The Rev. Amy McCreath, priest of the
The Rev Cameron Partridge, Episcopal chaplain at Boston University describes a day spent in lockdown. One of my family’s favorite books, The Napping House begins,
At a prayer service in Boston today, President Obama told mourners: “We come together to pray and mourn and measure our loss. But we also
The New York Times reports: A nonpartisan, independent review of interrogation and detention programs in the years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks concludes that “it is indisputable that the United States engaged in the practice of torture” and that the nation’s highest officials bore ultimate responsibility for it.
Assaults on our freedom cut deeply here at Old North Church. We will be keeping our lanterns lit and facing the Boston Marathon finish line to honor the innocent victims.
Tasneem Raja of Mother Jones has the story of one of the heroes of the finish line. Carlos Arredondo–the man with the cowboy hat–lived a life scarred by violence and anguish, event before the bombs went off.
The Episcopal Church can feel like a place of only one or two degrees of separation on those days when a tragedy strikes, and everyone
UPDATE: The Episcopal Café offers prayers for all affected by the explosions today at the Marathon.