In the Diocese of West Kansas, the new bishop-elect is busy. The vicar of two parishes, the Revd Mark Cowell also works as a municipal
The word, “immediately,” occurs more than twenty times in Mark’s sixteen brief chapters. There is an urgency to his proclamation of the “good news about Jesus Christ, the Son of God” which has its own profound beauty.
“God our companion,
You inhabit the silence of meaningless pain
You breathe our wordless lament
You swallow the bitterness of our shock
Stay with us, Lord, and pray”
The publication of a response to the Task Force on the Study of Marriage from William Nye, Secretary General of the Archbishop’s Council in the Church of England has been stirring up responses of its own since it was highlighted by the Church Times late last week.
The Episcopal Church in South Carolina reports on the latest developments in court cases that have been ongoing since the diocese was split by the
Forty people showed up, and formed the kernel of a community group that eventually sponsored a Syrian refugee family for settlement in Connecticut.
“As we turn our hearts to the very wide community of the Humboldt Broncos, we turn them to God in prayer for mercy and comfort in the midst of their deep sorrow.”
The North Carolina Council of Churches has sponsored a month-long message on a billboard outside Burlington, quoting the 2nd Commandment – against idolatry – in the context of ongoing national debate over the 2nd Amendment.
Re-reading his sermon, it is sobering, and poignant, and inescapable to realize how little different it might have been had he preached it this Lent, this Easter, to the people gathering this week; as though we have been sleepwalking for the decades in between.
“Although Mama Madikizela-Mandela made some well-documented errors of judgment during her life, she remained committed to the vulnerable and was often the first at the scene of a tragedy to provide comfort and compassion to those impacted by it.” – Archbishop Emeritus Njongonkulu Ndungane