“Being gay is a gift from God”
January 14, 2009
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Video from the Rev. Ed Bacon’s follow-up visit on Oprah is now available. Bacon is rector of All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena.
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Presiding Bishop among the “$10 in 2010” signatories
January 14, 2009
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The Rev. Dr. Sharon E. Watkins, General Minister and President of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), signed the letter in support of the ‘$10 in 2010’ campaign saying: “National wage policies are moral documents that express the values of our country. A minimum wage closer to a living wage better reflects our values.” The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori and 400 other faith leaders from all 50 states also signed the letter.
On inauguration morning Obama will worship at St. John’s
January 14, 2009
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt started the tradition of attending a worship service before inauguration at St. John’s Episcopal. Since then, four other presidents have worshiped there on Inauguration Day: Harry S. Truman, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush.
Obama: Life without church community is difficult
January 13, 2009
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President-elect Barack Obama has been without a worship community for about a year now and throughout that time, he says, it’s been difficult according to
+Gene talks about praying at the inauguration
January 13, 2009
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NPR interviews Bishop Gene Robinson, who has been chosen to deliver the invocation at Barack Obama’s kickoff inaugural event Sunday. Robinson says he doesn’t think
Targeting gun dealers
January 13, 2009
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“We . . . cannot stand by while towns and cities suffer senseless violence,” said Bishop Allen Bartlett, assisting bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania.
Gay men’s chorus to sing at inauguration event
January 13, 2009
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A local gay men’s chorus has been invited to perform as part of President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration ceremonies next week, according to a statement from
Horror in Zimbabwe
January 13, 2009
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Bishop Desmond Tutu calls for the world to take action against the regime of Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe and the Nobel Prize-winner has signed the preface to a harrowing new report from Physicians for Human Rights on the man-made situation that may, if ignored, match Rwanda.
2008 reviewed by Presiding Bishop
January 13, 2009
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The year 2008, it seemed, was crammed more-than-usually with momentous events for the Episcopal Church. Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori discusses the events of the year and issues for the future in an interview with Solange de Santis, Editor of Episcopal Life.
All Saints, Pasadena rector on Oprah, encore visit
January 13, 2009
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The Reverend J. Edwin Bacon, Jr., rector of All Saints Church, Pasadena will make an encore appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show today, Monday, January 12, to respond to the controversy around his statement in a January 8th segment on the Oprah Show that “being gay is a gift from God.”
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