A steering committee has been formed “to guide and assist in the reorganization of the diocese.” Bishop John Clark Buchanan, who lives in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, and Bishop Charles vonRosenberg of Daniel Island, both retired Episcopal Church bishops, are listed as advisers to the steering committee.
Tonight’s feature on the Theology Juke Box is the title cut from the album Babel (lyrics) by Mumford and Sons.
So get those smart phones ready, because beginning today you are about to tweet, facebook, and social media your way into the minds and hearts of a new generation–those who may text dozens of messages everyday, but have never heard the Message, who belong to virtual communities but not to a community of faith, who may be Linked-In, but are not yet raised up.
It makes sense that any Mormon believer will see his—and it is his–duty to not only restore the gospel of Jesus Christ, but restore this country to some former glory it enjoyed in their version of history. You see, Mormons also believe the U.S. Constitution is a divinely inspired document, taking the idea of American exceptionalism to a whole new level.
The Church of England may well vote tomorrow on controversial legislation that would finally permit women to be ordained as bishops, although not in precisely the same way that men are bishops, because the authority of male bishops has not been shaped to placate those who do not believe that men should be bishops in the first place.
Anglicans across Zimbabwe and the Communion are celebrating today after the country’s Supreme Court ruled that the Bishop of Harare, the Rt Revd Chad Gandiya is the lawful trustee of diocesan church properties.
by Sam Candler 1 Samuel 1:4-20 This week, newspaper headlines are moving away from the coverage of a general’s extramarital affair, and moving towards the
Psalm 66, 67 (Morning) Psalm 19, 46 (Evening) Habakkuk 1:1-2:1 Philippians 3:13-4:1 Matthew 23:13-24 What an interesting juxtaposition of psalms we have today! In the
Nicholas Knisely, one of the original newsbloggers at Episcopal Cafe, is now officially the Bishop of Rhode Island. Follow it on Twitter! #newbishopri and
There are, and will always be, questions about social media and boundaries. About what should be shared and with whom. These are good questions and the Church needs to wrestle with them. We need to wrestle with them because sometimes beautiful Godly things happen. And if our tradition teaches nothing else, beautiful Godly things are worth the struggle.