The church, in Norfolk, VA has seen increasing flooding in recent years. They may have been hoping these incidents were one-offs, but now the blinders are off and they have chosen to accept the reality of increasing sea level rise and increased flooding.
The Atlantic has a new article titled “Breaking Faith” which argues that the decline in religious participation, rather than leading to lessening of the “culture wars,” has instead made possible a much more vicious cultural struggle rooted in race and tribal affiliation with little common ground on which to build reconciliation and renewal.
“I opened the church door. Inside, it was silent. Had I gotten the time wrong… I felt a pang of dismay as I hovered on the threshold, deciding whether to investigate further or just go home. Through the open door, I could smell the distinct fragrance that seems to emanate from every old church: incense, candles, flowers. I stepped inside.”
How willing are we to forgo the structures that served us well in the past but which are no longer fit for purpose?
Long Island’s Bishop Provenzano joins his voice to those criticizing the choice to hold a Trump campaign rally near the spot where an immigrant was murdered in a racially motivated hate crime
“Your friends at the Acts 8 Movement are glad to offer the Episcopal Church a video for congregations to promote their Easter liturgies. The video above is our gift to you.”
The social bonds of rural communities in Iowa…including churches…are crumbling. Here is how some communities in Iowa are responding.
Bishop Stephen Cottrell in his sermon speaks of the work and office of a bishop in three ways – messenger, sentinel and pastor.
Pope Francis will canonize Junipero Serra on September 23 in Washington, DC. The 18th-century Spanish Franciscan missionary was either a missionary who cared for the natives who converted or a conquerer who forced people to abandon their beliefs and way of life.
So when the next group raises its voice, perhaps we should try another way. For us, the beauty of this other way is that it’s actually Episcopalian (or, more broadly, Anglican)