The IRS has granted a three-week extension for the United Church of Christ to respond to an investigation the agency has begun because presidential candidate
USA Today says that in many churches Palm Sunday is going green by using palms harvested using an environmentally friendly method. This year, more than
Thinking Anglicans reports that St Deiniols Library is publishing a book called Rebuilding Communion. The aim of this book is threefold: firstly, to provide a
Bishop Marc Andrus writes on his blog about a conversation he arranged about the St. Andrew’s Draft of the Anglican Communion Covenant.
William Countryman: “The continuing power of the Anglican poetic tradition depends on the fact that it does not seek power. It gives no prescriptions; it does not compel. It springs out of the gospel of Jesus, but remains blessedly free of theology’s a priori concern to nail everything down and make sure that others toe the line.”
This truth of the power of our interconnectedness was brought home to me in an unexpected way not long ago. One recent spring I was referred by my family physician to an endocrinologist because of a growth on the right lobe of my thyroid.
The House of Bishops continued the faith-based reconciliation presentation which was begun on Saturday continued Sunday, led by the Rev. Canon Brian Cox of the Diocese of Los Angeles and the Hon. Joanne O’Donnell of the Diocese of Los Angeles.
Iconography by Betsy Porter; Photography by Richard Anderson
Living Church: A single candidate chosen to be the provisional Bishop of San Joaquin will participate in a two-day walkabout visitation to the diocese immediately
Why do people give? Is it really to make the world a better place, to give back to the community as a token of gratitude? Or is giving instead about something less grand, like seeing your name on a building, responding to peer pressure or simply feeling good about yourself? To put it bluntly, is charitable giving a high-minded form of consumption?