Miguel De La Torre, professor of social ethics and Latino/a studies at Iliff School of Theology in Denver, CO has an opinion piece up at Baptist News Global where he asks; “As I witness the Evangelical Religious Right rush to present a non-Christian as a God-faithful servant, I cannot help but wonder if we are pimping the Body to the highest political bidder?”
In an age where religious motivations can cause people to do great harm or great good, and where every idea–good and bad–has equal weight, where are the theologians who can help ground us and guide our reflections?
Why has nobody written a Broadway musical about The Episcopal Church (TEC) or our cherished Book of Common Prayer? Encouragingly, perhaps few outsiders find us sufficiently obnoxious to be fertile soil for humor. Less encouragingly, in comparison to the Mormons, TEC has a lower public profile, our institutions are less energetic, we expect less from our membership, and our liturgies are more common than unique, representing a (if not the) principal root of most English-language Christian worship.
More and more couples are asking their guests to put away their smart phones during their weddings. In a world that is more and more mediated through screens, this is a startling, even radical, suggestion.
Betsy, Greg, Liz, and Ricardo discuss what makes pop music so appealing and how it can teach us to share our authentic voices in our ministries.
“One should learn not to make off-the-cuff remarks on Facebook,” the Rev. Dr. C. Eric Funston, rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Medina, Ohio, told a gathering of clergy in the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio. “It only seems to create more to do.”
Greg, Kyle, Lauren, and Patrick talk about the world of Game of Thrones. Do the politics and religions of Westeros share anything in common with our world and what happens when those concepts become linked in the pursuit of power?
Ben, Betsy, Greg, and Lucas weigh in on the new film Batman vs Superman. We go digging through all the superhero antics to find the soul of this big blockbuster.
Betsy, Greg, Liz, and Lucas discuss the prevalence of internet pornography and the role it plays in shaping sexual identity. What is a healthy Christian sexual ethic in our postmodern world and how do we begin the conversation with our parishes?
The Most Rev. Josiah Atkins Idowu-Fearon, secretary general of the Anglican Communion, said Anglican and Episcopal women must continue – and redouble – their work to change the fate of women and girls in their communities, including by working with their national and local governments. He delivered his remarks and took question at the Episcopal Church Center in New York.