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How well do people know their Bible?

December 7, 2015 20 Comments

Still from YouTube Video “The Quran Experiment“; the woman is responding to a Bible verse that she believes is Quranic In the Netherlands, two YouTube

Is your church helping folks prepare for winter?

December 7, 2015 No Comments

St Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral in Buffalo, under interim dean Rev. Will Mebane, has created a “Garden of Warmth” for people who need gloves, hats, and other cold-weather gear.
What is your church doing to help folks survive through the cold months ahead?

Prayers for Presiding Bishop Curry’s surgery Monday

December 6, 2015 16 Comments

UPDATE: The surgery will be on Tuesday

Angels we have heard on high

December 6, 2015 1 Comment

The National Gallery in the UK is producing a series of short videos on angels based on paintings in their collection. They are a delightful exploration of the meaning and presence of angels in art and in the psyche.

Interfaith Voices interview with Bp Michael Curry

December 6, 2015 6 Comments

Interfaith Voices has an interview with the Presiding Bishop on the Episcopal Church “Moving Beyond ‘White Anglo-Saxon Protestant'”

Church Publishing Inc has released the new marriage rites for the Episcopal Church’s trial use

December 5, 2015 No Comments

The new marriage rites are available in electronic versions for free download, The Witnessing and Blessing of a Marriage and The Celebration and Blessing of

During Uganda visit Francis dedicates Anglican shrine to the Ugandan Martyrs

December 5, 2015 8 Comments

On Saturday, 28 NOV, +Francis visited and blessed the newly renovated Anglican Shrine Museum dedicated to the 23 Anglican Martyrs of Uganda in Namugango Uganda.

Please pray for the healthy recovery of the Presiding Bishop of Mexico

December 5, 2015 2 Comments

El Reverendísimo Francisco Manuel Moreno is the presiding bishop of the Anglican Church of Mexico (la Iglesia Anglicana de México). Bishop Moreno recently underwent surgery to alleviate gastric discomfort.

Speaking to the Soul: this is the way, walk in it…

December 5, 2015 No Comments

“Though the Lord may give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your Teacher will not hide himself any more, but your eyes shall see your Teacher. 21And when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left, your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, ‘This is the way; walk in it.’

Nippon Sei Ko Kai calls on Japanese government to end racial discrimination

December 4, 2015 28 Comments

Representatives from 20 Japanese churches, including the Nippon Sei Ko Kai have called on the Japanese government to “eliminate racial discrimination” in the country, come to terms with it’s colonial past, and to introduce laws to “outlaw hate speech and other forms of discrimination.”