Here is a collection of a few of the good things that Episcopalians and their congregations have done that made the news this past week. And other news fit to print.
The Rev. Dr. Mariann Budde, the Rev. Bonnie Perry and the Rev. Brian Prior have been nominated for the election of the next bishop of the Diocese of Minnesota. Integrity applauds slate of candidates.
This book is a rock-the-foundations work. Christians have been thoroughly taught that the crucifixion of Jesus saved the world. If the crucifixion is absent in historic Christian art, what is present?
Andrew Brown says that if the Church of England Synod passes the Anglican Covenant it will mean that the CofE will split. MadPriest thinks that progressives in the CofE are not organizing to oppose the Covenant out of politeness to Archbishop of Canterbury.
The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, has announced the creation of the Center for Religion and Environment.
President Obama wants to appoint Dr. Francis Collins to be the next director of the National Institutes of Health. Collins is a physical chemist, a
Britain’s Quakers have agreed to carry out same-sex marriages on the same basis as marriages for opposite-sex couples.
Marion Hatchett, a beloved professor of liturgics at Sewanee and a key figure in the development of the 1979 Prayer book and the 1982 Hymnal has some words of exhortation for the Episcopal Church.
Duke Divinity School is trying something a little different than the typical youth summer camp experience in which so many church kids participate. The folks in the Duke Youth Academy for Christian Formation (DYA) are basically recreating a monastic/semarian experience.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Anglican Archbishop emeritus of South Africa, Desmond Tutu will be among those receiving the US Medal of Freedom from