Presbyterian Mission reports that the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is one 24 faith-based organizations, including The Episcopal Church, that have signed a letter asking the Biden administration to begin lifting sanctions on Cuba.
A former North Carolina judge has pled guilty to child sexual assault. Daniel Ray Green was an active member of St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Hickory where he was acolyte master and former senior warden.
In yet another example of how the schismatic Anglican Church in North America is taking a different path from the Episcopal Church, the archbishop of ACNA has spoken out against Critical Race Theory — and playing to his base.
As faith leaders, we pray that North Carolina’s elected leaders will choose to adhere to a scholarly, evidence-based understanding of our collective past. In this moment, filled with hatred and distrust, this is the only way that we can build a truly equitable and just future. We must reject HB 324, which despite its high-sounding rhetoric is, in reality, just a way to protect and perpetuate social injustice. – The Rt. Rev. Samuel Rodman, bishop, and the Rt. Rev. Anne Hodges-Copple is bishop suffragan
Special guests the Rev. Hannah Wilder and Kathy Wilder join to discuss Jesus’ invitation to eat his flesh and drink his blood
We continue our conversation on what “church” is, plus we offer a little insight into how our brains work and Jon gets stumped (again).
And now my prayer is, Oh God, please find me, follow my small patches of prayer like a trail of breadcrumbs through my day. At day’s end, even though thoughts and images fill our minds, we try to say a full prayer, Our Father, Glory Be to the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, we say the prayers we learned as children. Even then, it takes determination, so often, to concentrate on one prayer without the distractions of the day, of the world, invading the tiny space we try to make for holy time.
As the grey skies became darker with the threat of rain, I heard the bells nearby. It was Sunday, after all, so I wasn’t surprised, but I was curious about the source. I crossed the street to a park I saw to find the bells. They continued to toll. I walked through the park, hoping with each step that the skies wouldn’t baptize me with the expected downpour. I had left my umbrella in Perth a week ago.
“In today’s second lesson from the Hebrew Bible, Wisdom is a woman. She has prepared a banquet in her home, and she invites all who are simple to turn in there. Eat, drink, and be wise, she invites.”
It is no longer wise for us to have large events incorporating a meal since it is impossible to remain masked while eating. We will continue to have church on our regular schedule and Christian formation, but masks will be mandatory at all times in our buildings. – Ted Clarkson, interim rector, Good Shepherd Episcopal