The Rt Rev Dan Martins, bishop of Springfield, has offered a teaching to his own diocese on the nature of ministry that is clear, concise and offers much to consider to anyone involved or interested in ordination processes or ministry in general.
One priest tells the story of a man who broke into church to pray – and another replies with the story of a church that
JTA reports, “There has been an increase in the United States in reports of threats and vandalism on Jewish property in the wake of the presidential election.”
“We must start by making our peace with the megachurch as our neighbor,” is the invitation at the heart of Bowler’s essay.
Bishops Against Gun Violence will facilitate a conference on the “unholy trinity” of racism, poverty, and gun violence in Chicago in April.
Ben and Colin discuss their resolutions, and recommend one for you! The Rev. Emily Wachner joins us to discuss the Wisdom Year program and revitalization of GTS. Also, Anna Courie joins us to discuss raising faithful and healthy tweens and teens
The first of six scheduled Revivals led by Presiding Bishop Michael Curry will take place in Pittsburgh next month.
Clothing of that era was routinely passed down or reused as cloth for other purposes.
On 1 JAN 2017, some of the apron strings between the Kingdom of Norway and the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Norway were cut. Approved by the Norwegian parliament back in 2012, but effective beginning this year, the Norwegian constitution has been amended from referring to the church as the “state’s public religion,” to, “Norway’s national church.”
Until last Tuesday (3 JAN), members of the US Army occasionally received religious accommodations on a case by case basis. On Tuesday the Secretary of the Army, Eric Fanning, propagated new regulations affecting all army personnel from the brigade level down.