If Resolution 4 passes this November at the Diocese of Pittsburgh’s annual Convention, the Diocese will reopen a study process that considers the advantages of
Has the recent court decision in South Carolina which effectively invalidates the Dennis Canon’s effect opened a much larger can of worms?
Some bloggers have been getting by the past few days on the validity of the Dennis canon and the true definition of disaffiliation. But the brouhaha this past week in Ft. Worth – for whatever else it brought us – did offer one nugget not to be missed.
We don’t normally find ourselves passing along news of celebrations of new ministry, but Rev. Broderick’s last name is notable — she’s the sister of stage and film actor Matthew Broderick, who will be on hand Thursday to read from Genesis.
An English writer maintains working respect for Rowan Cantuar, but is apt to disagree with him most vigorously. She is as likely to call him down as she is to uphold him. In other words, to use a purely English metaphor, her Archbishop is not an unquestionable royal on a pleasure-cruise; he is the Prime Minister at a raucous question-session of Parliament — a man of religious preferment and, therefore, accountability.
The “Godfather of Modern Neoconservatism,” who died Friday, didn’t take much comfort in deploying the term “God.”
It’s been a busy week on the Café Facebook page, which has become very good about showing our posts in people’s streams. It’s interesting to note that we have almost as many fans on Facebook as we do followers on Twitter, and if we were to do a serious cull of coffeeshops that follow us because we have “Café” in our name, we’d probably reverse the ratio.
Different faith communities are thinking ahead about the upcoming flu season, particularly about how to handle the H1N1 virus amid all the tactile rituals that are associated with a worshiping community.
Darwin may have done religion—and God—a favor by revealing a flaw in modern Western faith. Despite our scientific and technological brilliance, our understanding of God is often remarkably undeveloped—even primitive.
Calling access to healthcare a moral and spiritual imperative, Los Angeles faith leaders held a religious service and launched a phone bank Friday to urge congressional leaders to include illegal immigrants in any healthcare reform plan.