The House of Bishops Ecclesiology Committee, the existence of which came as a surprise to me, issued a report on how the church governs itself
Today is The New Yorker about the current status of awareness and action:
“Advent is a quieter time of the year in the Church’s understanding,” Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori says in her Advent Message 2013. “It’s a time to be still and listen, listen deep within to what is growing, ready to emerge into new life.”
It’s a book in which we see a community in dire poverty pushed up against a community of privilege—in which we hear about a community that is starving, and [another] that has so much excess that at times they actually want to make themselves sick so they can fit in more food.
…without deep pockets or the support of the religious or political establishment, it still grew and flourished. It grew because the Spirit was with them. It grew because Jesus was their leader. But, it grew also, I suspect, because there was joy.
Looking for a movie or perhaps a graphic novel? Here are two interesting lists.
Canada’s federal prison system has chosen a private contractor to provide chaplaincy services across the country
The Religion News Service has released their first-ever interfaith holiday shopping guide for the hard-to-shop for religious (or non-religious) folks on your list. Meanwhile, the folks who brought us Lent Madness have given into to the crass commercialism of the season.
The Rev. Frank Logue has a few thoughts on the unusual coincidence of Thanksgiving and Hanukkah this year. He writes: