Tucked into Sara Mosle’s commentary for Slate on the Rick Warren imbroglio is a description of her ingenious method of finding a congenial congregation in unfamiliar surroundings.
Members of Congress are often accused of being out of touch with average citizens, but an examination of the religious affiliations of U.S. senators and representatives shows that, on one very basic level, Congress looks much like the rest of the country, the Pew Forum reports.
“I’m all for Rick Warren being at the table,” Bishop Robinson said, “but we’re not talking about a discussion, we’re talking about putting someone up front and center at what will be the most watched inauguration in history, and asking his blessing on the nation. And the God that he’s praying to is not the God that I know.”
The Washington Post is featuring highlights from an interview with the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church. The full interview will presumably run soon.
Updated – Integrity statement added at end President-elect Obama’s choice of Rick Warren to offer a prayer as part of his inauguration ceremonies has provoked
As I count our blessings I see that in the past two years our parish has grown from 27 people to over 140. We’ve gone from having no budget and a Navy Chaplain as our part-time priest to having two priests on staff, a proposed 2009 budget in excess of $250,000 (10% of which is dedicated to outreach and another 10% is dedicated to the diocese), a full-time Music Minister, and a wonderful group of kids in Sunday School.
According to Second Harvest, one of America’s largest hunger relief organizations, more than a third of low income households are eating less or skipping meals because they have no money to buy food.
The Vatican Friday urged governments around the world to decriminalize homosexuality but said a proposed U.N. resolution on the issue went too far. Vatican spokesman Rev. Federico Lombardi said the Holy See’s delegation explained the position at the United Nations late on Thursday, criticizing the wording of a European-backed text that champions decriminalization of homosexuality.
The Diocese of Virginia has responded today to a ruling in a Virginia court that the 19th century Virginia statute governing the distribution of property in the event of a denominational split applies in the case of the CANA churches of northern Virginia.
The Report of Mission and Resources 2008, the annual report of the work accomplished through the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society budget in 2008, has been released on the web at: www.episcopalchurch.org/missionreport08. This annual report is required by General Convention and this year includes multimedia and downloadable resources.