The Anglican enclave planted in the United States by the Nigerian Church has accused the Episcopal Church of unintentionally encouraging conversions to Islam by moving away from a simple message and liturgy. The Convocation of Anglicans in North America (Cana) says women are marrying Muslim men partly because of the dearth of marriageable men in their own churches.
Commending the President’s leadership and applauding his vision for a Middle East Peace Plan, the religious leaders note agreement and support for six principals, including “Israel’s right to exist in security and the right of the Palestinian people to a viable, sovereign and secure state of their own.”
“I never dreamed we’d have something like this,” said Bashar al Salah, the team’s captain. “Now we’re a real baseball team.”
For this deacon, the time has come to take stock, not only of those questions, but serious questions about our institutional structures. In the last few years, my experience on a national level, has pushed me to ask, “What in God’s name are we doing?” And, “What do we do when the church gets in the way?”
After taping the Letterman show, the president returned to his midtown Manhattan hotel and quietly emerged a while later in gym clothes and a baseball cap. His destination: the church across the street for some basketball with his aides.
Over the weekend Roman Catholics and Episcopalians, led by former Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold joined in a shared Solemn Evensong dedicated to Mary, the Mother of God.
Tough times call for old fashioned solutions. When Grace Shelter in Northhampton New Hampshire, a program for women and their families working to overcome addiction,
Bishop Mike Klusmeyer is planning for his next drop from the roadbed of the famous New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia to the riverbank 700 feet below. In a nod to maintaining a living witness to the Gospel, the Bishop will be using a zip line to accomplish the trip.