Dominican friar, writer, and advocate for the humane treatment of the indigenous people of the Americas, was one of the most important religious figures of the 16th-century Spanish world.
… there are also women (and men) selling sex voluntarily. But the notion that the sex industry is a playground of freely consenting adults who find pleasure in their work is delusional self-flattery by johns. Sex trafficking is one of the most severe human rights violations in America today. In some cases, it amounts to a modern form of slavery.
… we the UTO Four, remain faithful supporters of the United Thank Offering and the Board that is responsible for its policies and procedures; we are saddened at being dismissed as “members with no reasonable basis in fact to do so, …” We perceived a genuine threat to the continuing place of the United Thank Offering in the life of the Episcopal Church.
A rising trend of non-stipendary clergy who are called from within their congregation and educated in non-traditional seminaries is noted by
But what would happen if we recognize our raging laments and hurl them at God, the only one capable of catching them and holding them in love and safety?
Social media is offering a wide variety of tools to churches for formation and connection.
In many dialects around the world, there is no word for “girl”; in those dialects the word “child” is a masculine word. You see, in many parts of the world, girls have no value until they are a commodity, until they are women.
Carol Merritt raises the thought that a new name , one that conveys the Mainline’s rising diversity and social justice leadership, could stem the slide: “I, for one, am tired of pretending that we want to hang out at the Country Club and eat cucumber sandwiches in fancy hats. We are not some sort of upper-crust elite society.”
I know I have the right to remain silent … but should I? The ship of silence has sailed for me. As a follower of one who came embodying peace and healing for a hurting world, I feel compelled to speak out and encourage each of us to keep asking, “Where are the guns coming from?” Then let’s dare to wonder and pray for guidance for doing something about it!