Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has notified the Episcopal Church’s House of Bishops that she has accepted the renunciation of vows by Williams MacBurney, the
Jessa Crispin: When I read The Wrath of Angels for the first time five years ago, I had hoped it was a look back on a troubled time. The conversation around abortion then was had been no less heated than that of the book, but at least it was less bloody. Now I’m beginning to fear it simply documents the first chapter in a long story.
Twenty years ago, we were actively pushing our young people out the doors of our churches and Dioceses. We didn’t mean to – it’s just that we wouldn’t make room for them in our activities; we didn’t include their voices in our public conversations; we didn’t ask them for stories of their encounters with the good news of God as known in Jesus Christ. As a result, we lost them.
Bishop Gene Robinson of New Hampshire gave a lecture recently at Emory University on “Why religion matters in the quest for gay civil rights.” Watch the video.
Anglicans in Pakistan and Afghanistan care for the sick and injured and the refugees of war, most of whom are Muslim, and many members of the Taliban and al-Qaeda. They continue to do this even in the midst of persecution and the constant threat of violence from the people they serve.
Here is our weekly collection plate, offering some of the good things that Episcopalians and their congregations have done that made the news this past week. And other news fit to print.
In the Diocese of San Joaquin, letters have been sent to nine parishes in the diocese inviting the leaders of the parishes to arrange the transition of all properties and assets back to the Episcopal Church.
The Scottish Episcopal Church have elected Rt Revd David Chillingworth, Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane to serve as their new Primus (Primate). “Raspberry
Jessa Crispin: Western society does not have much time for sin. Not the sins themselves, of course – those we like very much. We pursue them, wrap our arms around them …. But when it comes to the idea that fornication or ditching work or imbibing excessive amounts alcohol should bring spiritual guilt, confession, and penance, that’s as outdated as the whole masturbation-will-send-you-straight-to-hell thing.
When people think about torture, few consider the emotional and spiritual costs beginning with the victim and extending to all those involved in the process including the families.