Association for Episcopal Deacons (AED) is the new name of the organization for Episcopal deacons formerly known as the North American Association for the Diaconate (NAAD).
The Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company sues former Bishop Jack Leo Iker’s “diocese” for trying to collect insurance.
We pause from our usual routine today to honor the reason we ever came together in the first place: Christ is risen indeed! A blessed and happy Easter to all. We intend to spend the day doing Easter-y things, and encourage you to do the same. Unless something significant develops, we don’t plan to do reporting today.
The Bible’s long history of development, reflecting many voices, and the fact that it’s usually read in translation invite our engagement with it not merely as passive recipients of a fixed meaning but as unique individuals bringing different points of view to bear.
“We see the walk that Jesus took to his crucifixion as a powerful symbol of the everyday suffering that we, as humans, experience on a daily basis.”
“The world is hungry for the light of Christ and aching to see the love of Christ in human flesh. . . . The anger of the society around us is a sign of that hunger, even when it is hidden and expressed in less than fully honest ways. . . .It can be painful and difficult work on the road to Calvary and carrying bodies to the tomb. But it is the way of Resurrection.”
Recently, Facebook rolled out a new feature called Facebook Questions, aiming for a built-in poll interface that would allow people and pages to easily survey their friends and readers from time to time.
How do you deal with the verses in John that discuss “the Jews”? Where does joy come from? What would you do for a Klondike bar?
“IF family means everything AND we all wish our Churches had the power that we used to think the CofE had vis a vis the state – namely that it was THE church of the State, then we are sunk.”
Given the post immediately preceding this one, about how one corporation (Apple) seems to have the brass ring of outright religiosity, perhaps it’s too heavy-handed to make much meaning of this one. Other than that it seems to be commanding eyeballs for the past few days.