In mid-January representatives of the Anglican communion, Lutheran church, and Buddhist faith met in Myanmar to discuss ongoing interfaith relations.
On February 10, Washington National Cathedral will host the Prayer Vigil of Peace and Reconciliation, beginning at noon with Eucharist, and continuing for 24 hours to conclude with the ordination and consecration of the Ven. Carl Wright as the Episcopal Church’s next bishop suffragan for armed services and federal ministries.
On Saturday, a priest in Long Island was arrested and charged with drug possession and child pornography possession.
It’s as if Jesus is saying, “Do you see this little kid, who could die at any minute and who is in constant need of valuable resources? This child is more deserving of heaven than anyone else!” It’s not about how big and important we are here on earth; it’s about how much God loves us in spite of the value assigned to us by society.
Everyone’s home is in God.
We need not know it
in order for it to be true.
God does not need to be believed in.
But it can sound so sappy.
And yet sometimes
we humans want a home.
When Barbara Blaine was 13 years of age, she reports that she was sexually molested by a Roman Catholic priest. She identified the priest who she says molested her. And although there have been 30 years of accusations against him, he has never had to face the criminal justice system for those accusations because he is protected by the statute of limitations in the law. Barbara went on to found the group SNAP, Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests and she has been involved with SNAP’s leadership for the past 29 years.
On 30 JAN the Public Religion Research Institute released a survey about folks in the US and sports that delivers information from just about every angle that the subject could be examined. Men vs women. Young adults vs older adults. Sports popularity among members of different races. Female coaches of men’s sports vs male coaches. Female sports reporters vs male reporters. Athletes & their extracurricular activities. Youth sports & participation trophies. Plus a lot more!
The Presiding Bishop, the Most Revd Michael Curry, is in Pittsburgh PA attending the Episcopal Revival announced earlier for that city, The Presiding Bishop’s Pilgrimage for Reconciliation, Healing and Evangelism in Southwestern Pennsylvania. The revival is 3-5 FEB. There are two Eucharists which you can receive as live audio streams by visiting WMCK.FM, with your internet browser.
Uncontroversial when passed in 1954, Trump threatens to do away with the law prohibiting mixing of politics and religion; but many voices across the spectrum suggest there are compelling reasons to leave it alone
Neil Gorsuch, Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, attended Catholic schools growing up but now is a member of a Colorado Episcopal Church, according