The Chicago Tribune website has an article reporting on the work and ministry of Bishop William Persell, the Episcopal Bishop of Chicago who will be leaving Chicago in the fall of this year.
Ugandan and Sudanese clergy have recommended forgiveness, not punishment, as a means to resolve the 20-year-long war in northern Uganda.
Before we move into more reflective vein, here is a quick rundown of Saturday morning news developments, the most interesting of which is that Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori continues to attract the attention of the largest newspaper in whatever media market she visits.
The Diocese of South Carolina, which elected Mark Lawrence to be there next bishop, but failed to receive the needed number of consents to that election is planning to hold a new election with Mark as the only candidate…
Bishop Steven Jecko, the retired Bishop of the Diocese of Florida, has died overnight. Bishop Frederick Putnam, retired suffragan of Oklahoma and the former bishop of Najoland died today.
A wide angle view of Nigeria and religion emerges from religious scholars and Nigeria experts gathered in a symposium to discuss the current religious climate.
The Rt. Rev. John H. Rodgers, Jr., has been appointed interim dean at Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry. He will serve for one year beginning Aug. 1 while Trinity searches for a permanent successor for the Very Rev. Paul F.M. Zahl, who announced May 10 that he would resign effective at the end of July.
News on the Eccumenical front today. The International Commission for Anglican – Orthodox Theological Dialogue has released The Church of the Triune God, an ecclesiological statement registering considerable agreement over a wide range of issues on the nature and mission of the Church.
The Rev. Dr. Luis Leon, rector of St. John’s Lafayette Square in Washington, DC (the church of the presidents, and the parish where President Bush frequently worships) has spoken out in strong support of immigration family reunification.
A linguist who worked on the Aboriginal Bible translation, said the phrase “to love God with all one’s heart” was a special challenge. He said: “The Aboriginal people use a different part of the body to express emotions. They have a word that is, broadly translated, ‘insides’. So to love God with all your heart was to want God with all your insides.”