One week from today I will be heading to Indianapolis for the 77th General Convention of the Episcopal Church, July 4-12. I will be blogging and live blogging here at the Cafe, and tweeting and live tweeting both under my own name @JimNaught and as @episcopalcafe. We will also have material appearing with more frequency than usual on our Facebook page.
Sally Johnson, chancellor to the President of the House of Deputies, has announced she will run for Vice President of the House of Deputies should
Several recent events have raised quite public questions about the Council’s competency. As a member of that body, I confess to being shocked by these developments – not because of the criticism (that comes with the territory), but because of concerns these developments raise about the direction of The Episcopal Church.
A landmark three-day Christian-Muslim peace conference concluded on a hopeful note here by issuing an appeal to religious leaders and institutions to collaborate on promoting human rights, self-determination, peaceful co-existence, and non-violence, particularly in Jerusalem and the Holy Land.
Psalms 66, 67 (Morning) Psalms 19, 46 (Evening) Numbers 14:26-45 Acts 15:1-12 Luke 12:49-56 And the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying: How
Episcopal Café interviewed Dr. Bonnie Anderson, President of the House of Deputies about her life and work as President. She is not here.
Then the men who had gone up with him said, ‘We are not able to go up against this people, for they are stronger than
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has released her own budget, developed in consultation with the Church Center staff as an alternative to the budget developed by Executive Council and currently under consideration by the legislative committee on Program, Budget and Finance.
A brother asked Abba Poemen, “Why should I not be free to do without manifesting my thoughts to the old men?” The old man replied,
by Sara Miles By ancient tradition, June is the month of Gay Pride. My people celebrate it as the Feast of the Unclean: the feast