Author: Nicholas Knisely

Roman graves found in Canterbury

Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient burial ground in Kent where around a hundred people were laid to rest. . . Experts have found hardly any grave goods and since most of the bodies are lying east/west they are believed to be mainly Christian.

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The Virgin Mary makes “confirmed visit” to the US

About twenty miles outside of Green Bay and over a mile from even the smallest town, a tiny sign at a remote intersection points visitors toward Chapel Drive, site of the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help, site of the only approved site of a Marian apparition in the U.S.

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A radical state of uncertainty? For the church too…?

Every half century or so, the risk assumptions underlying our economic, social and political foundations change dramatically. For a number of reasons, the size, complexity scale and symmetry of risk are vastly different in 2011 than 1991. As a result, the risk-reward ratios that we take for granted, such tight global supply chains, may no longer make sense.

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Majority of Catholics back LGBT rights

Catholics are more supportive of legal recognitions of same-sex relationships than members of any other Christian tradition and Americans overall. Nearly three-quarters of Catholics favor either allowing gay and lesbian people to marry (43%) or allowing them to form civil unions (31%).

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Reflecting on the parish

How we worship and work together as a church is, indeed, the expression of what we believe – the traditional lex orandi, lex credendi has always been what unites Anglicans.

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Sunday Social Hour

We had a few issues with links on Facebook not going through to the blog this week. When that happens, if we don’t address it immediately, just come to https://episcopal.cafe directly and click the appropriate blog–most of the time, that will be The Lead. In addition, we’ll be posting images from the art blog directly to the Facebook page from time to time. Now, to share a few comments.

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