The Archive
Author: Episcopal Cafe
Gay Presbyterian minister re-instated
A gay clergyperson has been re-instated in the Presbyterian Church. The reinstatement was based on the person’s exercising a “scruples” clause (conscientious objection) to a
Jesus Freak: Feeding, Healing, Raising the Dead
It’s about bodies — To be a body that actually you didn’t pick. It’s incredibly important for people, and I think the challenge about church is not how to make it more relevant, how to make it more hip, cooler, or how to dispense with it entirely in this sort of über-Protestantizing impulse — “It’s just going to be me and Jesus and we’re going to have a great thing going, without anybody else.”
Three virtues needed for public life
Courage, modesty and intellectual curiosity that can cultivate delight in daily life, and protect our liberties. ~~Philip Pullman
2009 Constitution and Canons now available
The Rev. Scott Gunn available online. Some suggested models for Diocesan Canons, in light of the changes to Title IV (disciplinary canons) are here and
Reflections on Executive Council: the union
I appreciate that report [on workers at the Church Center], but it does not dispel my ongoing concern for workers’ rights and human decency, nor does it ameliorate, in my opinion, that communication about the situation was (to say the least) very poorly handled. … will be continuing to monitor the situation and strive to support workers’ rights.
Fairtrade sales up despite recession
Despite the recession Fairtrade products have shown sales growth according to Ekklesia
Haiti: lest we forget
…the medical director at Ochsner Medical Ochsner-West Bank said, the post-storm landscape of the U.S. Gulf Coast pales in comparison with the total devastation in the Haitian capital city of Port-au-Prince and the surrounding region. But Laborde said he recognizes a common element in the aftermath of both disasters. “A hope that springs eternal,” he calls it.
A valentine to Bonnie Anderson
President of the House of Deputies Bonnie Anderson receives kudos from Richmond Times-Dispatch.