“Case for support” is a fancy fundraising term for “why we deserve the money we are asking you do give.” It is the job of a church to “make the case” humbly aware that they are doing so in the very real context of many other non-profits making their case to the same donors.
In this episode, the Popping Collars crew examines the oeuvre Stephen King, master of American horror whose mind has been the wellspring of the nightmares of millions.
Not exactly walking together, but largely refusing to separate, the leaders of the churches of the Anglican Communion continue to put bonds of fellowship and comity to the test
The rock foundation that is built in hearing and acting on the word of Christ is another one of Jesus’ upside down images. It is not some inner steel that keeps out the floods and wind. It is instead a profound vulnerability.
St. John’s Episcopal and the city of St. Cloud, Minnesota, reach a compromise on a tiny house to house homeless.
Vigils and prayer follow in the wake of the shootings in Las Vegas. Please share with us what your parish or diocese is doing in response.
Even as we are plunged into a time of overwhelming sorrow, there is power in knowing that together we grieve, but then we can choose to honor those who have lost their lives by this time not turning back to our own concerns.
“I will do all I can to rebuild relationships, but that will be done from the position our Church has now reached in accordance with its synodical processes and in the belief that Love means Love.” – Bishop Mark Strange, Scottish Episcopal Church
“In June the General Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church voted to change its Canon on Marriage. This decision was ours to take as a self-governing province of the Anglican Communion.”
I am having to struggle to be faithful to the tradition, faithful to the scripture, to understand what the call and will of God is in the 21st century and to respond appropriately with an answer for all people.