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Category: The Lead

Bill Richardson – rest in peace and rise in glory

October 9, 2007 No Comments

A saint has died. The Rev. Bill Richardson, priest in New Orleans, who reached out to offer Christ to all people.

Churches and children’s health care

October 9, 2007 No Comments

The Episcopal Church and the United Methodist Church are urging US legislators to reconsider the vetoed legislation for funding the State’s Children’s Health Insurance Program.

Open letter to the LGBT Community from Bishop Gene Robinson

October 9, 2007 1 Comment

Now that the Church has had some time to absorb and consider the recent meeting of the House of Bishops in New Orleans and its response to the Anglican Communion, I’d like to share with you what I experienced at the recent House of Bishops meeting, and where I think we are as a result.

Is baptism enough?

October 9, 2007 5 Comments

There is much talk at present in the Anglican communion of a new covenant to bind us together. This is seen as a solution to our problems, to our disagreements about homosexuality. Some argue that we just need to agree to certain new “essentials”. But many of us hesitate to embrace such a covenant because we already have a covenant: our baptismal covenant.

Rock on

October 8, 2007 No Comments

Graham Nash says “the world is in such peril. Most religions are being taken over by people who want to kill their neighbors. I find

For the Bible Tells Me So

October 8, 2007 No Comments

Daniel Karslake has created a documentary telling the story of devout Christians who learn their child is gay and how that affected their belief that

A nation full of Christians, but a Christian nation?

October 8, 2007 3 Comments

Does a nation full of Christians make for a Christian nation? Newsweek editor Jon Mecheam writes an op-ed in today’s New York Times reminds us

Halo as bait

October 8, 2007 3 Comments

Instead of a video game that shoots up a church, some evangelical churches are using a violent first person shooter video game in attempt to

Are clerical collars dangerous?

October 8, 2007 4 Comments

A security consultant for the Church of England has recommended that clergy in that church change some long cherished ways of doing business, including giving up wearing the clerical collar, in the interest of safety.

David Anderson attacks the Archbishop of Canterbury

October 8, 2007 6 Comments

David Anderson, newly elected as bishop in the Church of Nigeria and President & CEO of the American Anglican Council (AAC), released a letter today that attacks the Archbishop of Canterbury — and in doing so compares the Archbishop to the collaborationist Vichy French during World War II.