+Barbara Harris at All Saints Pasadena
The Rt. Rev. Barbara Harris speaks at All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena, California
The Rt. Rev. Barbara Harris speaks at All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena, California
…for many Christians, whether liberal or conservative, Bible study is primarily about reinforcing beliefs already held for reasons other than biblical authority. If it turns out that the Bible appears to teach something that runs against the grain of our convictions, we find ways to reject its message or its messenger.
Richard Dawkins interviews the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The Tennessean reports that St. George’s Episcopal Church was damaged and some parishioners may have died in the flooding around Nashville:
The Court of Review for the Trial of a Bishop will hear a final appeal by Charles Bennison, former bishop of Pennsylvania. He was charged with covering up his brother’s sexual assaults of a teenage girl in the 1970s.
On May 4, 1970 a campus protest against the Vietnam War took an ugly turn when National Guard on the scene opened fire, killing four students and wounding nine others.
…this lumping of the world’s religions into one mega-religion is not just false and condescending, it is also a threat. How can we make sense of the ongoing conflict in Kashmir if we pretend that Hinduism and Islam are one and the same? Or of the impasse in the Middle East, if we pretend that there are no fundamental disagreements between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?
Most young adults today don’t pray, don’t worship and don’t read the Bible, a major survey by a Christian research firm shows.