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When the wrong rabbi is the right call

May 10, 2016 1 Comment

Adele Levine describes her experience of calling the wrong rabbi to take her father’s funeral – and finding out that it was the right call after all.

Holy humor: Are you having a laugh?

May 10, 2016 9 Comments

44% of believers said “biblical exposition” was the most important thing in a sermon, compared to 2% who said a “sense of humour” was important.

“Walking together” task group members named

May 10, 2016 27 Comments

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry is among the ten members of a newly-formed “task group” appointed to continue the work of “walking together” committed to at January’s Primates’ Meeting.

Still searching for a Way Forward

May 10, 2016 4 Comments

The dioceses in New Zealand voiced serious concerns about the motion to recommend A Way Forward, and asked for time to address them.

Methodist General Conference: Six things to watch

May 9, 2016 9 Comments

The Conference meets very four years to vote on proposals that concern the entire church. Emily McFarlan Miller, writing for Religion News Service, lists six

Boston Globe Spotlight Team on St. George’s Episcopal School, others

May 9, 2016 No Comments

At least 67 private schools in New England have faced accusations since 1991 that staffers sexually abused or harassed more than 200 students, the Spotlight Team found through an examination of court cases, as well as interviews with alumni, relatives, school officials, and attorneys. – Boston Globe

St. Sava invited to hold services at the Parish of Calvary ~ St. George’s

May 9, 2016 6 Comments

Honoring a 150-year connection, the Episcopal Church has welcomed the Orthodox Serbian congregation into St. George’s Episcopal Church, the New York Times reports. Other good

Secretary General says ACC-Lusaka standing committee misreads Walking Together resolution

May 9, 2016 10 Comments

The ping pong between principals over the interpretation of the Walking Together resolution passed at the recent Anglican Consultative Committee in Lusaka continues.

The religious right attempts to use the US federal appropriations process to legislate bias against LGBT folks

May 7, 2016 3 Comments

In a blunt opinion piece at Religion Dispatches, author Patricia Miller, exposes what appears to be a new tactic by religious conservatives to advance their agenda opposing LGBT rights in the US, following the Supreme Court’s Obergefell decision.

A Bible translation, 25 years in the making

May 7, 2016 1 Comment

There are about 9000 indigenous people in western Paraguay who speak their native language, Southern Énxet. Many of them live on four reservations associated with the Anglican Church of Paraguay. Today these folks can read the Bible in a newly published translation that has taken 25 years.