Author: Episcopal Cafe

Whither the ACNA?

The present controversy in the Episcopal Church has caused division in the Diocese of Colorado in ways that mirror the effects it’s had on the national stage. Now that a number of congregations in the Episcopal Diocese of Colorado have declared their “independence”, they are finding that the next steps are not as obvious as they thought.

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Anglican Churches are not meant to be “clones”

Elfred Hughes, an officer of one oldest mission agencies in the Anglican Communion asserts in an interview that the challenge to the Communion at present is to “find ways of ‘being together despite – and even because of – our diversity'”.

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Kenneth Bacon has died

Kenneth Bacon, formerly spokesman for the Pentagon during the Clinton administration, Wall Street Journal reporter, advocate for refugees displaced by war and active member of

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Joan Baez respectfully listens to her protestors

Joan Baez gave a concert in Idaho Falls a little while ago. As is typical for many of the performers who were active in the peace movement during the Vietnam era, her concert venue was picketed by a group of veterans who accused her of betraying them and her country by her actions.

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Are the poor now criminals?

In a depressing yet timely op-ed piece Barbara Ehrenreich points out a growing trend in American urban centers, the criminalization of being homeless. From her

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Can Christians believe in an old universe?

Rather than have faith threatened by the idea that the Earth is older than the literal biblical account of creation leads one to expect, two scientists who are Christian say faith should celebrate the idea.

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