Join others across the nation and give 100%, 10% or even 0.7% of next month’s so-called “economic stimulus” check to an organization of your choice working to acheive the Millennium Development Goals.
For many years I’ve been writing essays that start with simple moments of modern life and wend their way to matters of faith. And what a hypocrite I’ve felt each time I’ve written about reconciliation. And here’s why: Since 2000, with the exception of one phone conversation when she had by-pass surgery, I haven’t seen or spoken to my sister nor have I made an effort to do so.
A good Christian is always fit to partake of the Sacrament; but yet, in order to do it, he will desire to collect himself—to repair himself, as it were—to wipe off the dust and soil of the world, which are forever settling on the soul
The Jordan River site traditionally believed to be the spot where Jesus was baptized will be set aside for retreat and study center in the
The Rev. Dr. Paul F.M. Zahl, rector of All Saints Church in Chevy Chase, Maryland, has written “Grace in Practice: A Theology of Everyday Life”
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori sent a letter to the House of Representatives on April 6 offering the Episcopal Church’s “very strong endorsement” for H.R. 2634, the Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Debt Cancellation, which is scheduled for consideration on the House floor this week.
Eduardo Porter observes in the New York Times the difficulties of bringing forward ancient teachings to modern realities, when Archbishop Gianfranco Girotti, regent of the
The New York Times reports how the tiny Roman Catholic population that are clustered in Japan’s southwestern islands is declining in the face of greater
Bishop Duncan of Pittsburgh has a prophecy. He writes, in the magazine of Trinity Cathedral of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, that 2008 is the “year of of the Gate.” And through this gate will march the true church carrying forward a new reformation.
Adam Hamilton is a mega-church pastor who sees gray where others see black or white. The pastor of Church of the Resurrection, Leawood, Kansas, the largest congregation in the United Methodist Church, says that it is time says he is pro-choice “with a heavy heart” and that the abortion debate has been too polarized for too long.