…last fall [Johnston] accepted the recommendation given to [him to] grant the status of postulancy for Holy Orders to a person who is in a committed same-sex relationship but he has decided not to move forward until the Diocesan listening process is completed.
On the eve of the Inauguration which seemed to make “inclusiveness” its by-word, two religious leaders, a conservative Evangelical and a liberal Jew launched the
Religious leaders are celebrating President Barack Obama’s executive order banning torture. Michael Paulson of The Boston Globe is on it.
From the Diocese of Virginia: The Rt. Rev. Peter James Lee announced today that on October 1, 2009, he will step down as bishop of the Diocese of Virginia, leaving the Diocese in the capable hands of his successor the Rt. Rev. Shannon S. Johnston.
A young member of a Connecticut Episcopal parish has written up her eyewitness account of the Inauguration. She comments particularly on the crowd’s reaction to
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has accepted written statements from retired Bishop William Wantland and Henry Scriven that they have renounced their ministries in the
UPDATE: ABC News reports that President Obama signed an executive order today reversing the ban that prohibits funding to international family planning groups that provide
Craig A. Satterlee says that there is no distinction between worship and mission. He says that worship ismission.
Financial services firm Morgan Stanley has frozen the accounts of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh because it is unsure who should be allowed to access them. In a letter Jan. 13, the firm’s legal and compliance division said the company would not allow any further distributions until it received a court order listing those authorized to use the accounts.
To greet the announcement of Oscar nominations, the Spirituality and Practice Web site has compiled a list of the ten most spiritually literate films of 2008, a list that includes Slumdog Millionaire and Milk. Did they miss any good ones?