The Rev’d Canon Dr Chris Sugden responded by saying that this conference was not about homosexuality.
The Rev’d Canon Hosam replied by reminding Archbishop Akinola that he had referred to the split of the Anglican Communion in 2003.
Archbishop Akinola refrained from answering.
Martin Luther King was a lot of things to a lot of people, and at this late date his memory has been mythologized and sterilized and romanticized past all recognition. But he knew how to answer Jesus’ question—he knew what it meant to come out of hiding as a Christian. He knew what it meant to be sought. What are you looking for, Martin? I’m looking for justice.
Another early deacon with close ties to his bishop was Vincent of Saragossa, martyred on 22 January 304. Vincent was not only the eyes and ears of his bishop, but literally his mouth. Because Valerius stuttered badly, Vincent often preached for him.
Barak Obama preached at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta yesterday. But he was doing more than appealing for votes in this symbolic and important congregation.
Sarah Vowell reflects on a holiday dedicated to radical love: Here’s what Dr. King got out of the Sermon on the Mount. On Nov. 17,
A brief profile of Katharine Jefferts Schori describes how she keeps her cool in a very stressful job. Daniel Burke of Religious News Service says
Last Saturday, Episcopalian in the Diocese of Albany prayed together, listened to each other, and reached across the divide that afflicts the church these days/
Updated Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has written to Canadian Primate Archbishop Fred Hiltz to say that he “cannot support or sanction” foreign interventions in
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Seventy percent of the world’s Anglican bishops have registered for the Lambeth Conference with more on the way. This is a signal, says Rowan Williams,