Too often when the going gets tough, lay people get going and hightail it right out of church. Church is messy, community is messy, life is messy. You can’t get in the habit of running from it because the mess will follow you until you deal with it.
The Hon. Byron Rushing, who has been reelected Diocese of Massachusetts Deputation to the General Convention of the Episcopal Church two or three dozen times, said that churches, like towns and cities, states and nations, are inescapably political organizations, and that churches get into trouble when they pretend otherwise.
Congress has given final approval to the health care bill, which would provide for medical care for the millions in America who do not currently have access to insurance.
Bishop Robinson will address “the world’s largest liberal Christian church with a primary outreach to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.”
Why start, or even continue, a pantry?
Before becoming bishop-elect, John Smylie answered questions – lots of questions. Here are a few of his answers.
Welcome to the first springtime edition of the Sunday Social Hour! Read on for recaps from our Facebook page and Twitter stream.
A little help, please, in bringing to light the whys and wherefores of the placement of Easter.
Arizona is poised to pass new laws which would make undocumented immigrants and their children guilty of trespassing. The law would require that all law enforcement agents must always check the citizenship status of anyone they think might be in the US illegally. Roman Catholic, Methodist and Episcopal clergy have spoken out in opposition.
The Reverend John Sheridan Smylie, Rector of St. Marks in Casper Wyoming and the former Dean of the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Spokane