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What happens to those who are deported?

June 3, 2014 No Comments

… recognizing that deporting migrants to dangerous parts of the border, especially in the night, places them in grave and unnecessary risk.

Pope Francis “disruptive” to U.S. Roman Catholic bishops

June 3, 2014 3 Comments

The National Catholic Reporter reports on Archbishop Joseph Tobin of Indianapolis speaking at the annual assembly of the

The unfairness of climate change

June 3, 2014 1 Comment

President Obama Obama’s has announced new carbon regulations for the U.S. 17 percent of the world’s emissions come from the United States. The new regulations

When a child dies …

June 3, 2014 4 Comments

The death of a child is a terrible event and we hope to offer comfort to those who were closest to the child.

What Should Clergy Know?

June 2, 2014 13 Comments

Last week, the Cafe published Laurie Brock’s piece about what needs to die so that the Church might find reinvigorated life. Among the items she

Prediction Season for General Convention Opens

June 2, 2014 3 Comments

Just like Christmas comes earlier and earlier, just like political campaigns start years prior to the election, so issues around General Convention creep more and

Reexamining Sunday School

June 2, 2014 1 Comment

Nurya Love Parish, blogging in advance of Virginia Theological Seminary’s eFormation Conference, poses some good questions about the way we structure Christian formation for children

Ann B Davis, Episcopalian, dies

June 2, 2014 2 Comments

Ann B. Davis, the actress who became famous for playing Alice, the housekeeper from the Brady Bunch, has died at the age of 88. While

Conservative Christianity and Pickup Artist Culture

June 1, 2014 No Comments

In the wake of the Elliot Rodger shootings in Santa Barbara and the #YesAllWomen movement on social media, Dr. Kevin Kuhn-Choi, Assistant Professor of Religion

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’s “Conscious Evolution” back in focus