Riazat Butt, religion correspondent for the Guardian, wrote a column for the Church Times, reprinted today at Thinking Anglicans, in which she requests that people honor her Ramadan-season request with “by refraining from publishing stories about gay bishops during the hours of sunrise and sunset.”
A group of Massachusetts pastors from a variety of traditions have formed a singing group that witnesses to gracious harmony.
Bishop Iker of Fort Worth would like the members of convention to pray and study before they vote to take the diocese out of the Episcopal Church. He wants the diocese to use materials developed by the founding CANA congregations which make the case for separation in the guise of Bible study and reflection.
In England gangs of thieves are making off with the roofs of Churches which are often made of lead because scrap metal brings in a lot of money. Many parishes would like to replace them with cheaper, less valuable material but are prevented by rules governing historic churches in Britain.
There are reports in the British media that the Very Rev. Jeffrey John, Dean of St. Albans, will be a nominee for Bishop of Bangor in the Church of Wales.
Congregations in San Diego country are dealing with the consequences of the current economy for their members and for their own ministries.
The Israel Antiquities Authority is digitally photographing every one of the Dead Sea Scrolls so that they may be available on the internet.
The Rev. Jane B. Bearden, an Episcopal priest from Massachusetts, is blogging about Hurricane Gustav from Biloxi, Miss. Bearden has been working and living on the Mississippi Gulf Coast helping the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer recover from Hurricane Katrina.
Christianity and Judaism are not alone in discovering how science and religion intersect. Islam depends on astronomers to determine exactly when Ramadan begins.
Updated. As Gustav approaches the Gulf Coast, three years after Katrina, the operative question is “You got a plan?” This time nearly everyone does. Ask