“It is with great sadness that we announced the death of the Rt. Rev. John Shelby Spong. He died peacefully in his sleep on Sunday morning,” St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia, where Spong had once been pastor, announced on Sunday (Sept 12).
I cannot recommend the continuation of a tenure in which I fear that more people will be made to feel diminished and discouraged. – Professor Iain Torrance, reporting to the Scottish Episcopal Church College of Bishops
Saturday the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America installed the Rev. Megan as its first openly transgender bishop. Sunday the ELCA installed the Rev. Brenda Bos as its first openly lesbian bishop.
“As my fingers speed across the keyboard, I am awed by the dexterity of these small digits. I look at a stack of my prayer cards and am awed by the continuing creativity with which God blesses me. Wow, wow, wow. So much to be awed by, and I have not mentioned my neighbourhood awe and wonder walk which is once more a part of my daily exercise.”