It’s cruel because it’s an intimate moment between two people who are important to each other, and how in that moment the parent (nervous, inarticulate, and socially paranoid about how he or she will be perceived) makes it about him- or herself and not about the child.
Remember and pray for the Episcopal School of Jacksonville.
The Episcopal Church is the sole official branch of the Anglican Communion in the United States, not “the main American branch.”
In the season of “top stories” of 2011, what do you think the most important religion story of the last year was?
“They discuss the tough issues she faces after a decade of schism within the church, her plans to reach out to disillusioned Episcopalians, and her desire to create a bigger, broader church.”
“The Muppets teach us Christians that a building does not a church make..”
“Civil unrest, poverty, children’s mental health? We need to lead on issues, not be kicked about by them.”
When Boston Herald reporter Ian Rapoport went to the funeral of Myra Kraft on Friday, July 22nd, his tweets from Temple Emmanuel in Newton, Massachusetts, set off a controversy. Kraft was the wife of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft. His actions led others to ask if it was appropriate for the reporter to tweet from the Temple.
Make sure the person who handles communication in your church loves social media… Church communication is shifting from handouts and phone trees to online, and the person responsible for communicating what’s going on in your church needs to passionate about both — recognizing it’s not an either/or as much as a both/and.
Oprah’s talk show may be off the air, but Father Alberto Cutié is about to premiere in some markets, around the country. So how will an Episcopal priest hosting a show dressed in clerical black fare on the mass market?