“There is a trend … toward more sacramental forms and it is not surprising to see the recovery of imposition of ashes on Ash Wednesday,” said the Rev. Daniel K. Dunlap, vice president of Houston Graduate School of Theology and a liturgy expert, according to the Houston Chronicle.
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Received by email from anglican-information.org: At last some common sense emerges in the Diocese of Lake Malawi: Unfortunately, it is not as a result of
The Anglican Communion Network for Inter Faith Concerns NIFCON has released its treatise on interfaith relations, Generous Love: the truth of the Gospel and the
Clean-air activists and others plan to send hundreds of heart-shaped valentines to the governors of Utah and Nevada urging them to oppose plans for a $1.3 billion coal-fired power plant near Mesquite, Nev.
The Anglican Primate of Australia, Phillip Aspinall, said yesterday that it was difficult to understand the decision by the Archbishop of Sydney, Peter Jensen, to boycott this year’s Lambeth Conference, as virtually all Australian bishops declined to support Dr Jensen.
The Bishop of Liverpool, the Right Rev James Jones, a conservative evangelical, expressed the views in a book, A Fallible Church, in which he apologised for objecting to the appointment of the gay cleric Dr Jeffrey John as Bishop of Reading. He was one of nine bishops to sign a public letter criticising the proposed consecration.
Some time along about noon yesterday, the Episcopal Café received its one millionth visit since opening for business in late April, 2007. Just a day earlier, we reached 2.5 million “page views.” Our heartfelt thanks to everyone who visits the site, especially those of you who drop by daily to keep up with the news, appreciate the art and perhaps spend a little time in meditation.
The Diocese of Northern California and Bishop Barry Beisner have filed a lawsuit to regain church property in Petaluma, California. In a press release issued
Tobias Haller continues to do heavy lifting in graceful prose. His case for a positive view of same-sex relationships is informed by Scripture, tradition and reason, and constitutes one of the best resources on the Web. Read parts eight and nine.