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Falling in love with the language of hymns

September 2, 2014 No Comments

Juan Vidal wrote a feature article for NPR, “Falling In Love With Language — Through The Power Of Hymns”. An excerpt:

Baseball and Little League

September 2, 2014 No Comments

The Little League World Series showcased all that is good about baseball, while highlighting things that might need to change in the professional game. The

All Faithful Can launched as faithful response to misogyny

September 1, 2014 1 Comment

Today, three Episcopal priests launched a new website, entitled All Faithful Can–a play on the earlier hashtag: #yesallwomen. The priests: the Rev. Jordan Haynie Ware,

Voices of Faith at the Ferguson rally

September 1, 2014 No Comments

The Religious News Service posted a video interviewing different clergyfolk at march on Saturday, August 30, in Ferguson, Missouri. The video and full article can

The hard fought roots of Labor Day

September 1, 2014 3 Comments

While by now, Labor Day marks the effective end of summer, and the last hurrah of BBQ season, an article in the Huffington Post reminds

Lay employee pension benefits: Does your church offer them?

September 1, 2014 No Comments

This Labor Day can you say whether lay employees across your diocese are receiving the pension benefit mandated by General Convention?

John Lennon’s killer finds Jesus

August 31, 2014 2 Comments

Mark David Chapman, the man who murdered John Lennon, has turned to Jesus in prison:

Bishop Scott Benhase: suicide is “selfish”

August 31, 2014 15 Comments

In his most recent eCrozier reflection published by The Living Church, “Robin Williams, My Friend, and the Selfishness of Suicide”, Bishop Scott Benhase of the

Christian leaders call for end to air strikes in Iraq

August 31, 2014 No Comments

While some Christian leaders are calling for more airstrikes in Iraq to defeat ISIS, a group of 53 ministers, academics, and religious groups organized by

The Onion’s take on the ideal youth space at church

August 30, 2014 No Comments

I’m not sure I can recall a piece in the Onion that more closely mirrored reality than this one. (How many aspects of your church’s youth room are depicted here?)