Category: The Lead

A conversation with the Dean

The Dean of the Washington National Cathedral, The Very Rev. Gary Hall, sat down with Sally Quinn of the Washington Post, who profiled him for the paper.

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People raised in non-religious homes tend to remain non-religious

The percentage of people who grew up in non-religious families is growing. These folks tend to remain non-religious and fewer of them are marrying people who are religious. This means that we entering the second, perhaps the third generation, of people who have no first-hand familiarity with the basic function or teachings of religion.

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Jonathan Daniels pilgrimage

Civil rights activist Jonathan Myrick Daniels died in 1965 saving the life of a teenage girl, Ruby Sales, who will participate in this year’s Aug. 10 pilgrimage honoring Daniels and others killed during the civil rights movement. Gloria Larry House who was with Daniels will also participate.

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Tweeting grief

I know end might be near as this is only day of my adulthood I’ve seen my mother and she hasn’t asked, “Why that shirt?” ~Scott Simon

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ACC chair Tengatenga supports marriage equality

The 2003 consecration of V. Gene Robinson as Episcopal bishop of New Hampshire represented an extraordinary gift because it forced people—from parishioners to bishops to people outside the church—to think carefully and critically about the issue of homosexuality and gay rights. As a result, many of us came to very different understandings of the faith and the gospel. So, let me be clear. I support marriage equality and equal rights for everyone. – James Tengatenga, Bishop of Southern Malawi

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