He spoke about the Occupy movement both in New Hampshire and on Wall Street, mentioning the prophets of the Old Testament and the necessity for community.
Today we don’t have to go to Africa to find poor children. Fully one quarter of American kids live in poverty. And they are not easily seen – even in Newark, whose downtown landscape is dominated by the Prudential Center and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. I don’t know if kids are starving, but they certainly are hungry.
Bishop Andrew Waldo of the Diocese of Upper South Carolina writes an op-ed in The State about the situation in his neighboring diocese of South Carolina.
“Jesus asks a very important question, not about ancient Roman coins, but about us. Whose image do we bear? Is it the emperor’s? Or is it God’s?”
Thinking Anglicans yesterday reported: Seven diocesan synods debated the women bishops legislation today. We will update this article as results become available. A majority of
The Rt. Rev. Vincent W. Warner, retired Bishop of Olympia, has been restricted from exercising his ministry as a bishop or priest by the Presiding Bishop. Current diocesan Bishop Greg Rickel writes to his diocese.
The only oxen gored–by name–in Bishop Sauls’ proposal are the General Convention and interim bodies as currently configured. I think it is worth expanding the conversation for two reasons: 1) to arrive at the best solution, and 2) to make sure that everyone likely to be making decisions on this matter demonstrates their good intentions by putting their self-interest at risk.
Dixon “has been a trailblazer within her own church, opening doors for women and members of” the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community “and demonstrating compassionate inclusion in her ministry.”
In a brief interview with Trinity Wall Street’s Jim Melchiorre from June, Bishop Michael Curry of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina reflects on the
“The presentation represents thoughts and ideas that have been growing for a long time and in conversation with many other people throughout the church, but they are not intended as being presented as anything other than my own.” Addressing the concerns of dioceses and citing examples, he illustrated the need for reform through charts and graphs.