Apparently we’re bothering someone. We’re not sure who, but someone (or some-ones) has been directing a denial-of-service attack on this website, slowing it down considerably
We firmly and resolutely reject their statement, we reject their understanding of scripture, we reject their limiting view of God’s power, and we reject their fears.
Listening well helps me learn a stranger’s personal language. I learn their joys, what they are stumped by, what moves them. The stories are magnificent; they are jewels. Christ is right there in the middle of them.
The Church Times reports on the rediscovery of a commentary on the Gospels, written by Fortunatianus of Aquileia, a bishop in the fourth century –
“Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave Moses his daughter Zipporah in marriage. She bore a son, and he named him Gershom [alien]; for he said, ‘I have been an alien residing in a foreign land’” (from today’s lectionary reading in Exodus 2:15-22).
The Rt Revd Kay Goldsworthy has been elected the first female Anglican Archbishop in Australia.
PETA’s new Christian outreach division has set its sights on Episcopal lobster dinners as a tradition ripe for reform.
UPDATED: Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s message, “Our brothers and sisters in Texas and Louisiana need our help,” quoted by ERD below, is available in full
… one card and one note to share God’s love with others. One recycled card at a time.
Today, thousands of religious leaders from a wide variety of backgrounds met in Washington, DC to protest social and racial injustice in a protest called “One Thousand Ministers March for Justice”.