In the case of Diocese of Georgia v. Christ Church Savannah the Superior Court of Chatham County, Georgia today granted the Motion for Summary Judgment of The Episcopal Church and the Diocese of Georgia on our property claims against a breakaway parish and awarded the diocese possession of the parish property.
Thirty-three years after the Episcopal Church approved the ordination of women to the priesthood and episcopate, the first woman will be ordained a priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth.
“I go to this celebration of the signing of the Matthew Shepard/James Byrd, Jr. Act remembering Matthew and all those hurt by hate. I am hopeful this legislation will move us as a country to a place of reconciliation, peace and love toward one another.” ~Bruce Caldwell, Bishop of Wyoming
From the misfit fringe of another denomination, Rome recruits the naysayers it needs to bolster what has become its own place on the margin of Catholic life. First there was Opus Dei, with its crypto-fascist origins, then there were the Holocaust-denying lovers of Latin – and now the Anglo-fundies. Come on over, guys!
The impact of the recession on churches in a variety of denominations is reported in a new Alban Institute.
…even as hierarchies struggle to maintain rigidities in place, even as persons are hurt and their ministries denied, something else is going on, namely the emergence of the hidden wisdom of God’s people, a choreography of promise, a recognition which the official Church will surely have to take seriously.
Junge pledged to work to strengthen relationships between the members of the LWF,… “We have said all the time that to be a communion of churches is to be in a special relationship,” said the LWF general secretary elect, comparing the federation to an orchestra. “It is up to us to find the tune, the melody,” where “different sections join in a polyphony”, said Junge.
Christopher Hitchens, one of the chief critics of any faith in God, has now become enough of a celebrity that he is regularly appearing in Christian churches debating about the existence of God. He says he’s starting to recognize that there’s more variety among Christians that would previously admit.
The PB preached in Topeka over the weekend. She used “You are the salt of the Earth” as her text. In the sermon she calls on people to use salty language to correct injustice and then warns against what happens when you go too far such as Topeka resident Fred Phelps does with his “hateful” message. UPDATE: sermon available below
There were a series of coordinated attacks in Baghdad over the weekend. One of the bombs was exploded very near to St. Georges Anglican Church where Canon Andrew White serves as vicar. White has posted detailing the damage and finding a few blessings in the events.