Eco-Justice Conference in Diocese of California
May 27, 2017
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The work of saving God’s creation is nothing less than the work of God
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Archbishop of Canterbury offers prayers for Copts attacked by terrorists
May 26, 2017
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Gunmen have attacked a bus carrying Coptic Christians in central Egypt, killing at least 28 people and wounding 25 others, officials say. The bus was travelling to the Monastery of St Samuel the Confessor, 135km (85 miles) south of Cairo, from Minya province when it came under fire.
Kirchentag, Manchester, Obama, Luther: Protestantism in a new world
May 25, 2017
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2017 is the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, and the every-two-year Protestant Assembly, the Kirchentag, takes on special significance this year because of that anniversary
A voice of protest against martial law in the Philippines, from the church
May 25, 2017
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Violence in the Philippines has prompted President Rodrigo Duterte to declare martial law on the island of Mindanao, and suggest he may expand that countrywide,
Thy Kingdom Come: Eleven days of prayer begin today
May 25, 2017
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Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s words launch 11 days of prayer for Thy Kingdom, a project of the Anglican Communion and the Society of St. John
Covenant of Reconciliation with Haiti
May 23, 2017
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The Presiding Bishop, and the diocesan and suffragan bishops of Haiti, along with the diocesan Standing Committee have entered a covenant agreement that “seeks to address and resolve many of the issues of conflict that have been burdening the diocese.”
Bishop of Manchester prays to resist evil in wake of bombing
May 23, 2017
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Today, we are full of shock, of grief, and of anger. In our grief we call upon God to extend his everlasting arms to those whose lives have been cut short; in our shock we call upon him to reach out with his embracing arms to comfort those who have been scarred in body or in mind; in our anger we call upon him to strengthen us with his mighty arms, to resist evil and build us through love of one another into an ever closer unity across our rich diversity.
What to do with redundant church buildings?
May 23, 2017
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In many long-established communities, churches – and their buildings – serve as landmarks and touchstones for neighborhood identity. But what happens to these buildings when
St. Paul’s School reports a history of staff sexual abuse of students
May 22, 2017
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“Put simply but starkly, several former faculty and staff sexually abused children in their care in a variety of ways, from clear boundary violations to repeated sexual relationships to rape.” The tolerance by those who knew and the lack of awareness by most of the faculty and leadership “is all equally troubling.”
James Comey and Reinhold Niebuhr
May 22, 2017
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For a student of Niebuhr, justice is about using power to balance the power of those not predisposed to recognize any limits on their self-interest.
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