Category: The Lead

When the time of death becomes our choice

“The ability of medicine to keep people alive for such long periods of time — despite their best efforts to die — has changed the way people perceive the end of life,” says Susan desJardins, a pediatric cardiologist.

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Catching glimpes of what’s really important in life

Their favorite place was Richmond, a dusty speck of a town with high unemployment between coastal Port Elizabeth and huge Johannesburg. Under the umbrella of a program started two years ago by St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Poolesville (Maryland), the girls stayed two days to deliver food and play with local kids.

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Bishop Chane speaks out on fixing the Farm Bill

At a multi-denominational press conference on Capitol Hill on July 17, Bishop John Bryson Chane of the Diocese of Washington and five other faith leaders called upon the leadership of the United States Congress to stand for a farm bill consistent with “our nation’s fundamental values of fairness and opportunity for all people.”

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Our first Presiding Bishop

The 17th is William White’s feast day. The Rev. Timothy B. Safford’s homage to William White shows us that when times required, White could be something other than timid or gentle

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Pod world and youtube

Catching up to the 21st century, Episcopal churches are making videos, podcasting sermons, and otherwise taking the initiative to broadcast the “good news” of life in the church using the internet.

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