“The church is the body of Christ, and each church is part of that body. To get to know someone from a different culture who shares the same beliefs and liturgical practices is mind-broadening and spiritually invigorating.”
Bishops of The Episcopal Church offer pastoral letters this week as Haiti marks one year since the devastating earthquake
“I get a sense that the Haitian people are trying to get their lives back together,” said Serio. “There’s still a very long way to go.”
“We hope for significant and measurable progress in the coming months in improving the lives of Haitians, helping to restore livelihoods, and stabilizing the institutions of communities and the nation.”
President Obama has asked the nation to observe at moment of silence at 11 am today, in honor of those killed and wounded in the shooting on Saturday in Tucson.
Greg Garrett has abstracted seven popular-culture properties from 2010 that made a real difference in the world of publicly lived theology.
“I’m coming to the conclusion that the problem is not any church, any pastor or any small group. The problem lives inside me.”
Alan Perry caught some interesting nuances in this flurry of documentation.
This week on Facebook, we asked if you have any end-of-holiday or Epiphany traditions of note. Several responses were around the wise men.
“The question is whether Saturday’s shooting marks the logical end point of such a moment — or rather the beginning of a terrifying new one.”