Bishop Stanton, the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas, recently invited the Presiding Bishop and retired Episcopal bishop Bill Frey to debate their understandings of how we are saved by God.
LA’s suffragan bishop-elect warns that labeling her is a too-convenient way of keeping people from ever actually getting to know her.
The Rev. W. Andrew Waldo has been elected Bishop of the Diocese of Upper South Carolina on the second ballot. He is the rector of
NPR in Southern California interviewed the diocesan Bishop, Jon Bruno, as well as Mary Glasspool and Diane Bruce. A helpful interview, though they missed a
Rev. Kapya Kaoma, PRA Project Director was on MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show to discuss Uganda’s anti-homosexuality legislation and the U.S. Right’s involvement.
Reactions and reactions to reactions to the election of Mary Glasspool continue to pour in.
I think this is a real hopeful sign to the world. You know, especially to young people, who sometimes look at the church and especially the institutional church and say, ‘What are they talking about? What is all this stuff?’ I think the Episcopal Church is particularly poised to offer hope, to engage with the future, both in terms of new technology, and art and music and science with the story of the people of God. – Mary Glasspool
The Rev. Mary Glasspool said that she was aware her win troubles some people, but that she believes her election last weekend was mostly ”liberating” for the denomination.
There’s no shortage of opinion among bloggers and advocacy groups celebrating decisions in Los Angeles and castigating the Archbishop of Canterbury’s castigations.
Anticipating the canonical consent process for Mary Douglas Glasspool, the Archbishop of Canterbury and Bishop Jon Bruno have spoken to some degree. For Bruno, withholding consent because of Glasspool’s sexuality would be tantamount to “a violation of the canons of this church.” For Williams, consent “raises very serious questions … for the Communion as a whole.”