This year, I have tried to really consider the question of the reason that we observe Lent at all. What is the reason to “give up” or “take on.” For me, as someone with a busy house of three children under 6, and a busy ministry of serving as a chaplain to a large and complex school, the main reason to observe Lent at all has been to give some time to remember God.
There is a phrase which the Greek Liturgy constantly applies to God in Christ: “O Lord and Lover of Men!” The whole meaning and drama of the Passion is gathered up in that. The Evangelists’ accounts—all the curt notes crowded together—reveal, when we take them separately and dwell upon them, the deep entrance into human suffering in all its phases,
Sad news from the Diocese of New York is being reported today. A parish priest is accused of embezzling more than eighty thousand dollars for his own use. The priest in question is not responding to press inquiries.
The Presiding Bishop was in Peoria over Palm Sunday weekend met with a special synod convened in that diocese to reconstruct the leadership ranks that
While Episcopal vestry member Edward Brown, 47, felt the return to Grace Church was bittersweet – “The body of Christ was injured in all this,” he said – parishioner Bruce MacHaffie was filled with joy as the organ roared and the choir sang. “The is absolutely fabulous,” MacHaffie, 64, said.
Two weeks ago we published an essay by Louis Weil, a leading authority on liturgical practice in the Episcopal Church, which defended some of the
According to the American Anglican Council’s C.O.O. and chaplain, it is unlikely that Anglican Church in North America, a group headed by Bishop Robert Duncan,
The wardens of the Falls Church, Nigerian, have written to parishioners who donated to a capital campaign several years ago, asking them for permission to divert those contributions to help pay legal bills incurred by parishes that have broken away from the Episcopal Church and placed themselves under the authority of Archbishop Peter Akinola.
Newsweek has an extended essay focusing on the implications of a recent Pew finding that fewer Americans than ever are reporting they are religious. While
The town may be boarded up, but the spirits of good people abound in three abiding institutions: The art association brings the community together with lively theater and museum exhibits; the library provides a center where residents gather and poverty-stricken kids receive warm adult attention with story hours, computer use and help with homework and book selections; the churches continue to draw spiritual seekers who give back to the town.