University of Florida’s carillon played “Lift Every Voice and Sing” yesterday during white supremacist Richard Spencer’s appearance.
It is the ‘Blessed is…takes no offense’ structure of the verse that perplexes me. I am blessed if I take no offense in what Jesus says and does?
With diocesan membership numbers in decline over the past half-century, the [Episcopal Diocese of Maryland] has closed a net 34 churches from its mid-1960s peak and merged five more, leaving a total of about 100. Another is teetering financially after the loss of a major donor.
As part of its Philadelphia research initiative, they looked at the uses and reuses of historical sacred spaces in one city, and the results should point to how we might build resilience into many of our congregations.
Think the church is immune from #MeToo? Think again
Mostly I think about fighting, about triumphing over evil, about the conquering army that will finally usher in Righteousness. I want to be in that army, waving my cudgel with the best of them.
From The Episcopal Church (release can be found online here): [October 17, 2017] Save the dates for the next Evangelism Matters, an Episcopal Evangelism Conference
“This increase reflects the continued growth in the share of the population that has no religious affiliation, but it also is the result of changing attitudes among those who do identify with a religion, including white evangelical Protestants.”
At college, I was confused by a fellow student who always appeared to be happy. “You always appear to be happy,” I told her, puzzled.
“The toasts, issued from the upstairs foyer, were short and very sweet, with references to love, goodness, truth and Plato.”