“What began as a call from survivors of Stoneman Douglas High School shooting has become a national movement. We can ensure that they do not march alone.”
“We believe it to be vital that science and religion work together to seek to answer the great questions of the mystery of life and of the universe.” – the Very Revd John Hall, Dean of Westminster Abbey
“With regard to clergy, this means attention to these patterns and behaviors in every evaluative, discernment, and wellness opportunity from initial application to Holy Orders until death. In addition, it requires a vocational understanding and acceptance that the souls in the clergy’s cure come first; if the church errs, it must not be at their expense.”
Mepkin Abbey is a Trappist community in South Carolina, founded in 1949. It currently has 13 monks, with an average age of 77. The monks
Asking “Do we want to be known as the church of the Confederacy, or the church of reconciliation?” launched an effort of reckoning and reconciliation at St Paul’s, Richmond, VA and led to Bending Toward Truth: Race and Religion in Richmond, a symposium that included Presiding Bishop Michale Curry
Impressions from the first day of the Evangelism Matters conference taking place in Cleveland, OH
The World Council of Churches conference on Mission and Evangelism has wrapped up a gathering in Arusha, Tanzania by issuing a call (below) to Christians around the world to take up Christ’s mission for themselves and to invite others into this world-transforming work.
“‘It would not be much of a universe if it wasn’t home to the people you love.’” -Physicist Stephen Hawking, who studied the universe (1942-2018)
“By failing to act in this case, the University remains silent in the face of a broader injustice. And to paraphrase Eli Wiesel, silence always benefits the oppressor.” The Bishop Trustees of the University of the South.
The bishops received reports on the issues of sexual harassment and abuse, and of gun violence. Duncan-Probe said both are matters of evangelism, as the church considers what Jesus and the gospel have to say within and around us that demand a response from the Episcopal church.