In the first half of the 20th Century, White mob terror against Black Americans occurred across the nation, rural and urban, north and south. In 1910 alone, there were an estimated 16 massacres. The year 1919 was so deadly it was called The Red Summer, with more than 30 separate incidents.
I was learning to stand and kneel at the same time – to kneel in the sense of acknowledging that I’m not God, and you have as much right to your perspective as I do to mine. But I’ve also got to stand – to stand for what I believe and humbly trust is the right thing. And it doesn’t change everybody’s minds, but it does create a different atmosphere, and atmosphere does make a difference, especially over the long haul.
When so much threatens to tear us apart, we must cling ever tighter to our highest ideals. May her memory be a blessing, may we draw strength from her example, and may we never lose sight of the America she knew we could be.
This at times willful refusal to look at our own history of race and racism has shaped some of the received historical narrative of the Episcopal Church.
Crowd dispersal technology too unpredictable for use in war zones was considered in clearing Lafayette Square for Trump’s photo-op in front of St. John’s Episcopal Church.
Robertson — host of “The 700 Cub” on the Christian Broadcasting Network — spoke out against Black Lives Matter on his show, saying the movement wants to destroy Christianity by accusing the religion of “being racist.”
Priest says unrepentant Catholics who vote Democratic go to hell; bishop agrees.
Pastor defiant about holding services during pandemic despite wedding that killed three persons who did not attend.
An Episcopal Church closes.
The Diocese of Southeast Florida and its bishop, the Rt. Rev. Peter Eaton, had received scrutiny in early August from the Episcopal media as well as local Palm Beach press. The delay in the re-opening of St. Andrew’s Residence raised questions. Moreover, the lack of communication from the diocese to the residents was questioned.
For one Roman Catholic priest, the words “‘We baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit” made all the difference.
We lament yet another shooting of an unarmed Black man, Jacob Blake, by law enforcement. One such shooting is one too many, and yet in our nation the numbers of such shootings continue. We join those who call for a complete and impartial investigation of this travesty. – The Rt. Rev. Steven A. Miller, bishop of the Diocese of Milwaukee