How, then, do we honor our Baptismal Covenant and “proclaim by word and example the Good News of God in Christ” when “evangelism” in the traditional sense gives us the heebie-jeebies? how do we move from, in the words of church consultant Andrew D. Weeks, from “friendly fellowship” to “risky hospitality?”
What might God tell each of us in the silence, that we’ve never heard before, because the noise of the familiar was too comforting?
Zimbabwe’s high court has ordered Anglican Church staffers back at a mission hospital from where they were evicted by an excommunicated bishop last month and order another renegade bishop to hand back control of a church building.
The Episcopal Church would spend three years using a rite for same-gender blessings and studying its application under a resolution that the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music has agreed to propose to the 2012 meeting of General Convention.
Sandy Elledge was the former Executive Coordinator for Episcopal Appalachian Ministries. Sandy was passionate about the needs and ministry to the people of Appalachia. Sandy was very instrumental in helping start the EAM work camps at Grace House on the Mountain in the Diocese of Southwestern Virginia.
A photo of a poster in the window at Nordstrom. Thanks Nordstrom for hopefully starting a new trend. What do you think about “decking the
UPDATED: “Josephine Hicks is not now, and never has been, a member of the disciplinary board,” the bishop said. The board, meeting by phone after the revised Title IV took effect July 1, “voted to retain her as the board’s attorney, as authorized by the canon. The attorney does not have a vote on matters before the board and thus not on matters related to Bishop Lawrence.
Commemoration of Teresa of Avila We know that the whole creation has been groaning in labor pains until now; and not only the creation, but
The Wall Street Journal and Ms. Hemingway have either been duped or shown a stunning lack of care in reporting. The only thing in this story that has been excommunicated is the truth.
God knows infinite things, all things, and heeds them all in particular. We cannot “do two things at once,” that is cannot give our full