“DOMA Laws have been passed with the support and lobbying of religious groups. Such laws point, unfortunately, to a deep tendency of religions to consolidate
The Diocese of Northern Michigan has released a statement describing their choice of The Rev. Kevin Thew Forrester to be their next bishop and defending the process by which he was chosen.
Here is our weekly collection plate, offering a few of the good things that Episcopalians and their congregations have done that made the news this past week. And other news fit to print.
And alert Peter Akinola while you are at it.
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Dark Matter is something which dominates the mass of the universe, cannot be seen, and is only detectable because of one thing: it has weight. Yes, the dark stuff of the cosmos has weight – and as the cosmologists tell us, it’s quite literally pulling on everything. It can’t be seen, but it’s heavy anyway.
Glory be to Thee, O heavenly Father, for first loving us, and giving the dearest thing Thou hadst for us: O help me to love again, and to think nothing too dear for Thee.
When the headlines trumpet the news of a church being foreclosed upon, it is something of a man-bites-dog story because it is so rare. But there is more to the story than meets the eye: it turns out that it makes a difference if a parish is connected to a denomination and teaches stewardship.
While we in the States are watching the NCAA basketball tournaments, the rest of the world is gearing up for the World Cup to be held a year from now. Christian charities and others want to give a voice to street children, the “world’s greatest football fans,” through an initiative called The Street Child World Cup.
A Michigan church hard hit by the recession gave out $100 bills to whomever wanted it, as long as they would multiply it for mission. The Episcopal Foundation of Wyoming did something very much like that.