The work of the Spirit, [according to John’s gospel,] is to teach, witness, convince, guide into truth, and declare what is to come, and every part of this ministry is derived from, and in turn points to, the historic mission and teaching of Jesus.
A conservative, pro-choice Roman Catholic professor of law, Douglas Kmiec, says he was recently refused Communion because he supports Barack Obama for president.
This week, The Church Times published a lengthy interview with Bishop Gene Robinson of New Hampshire.
Archbishop of Uganda Henry Orombi wrote back to Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, who wrote to him on May 12, saying that the congregation he is visiting in Savannah, Georgia, is not part of the Episcopal Church nor the Diocese of Georgia but is really a parish in the Church in Uganda.
The close alignment between many evangelical leaders and the Republican Party over the last 30 years has resulted in a growing dissatisfaction from some evangelicals about the appropriateness of these ties, and there has been a new movement from evangelicals to advocate for policies that are more traditionally aligned with the goals of the Democratic Party.
With two months to go until the start of the Lambeth Conference, the Church Times says that registrations are still rolling in. On Wednesday, numbers
There will be a British premiere of the documentary For the Bible Tells Me So, on Monday evening, July 14, at Queen Elizabeth Hall, at the SouthBank Centre for the Arts, in Central London, on the Thames. In addition to the filmmaker, Daniel Karslake, speakers will include Sir Ian McKellen and Bishop Gene Robinson. The evening will be a celebration of the lives and ministries of gay and lesbian people, on the eve of the Lambeth Conference
The New York Times reports that riot police stormed St. Francis Anglican Church in Harare, Zimbabwe on Sunday. The parishioners were lined up for Holy
The Diocese of Washington is proposing that the Episcopal Church add the name of Thurgood Marshall to its sacramental calendar. The proposed date is May 17, the anniversary of his victory in the landmark school desegregation case, Brown v. Board of Education. But you can use these resources at any time.
Luke has a great sense of symmetry, and his traditions are organized in orderly patterns of time and space. The ministry of Jesus began with the descending of the Spirit, and so Jesus progresses from the provinces to the city of Jerusalem.