The State Journal-Register, Springfield, IL describes the process and possible difficulties ahead for the Diocese of Springfield as they elect a new bishop next week. Will the one elected receive enough consents from the Standing Committees and Bishops of the Episcopal Church?
About 40 bishops and spouses are participating in the trip to the border of Mexico and Arizona before the House of Bishops meeting. They are going to learn more about the people and places affected by US immigration laws and the lack of a coherent policy to address the needs of workers and employers.
Hauerwas discusses his new memoir and explains why he thinks “We’re all congregationalists now.”
One of the couples mentioned in the story is John Beddingfield and Erwin de Leon, who have been together for 12 years. Recently they they married in the District of Columbia. Erwin is a graduate student and former interim coordinator of the diocesan networks for Episcopal Relief and Development, and his visas are going to run out shortly. John is the rector of All Souls Episcopal Church.
You are opposed to telling Africans that condoms “increase the problem” of HIV/Aids. You are opposed to labelling gay people “evil”. The vast majority of you, if you witnessed any of these acts, would be disgusted, and speak out. Yet over the next fortnight, many of you will nonetheless turn out to cheer for a Pope who has unrepentantly done all these things.
Last Monday we asked how preachers around the church had handled the difficult Gospel passage on hating your mother and your father. This week I’d like to ask a broader question: what passages–particularly Gospel passages–do you find hardest to preach on? Why? And what do you do about it?
Historical comparisons are bound to be inexact; but American Muslims, like American Catholics, are now building their own religious and cultural institutions, and they are seeking guidance from a wide variety of religious sources—some few from jihadists, most from accommodationists.
“As I wrote in my initial letter, I cannot undo the grievous wrongs that Bishop Davis has done, nor take away the pain of his victims, but I can do my best to ensure that this diocese continues to tell the truth and seek healing and reconciliation for those who have been harmed.”
What do you do when you’re a thriving resort town with plenty of faithful people and no place to build all the churches you need? You build together, of course, in one spot, offering one model of architectural and communal integrity. That’s what Vail, Colo., based Vail Interfaith Chapel has done as it has sought to serve the spiritual needs of its residents.