The Church of England has rejected blessings for same sex couples according to Men and Women in Marriage, a report from the Church of England
Pat Bates, writing in
From Giles Fraser on Twitter: Rumours of a big shift in C of E policy on blessing civil partnerships out tomorrow. — Giles Fraser (@giles_fraser)
How can churches respond to mental illness? Ed Stetzer, president of LifeWay Research, asks and answers that question in an essay for CNN’s Belief Blog.
highly recommend a spiritual exercise that I made up myself. I call it, “Closing your eyes and listening to an entire Episcopal worship service without speaking.” Without your eyes to mislead you, the room will shrink to its actual size. Everything will feel like it’s happening right at the end of your arms. Which of course it is. And you might even begin to feel that God is at the end of your arms. Which of course God is.
The New York Times reports on a return of etiquette by the younger generation sick of snark, irony and rudeness: