The Very Revd Dr John Shepherd: “Christ is Risen! There has been speculation in the press and on social media about my views on the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. … It is my faith that Jesus rose from the dead and I have never denied the reality of the empty tomb.”
“I’m not a stranger to the idea of silence, just it’s practice.”
Every Jew knew, as Jesus knew, that the fulfillment of God the Father’s plan, the one that would put an end to the back and forth history of faith, apostasy, punishment, metanoia by the people of Israel, and reestablishment in God’s favor, was the coming of the Messiah, the bringer of forgiveness and adoption.
Because of his baptism, water is forevermore a sign of his death and resurrection, of forgiveness, of discipleship, and of the gift of the Holy Spirit. Truly, when we are washed in the font, Jesus himself baptizes us, with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
A social scientist explores who joins and leaves the Episcopal Church and why
Lucy and Jordan explore who might have written this book and why
Bishop vows to appeal, hanging his defense on the definition of marriage in the BCP and the notion that dioceses are entities independent of General Convention.
I’ve been dreading this new year. So far I haven’t been disappointed. It seems to be picking up right where the old year left off, and that’s not what I was hoping would happen. But as the old saying goes, Rome wasn’t built in a day.
After broad consultation with leadership in The Episcopal Church and continued discussions with both the Rt. Rev. William Love of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany and the Episcopal Diocese of Albany Standing Committee, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry has issued the following Restriction on Ministry to Bishop Love.