THE Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States, the Rt Revd Michael Curry, has emphasised the autonomy of the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC), in the wake of the Primates’ decision to censure his Church.
The holiness in him and in his words is tangible…. It is his grace in the face of terrible rejection that shines out from this whole sorry episode.
The Anglican Communion is a network of relationships that have been built on mission partnerships; relationships that are grounded in a common faith; relationships in companion diocese relationships; relationships with parish to parish across the world; relationships that are profoundly committed to serving and following the way of Jesus of Nazareth by helping the poorest of the poor, and helping this world to be a place where no child goes to bed hungry ever.
In our modern, connected world stories rise like rockets and quickly traverse the media sky and what seemed to generate so much light and noise in the immediate experience quickly fade from our attention. Sometimes, these stories speak to deeper happenings in the life of the body (and sometimes not) but here are some thoughts on the Church in the year just passed.
The election of Presiding Bishop Michael Curry at the Episcopal Church’s General Convention this summer came in at number 23 of 26 leading religion news stories of the year.
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry describes what #BlackLivesMatter means to him, as part of the lead-up to the Trinity Institute’s Listen for a Change event in
Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop and Primate Michael Curry has been discharged from the hospital in Virginia today and is going to his home in North Carolina.
Presiding Bishop and Primate Michael Curry is resting comfortably following surgery
UPDATE: The surgery will be on Tuesday
Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church releases video calling people to prayer in response to the violence in Paris, France.