The Covenant is widely seen as one-sided, aimed at punishing certain provinces for supposed failings while allowing all kinds of other concerns to go unheeded. Less attention has been given to the disturbing approach to unity which ignores the problem of evil.
By now it’s clear that Nancy Pelosi will be passing the speaker’s gavel to Ohio’s John Boehner as the Democrats retained a slight majority over in the Senate. Religion wasn’t a huge issue in the 2010 midterms, but a couple of notable races stand out.
It is certainly true that he had significant concerns; but it is equally true that leaders in our church need the freedom to express their convictions forcefully and to seek to influence the church’s course of action. That is a quality of our church that we cherish.
The point of this audaciously anachronistic title is not to claim Jesus as our own (how very un-Episcopalian that would be!), but to inspire us to see how Jesus is found in the many and varied expressions of faith that two thousand years of Christendom has birthed.
An international coalition of Anglicans has been created to campaign against the proposed Anglican Covenant. Campaigners believe the proposed Covenant constitutes unwarranted interference in the internal life of the member churches of the Anglican Communion.
Techno and traditional celebrations of the Day of the Dead can be found across the country from Trinity Wall Street in New York City to
…participants stood up one by one to tell of lives devastated by the abuse they suffered as children, of the guilt and shame and solitude they suffered in the belief that they were alone. “It’s time to stop the stonewalling and denial, The pope … has to do something about this world crisis. It’s like a tsunami over the world, and he has got to do something.”
The recent rash of suicides by gay youths who were tormented at school for their sexuality provided the impetus for Swilley’s public disclosure, the pastor told Atlanta news station WSB-TV. As a father…Think about your 16, 17-year-old killing themselves. I thought somebody needed to say something.”