In an economic climate where Christian education positions are being eliminated in many congregations, educators continue to join NAECED—now more than 350 dues-paying members— for the empowering mixture of fellowship, continuing education and resource-sharing.
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The Diocese of Pittsburgh announces settlements between the Diocese and congregations who have separated from the Episcopal Church. A variety of agreements have been used
“I sorely wish I could say that there has been great progress for women in the almost 40 years women have been ordained priests, but if the Called to Serve report shows us anything, it’s that we still have a long way to go,” said Cynthia Black, Chair of the Committee on the Status of Women, and a priest in the Diocese of Minnesota.
Diocese of East Tennessee pending consents from the bishops and Standing Committees of the Dioceses of The Episcopal Church.
Our long time friend and colleague Nawal el Saadawi is, as would be expected, stalwart with the demonstrators in Tahrir Square. It is wonderful to see her spirit –now eighty, undiminished, ablaze. ~Diana L. Eck
It is impossible to know exactly which embers spark a revolution, but it’s not so hard to measure the conditions that make a country prime for one.
Civil rights attorney Brian Barnard said the law could provide a defense for the violation of a variety of laws in the name of faith. “Polygamy is the one that comes to mind, but there are other religious practices,” Barnard said. “Peyote, for example, and the other one is churches, like the Episcopal church, that give wine to minors during the sacrament.”
Alban Institute explores questions of a post 9/11 Christian faith and how congregations interact or not with their Muslim neighbors:
A press release by Writers and Academics Against Homophobia has been posted on