There is much work in the church that, while essential to the functioning of the body, is not likely to make one’s heart sing. Certainly, there can be a great feeling of satisfaction in good budget work, or crafting endowment policies, but the meetings that go into getting to that end result can be demanding. T
Twelve retired clergy came out of retirement to serve congregations that had lost their church homes in a schism. The Diocese of Fort Worth says thank you.
“They may run from the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina, but they may from the next better thing as well, and who knows if they will always love Bishop Lawrence and accept him as their Father in God?”
It’s the story of Dr. Robert Marion, an uncommitted atheist whose life made a sharp turn toward faith when he heard Rev. William Tully preach on questions of doubt and faith.
Teens excited about their faith at camp took advantage of state-of-the-art technology offered by Camp Marshall to sing about it.
Canadian Anglicans may expect a vote in a few years’ time at General Synod on the question of the Anglican Covenant.
“There was even a Catholic cardinal – “a Popish person at home” – Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, former archbishop of Westminster, whose presence the translators would definitely not have approved.”
Richard Rohr is one of the most popular spirituality authors and speakers in the world. His ideas appeal to people across faith traditions, and to spiritual seekers as well. Rohr argues that most organized religions dispense doctrine when they should be encouraging personal transformation.
Someone’s got to have crossed wires somewhere along the way.
According to Okoh – or at least this is how we’re reading it – much of the blame for the ills of society is to be heaped upon women first, then homosexuals. But mostly women. So there’s that, then.