The Star News Online reports that some of the religious organizations in the Wilmington NC area are flat out opposed to the bathroom bill legislation and are rallying with the troops to have it rescinded. Other churches are sitting on the fence with a wait & see position.
Every Holy Week and Passover, the question comes up, “Should Christians hold Seders?”
The Rt Revd Dr James Tengatenga has been an Anglican bishop for 14 years. 14 of those years have been in service to the Anglican Consultative Council. This past Tuesday, +James preached his farewell sermon during the final Eucharist of ACC – 16 in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Lusaka, Zambia.
So often it feels like those opposed to the full inclusion of all the baptized in the sacraments, rites, ministry and life in the Church are mindless of the fact that there are real people on the receiving end of their opposition. Real people with real feelings. Real people who are hurt by the judgements made against their lives.
The Episcopal Church’s three members of the Anglican Consultative Council share their thoughts and perspectives on the April 8-19 meeting in Lusaka, Zambia.
Former Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has been named the third St. Margaret’s Visiting Professor of Women in Ministry at Church Divinity School of the Pacific.
“We went to Canterbury out of a desire for unity. In our hearts we desire to see the tear in the fabric of the communion mended. The sanctions passed at that meeting were the mildest possible rebuke to only the worst of the offenders, but they were one step in the right direction. Regrettably, these sanctions have not been upheld.”
We cannot do everything, and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that. This enables us to do something, and to do it very well. It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning
Creation Justice Ministries is urging people of faith to pray for the earth and the healing of the planet Friday, April 22 at noon (whenever
NZ blogger Peter Carrell asks for less heat, more light in the dialogue around marriage equality and full inclusion