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Category: The Lead
Where faith and time travel meet
This month marks an event that took place fifty years ago that has shaped and influenced our culture.
We are talking, of course, of Dr. Who.
Why the snark in the face of memory?
Some people are apparently a little weary of all the remembering going on today. Which is strange coming from a tradition built on anamnesis.
Food banks cannot make up for SNAP cuts
Deacon Diane Riley of Diocese of Newark says that the state’s food banks cannot make up for the $90 million annual cuts in SNAP benefits. The advocacy director of the Community FoodBank says that these cuts will affect 873,000 people — 10 percent of the population of New Jersy, the vast majority being children, elderly or the working poor.
A dangerous, healing sermon
Fifty years ago, the Rev. William Holmes stood in the pulpit of his Methodist Church in Dallas, Texas, and spoke hard truths to his community and avoided comfortable platitudes.
Scotland votes for marriage equality
The Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth, Provost of St Mary’s Cathedral in Glasgow, writes about watching the debate unfold.
Study shows shift in attitudes about end-of-life care
A new Pew study indicates that the number of Americans who believe medical professionals should take all steps possible to prolong life in all circumstances
Church opens sanctuary to all for weeknight solitude
Many churches turn themselves inside out trying to figure out how best to welcome visitors, get them quickly engaged in church life, make sure they
Submit feedback now on new resources for same-sex blessings
From the Office of Public Affairs of the Episcopal Church: The Episcopal Church’s Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music (SCLM) has issued a reminder to
Beyond the “first Thanksgiving”
Debbie Reese writes In Indian Country Today Media Network that the so-called “First Thanksgiving” does not do the time justice: