Why pray?
July 18, 2018
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“The trouble with being a god is that you’ve got no one to pray to.” Small Gods, Terry Pratchett Does God need our prayers?
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B012, “Marriage Rites for the Whole Church”: Who will qualify for alternative episcopal support?
July 17, 2018
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Resolution B012, in its final language, aims to extend marriage equality to parts as yet unreached by offering alternative episcopal pastoral support to clergy and congregations whose bishops do not currently permit them to solemnize same-sex marriages. A statement from the Communion Partners of the Episcopal Church appears to turn the tables, stating that, “Congregations that maintain the traditional teaching on marriage, no matter what their diocese, have an equal claim upon the pastoral care of the church. We offer our own ministry of pastoral care in such congregations as bishops in furtherance of that goal.”
#GC79 Round-up for July 11th
July 11, 2018
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General Convention is kicking into high gear as the Bishops and Deputies race the calendar to the finish line, with hundreds of resolutions and the budget still to be decided. Both Houses will work a third legislative session this evening.
Creation Care conversation at GC79
July 10, 2018
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“Our children deserve to see the world as it was in the beginning, not just when we’re done with it.” – Bernadette Demientieff, Alaska.
Sunday at General Convention
July 8, 2018
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We gathered in song in a baseball park adjacent to the prison. Our hosts advised us that the women inside could hear us rallying and praying on their behalf.
A letter to General Convention regarding Justice in the Holy Land
July 3, 2018
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“Just as we rightly hear the cry of migrants seeking shelter and asylum on the borders of the US, so, too, does our conscience demand we campaign to end the detention of children and political prisoners caught in the 51-year-old vice of occupation. There is no escaping that the investment of financial resources in companies that support the infrastructure of this brutal occupation make the Church complicit in the injustices suffered by Palestinians. We offer our unceasing prayer as you discern what Jesus requires in this and all the sad injustices that face us in these times.”
Cats and gods
June 27, 2018
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It is common wisdom that dogs think we are gods, while cats know that they are gods.
Episcopalians keep up the prayer, pressure over immigration
June 26, 2018
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The prayers and public witness continue less than two weeks before General Convention’s planned prayer service outside an ICE detention center in Taylor, Texas, about forty minutes away from the Episcopal Church’s triennial meeting in Austin.
World Refugee Day is June 20
June 19, 2018
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“It is because we are followers of Jesus, because we follow the way of love, because we follow the way of compassion, because we follow the way of human decency and kindness that we must be passionately committed to helping the refugees and displaced persons of this day” -PB Curry
Bishop of San Joaquin weighs in on immigration
June 12, 2018
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‘We join bishops from across the country, alongside faith leaders and people of good will, to urge our Congress to protect Dreamers, TPS families, and all undocumented families. And urge all others reading this, the constituents, to call upon your representatives to do what is right. Let our congress members remember the words of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew: “Truly I tell you whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.”’
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