“Jesus is already abroad, even in the darkness. The hungry one fed, the street people who have their feet cared for, the humble and honored guest at your dinner table – each one offers a glimpse of that dawn, if you look closely enough.”
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has issued a statement expressing concern about the pending Ugandan legislation that would introduce the death penalty for people who violate portions of that country’s anti-homosexuality laws.
Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori is interviewed by WABE’s Denis O’Hayer.
An Advent message from the Presiding Bishop:
The Chicago Consultation today asked the Most Rev. Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury; the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church; Dr. Bonnie Anderson, President of the House of Deputies; and the Most Rev. Henry Luke Orombi, Primate of the Anglican Church of Uganda, to speak out against draconian anti-gay legislation introduced in the Ugandan Parliament last month.
When she summed up the Episcopalian mission in a single sentence, I thought the message transcended the moment. Though spoken in a church, it should hold true in any setting; a worthwhile goal for everyone: “We participate in trying to heal this world. That’s what we’re here for.”
The presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, Katharine Jefferts Schori, was in Wilkes-Barre Wednesday night.”We have lots of populations around us who don’t know the good news of God and Christ,” said Jefferts Schori.
The PB preached in Topeka over the weekend. She used “You are the salt of the Earth” as her text. In the sermon she calls on people to use salty language to correct injustice and then warns against what happens when you go too far such as Topeka resident Fred Phelps does with his “hateful” message. UPDATE: sermon available below
The Episcopal Church’s Executive Council said October 8 that the majority of the General Convention deputations and individual deputies that expressed an opinion do not support the disciplinary process outlined in the latest draft of a proposed Anglican covenant.
General Convention’s decision to approve a 2010-2012 budget in July that is $23 million smaller than the current triennial plan prompted the need to rethink the work of church center staff.