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Praying for the kidnapped girls of Nigeria

May 7, 2014 1 Comment

Updated 5/8 2:20 p. m. We had originally linked to a list of the names of the kidnapped Nigerian girls. We’ve since read a number

Shut your Ears, Hold your Tongue

May 7, 2014 No Comments

Wednesday, May 7, 2014 – 3 Easter, Year Two [Go to Mission St Clare for an online version of the Daily Office including today’s scripture

Julian of Norwich

May 6, 2014 2 Comments

by George Clifford Some years ago, I visited Norwich, which is the shire town of the County of Norfolk, northeast of London. While there, I

The effects of climate change are here now

May 6, 2014 1 Comment

The effects of climate change are already being felt in the United States, according to The National Climate Assessment. The New York Times has the

Have mainline Protestants lost the ability to create “buzz”?

May 6, 2014 11 Comments

Michael G. Maudlin, executive editor of Harper One, says the relatively quiet reception of Barbara Brown Taylor’s new book, demonstrates that mainline Protestants have lost

RIch church, poor church

May 6, 2014 18 Comments

Does the polity of the Episcopal Church make it more difficult for us to minister among the poor? Think about it. Our churches are supposed

WCC encourages “swift and peaceful” action to restore Nigeria’s missing girls

May 5, 2014 No Comments

Press Release The abduction of more than 250 young women by the Boko Haram fighters in Nigeria has prompted “profound concern” from the World Council

Blessed be the cyclist whose bike is blessed

May 5, 2014 1 Comment

For sixteen years running (cycling?) the Cathedral of St. John the Divine has blessed bikes in advance of the Five Boro Bike Tour. The Rev.

Church transformed into neighborhood school

May 5, 2014 1 Comment

A decaying, empty Episcopal Church complex in Philadelphia is repurposed as a neighborhood school. In the late 2000s, the Episcopal Church of St. James the

Presiding Bishop and President of the House of Deputies in South Carolina