Episcopalians to complete an online survey as part of its effort to gather data on the church’s response to two marriage liturgies that were authorized for trial use at the 2015 General Convention.

Popping Collars #59: Here I Stand

April 7, 2017 No Comments

Betsy, Greg, Lizabanks, and Ricardo explore the world of stand up comedy and discuss the similarities to preaching. When do we challenge and when do we hold back?

Speaking to the Soul: Ceasefire Prayer

April 7, 2017 3 Comments

Prayer keeps the muscles of my faith strong which in turn gives me the spiritual energy and resilience I need to be in order to be present and active in this world even when it is painful.

Universal Credit program announces two-child limit: UK churches respond

April 6, 2017 No Comments

Reported yesterday in Ekklesia: From tomorrow (6 April 2017), the Government’s flagship benefit, Universal Credit, will not offer help to the third or subsequent children

Poetry and roses: Lives changed, stanza by stanza

April 6, 2017 1 Comment

The Washington Post has published the story behind a documentary just screened at George Mason University – Voices from Behind the Wall: Twelve Love Poems

Speaking to the Soul: Holy Week Terrors

April 6, 2017 2 Comments

In the long history of Christianity, Holy Week has been a time of terror. Enraged Christians have attacked Jews, Muslims, and even members of other Christian sects, slaughtering or expelling them, burning their homes and confiscating their belongings.

The Archive

Year: 2017

Religious liberty vs LGBTQ citizens

Speaking to the Soul: Being Disconnected

2FAB Lenten Special #6

Westminster Choir College is being sold by Rider University

Survey on two marriage liturgies released.

Popping Collars #59: Here I Stand

Speaking to the Soul: Ceasefire Prayer

Universal Credit program announces two-child limit: UK churches respond

Poetry and roses: Lives changed, stanza by stanza

Speaking to the Soul: Holy Week Terrors

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