From the Public Affairs Office: Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and Registrar of General Convention, the Rev. Canon Michael Barlowe, have notified the
“Please join me in holding in prayer all who are directly affected by the crisis caused by the fires burning in Northern California. Pray especially for those who have suffered loss and all who mourn.”
“The churchwide ministry of Episcopalians has included refugee resettlement since the refugee crisis of World War II. “
The growing #BlackLivesMatter movement has resonated with a number of religious leaders, and critics have objected, claiming that the movement has endangered the lives of police,
After being released from jail, the county clerk in Kentucky who was jailed for contempt of court for her refusal to issue marriage licenses following
Writing on Patheos, theologian Kyle Roberts shares his joy in seeing Vice President Biden quote Kierkegaard for Stephen Colbert on The Late Show. Roberts gives context to
The Rt Revd Andrew M. L. Dietsche, bishop diocesan of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, has added his voice to the call for churches
Bretagne (pronounced like Brittany) is a search & rescue dog for Texas Taskforce 1. TX-TF1 was officially admitted to the US FEMA Urban Search & Rescue System as a full non-probationary member in JUN 2001. System member units respond on a rotating basis to natural disasters and incidents of national significance. TX-TF1 responded to NYC during the aftermath of the attack on 9/11. Bretagne and her handler Denise Corliss responded to the call to help. This was their first deployment to a disaster.
When you’re flying above a dense and diverse environment like Manhattan, there is little time to reflect on what you are seeing below. Only in retrospect can you savor moments and see what you had been capturing with instinct. Thus it is with this photograph, where you can see people looking like so many black ants crowded around the square fountains that were once the footprint of the World Trade Center.
Thursday, many folks in NYC shared photos of a rainbow that appeared over the island of Manhattan. At one point the rainbow seemed to end directly over the new World Trade Center.