Controversy around The Rev. Luis Leon’s Easter sermon
April 3, 2013
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UPDATE: Audio of Leon’s sermon
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The Obamas hear an Easter sermon
March 31, 2013
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Quoting from John 20:1-18, Leon said in the same way Jesus told Mary Magdalene not to hold onto him, it is time for conservatives to stop holding on to what he considers outdated stances on race, gender equality, homosexuals and immigrants.
DOMA, Proposition 8 and the Easter story
March 30, 2013
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John Fugelsang draws a contemporary parallel to the story of the Passion and Resurrection in this commentary. Does its analogy hold up for you?
Episcopalians pray Stations of the Cross in D.C. to protest violence
March 25, 2013
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Episcopalians hit Pennsylvania Avenue today to pray the Stations of the Cross in an effort to battle the scourge of gun violence menacing the United
NPR interviews National Cathedral dean on guns, church and marriage equality
March 23, 2013
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Yesterday, Michel Martin, host of NPR’s Tell Me More interviewed Dean Gary Hall of Washington National Cathedral who has been speaking out for stricter gun
Galvanized by gun violence, the Episcopal Church responds
March 23, 2013
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The Episcopal Church is making news for its efforts to reduce gun violence. Last night more than 1,000 people in the Diocese of Chicago braved
Religious leaders speak out against Jindal tax plan
March 19, 2013
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Religious leaders, including the Rt. Rev’d. Morris K. Thompson, Jr., Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana, the Rt Rev. Charles Jenkins (ret. of Louisiana), the Rt.
Rob Bell backs marriage equality; NOM loses its GOP base
March 18, 2013
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Two developments in the campaign for marriage equality suggest that things keep moving in the right direction. At an appearance at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, prominent evangelical pastor Rob Bell endorsed marriage equality. Meanwhile, in suburban Washington, D. C., the leaders of the National Organization for Marriage faced an almost empty room at CPAC, a gathering known for its hardline conservatism.
Franklin Graham, other evangelicals, favor universal background checks
March 14, 2013
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President Obama is gaining support from evangelical leaders for his efforts to require universal background checks for gun purchases. Time’s Zeke Miller reports:
Ancient Christians in the modern world
March 13, 2013
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by Sam Candler On Tuesday morning (12 March, the Feast of Gregory the Great, in the Episcopal Church), I listened to news reports, analyses, hopes,
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