For many people perhaps, the road network isn’t an obvious place to elicit theological reflection (some prayers and curses maybe) but blogger Eric Jacobsen thinks that it is and that we should be more aware of the spiritual costs and benefits of how we get around
From time to time we will publish letters from our readers responding to articles posted at the Cafe. In today’s letter Gary Commins and Newland Smith argue that the Episcopal Church should join the Israeli divestment campaign.
On the heels of a group of bishops from around the Anglican Communion supporting fossil fuel divestment, the Rev. Dr. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas, the Missioner for
At the General Theological Seminary, bishops serving on the GTS Board of Trustees have written a letter to the House of Bishops of the Episcopal
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori recently spoke on the topic, “Women bishops: what difference does it make?” at the Westminster Faith Debates: Women can bring
Nebraska’s lawmakers have made it clear to Governor Pete Ricketts: The death penalty is abolished. In a 30-19 vote (30 was needed for the overturn), Ricketts’
Americans are moving left on the liberal/conservative spectrum when it comes to moral questions, by sizable growth in percentage points between 2001 and 2015, according
The effects of French laws passed in 2004 and 2011 banning veils worn by Muslim women, as well as other public dress expressing religious views,
This year’s awards benefit “a growing Christian base community movement … started by Latino immigrants in Greensboro, North Carolina”; the development of a preaching curriculum for all of God’s people; a network of “Innovative Leadership Rounds”; and a restorative justice process to receive Iñupiaq stories of abuse, loss, and spirituality, and to help those communities “connect their traditional practices with their Christian faith.”
“Across the church right now, diocese by diocese, we are holding these days about alcohol and drug addiction. We are now treating the issue as opportunity to learn how to really respond pastorally, in-depth. And as we teach the clergy how to ask the harder questions, they are learning.”