It’s high season for the Episcopal Church in the mainstream media. Bishop Mariann Budde appeared on Face the Nation yesterday morning. The Rev. Luis Leon’s
Bishop Mariann Budde, Imam Suhaib Webb, Rabbi David Wolpe and Bishop Harry Jackson appeared in a pre-recorded segment of Face the Nation this morning, offering their perspective on the state of religion in modern America.
Quoting from John 20:1-18, Leon said in the same way Jesus told Mary Magdalene not to hold onto him, it is time for conservatives to stop holding on to what he considers outdated stances on race, gender equality, homosexuals and immigrants.
I can tell you that in my case my recognition of the right of same-sex couples to marry grew directly from the arguments mustered against it, because ultimately I realized they were also mustered against my wife, against me, and against the one person all the pro-marriage protestors and pamphleteers have pledged themselves to protect: My child.
John Fugelsang draws a contemporary parallel to the story of the Passion and Resurrection in this commentary. Does its analogy hold up for you?
If text, tradition, and reason/experience are unreliable guides, where then shall we turn?
A lovely video from the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, capturing Monday’s rainy Way of the Cross along Pennsylvania Avenue, where 20 bishops and nearly 400 lay people prayed for action to reduce gun violence.
Appreciative Inquiry is a popular tool in congregational development in the Episcopal Church. But those of us who are not devotees sometimes don’t understand what it is about. In this article for The Alban Institute, Mark Lau Brunson lays out “Ten Assumptions of Appreciative Inquiry.”
Episcopalians continue to draw attention by taking church services into the streets. Last night, Channel 6 in Philadelphia was one of a number of stations
Yesterday, Michel Martin, host of NPR’s Tell Me More interviewed Dean Gary Hall of Washington National Cathedral who has been speaking out for stricter gun