Tag: Presiding Bishop

Dream along with God

The task of theological education really is to help us learn to do theology — to relate our own stories, and the stories of those around us, to the great stories of our faith, so that we may be able to give an account of the faith that is within us. Theological education can bless us with the ability to see the need and hurt and injustice of the world, the ways in which God’s dream is not yet being realized.

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Presiding Bishop after one year in office

Among the highlights of the first year of her nine-year term as bishop, was seeing the hard work of American church members to reach the rural areas of Kansas and seeing churches in Brazil ministering to the poor there. On a February trip to Cuba, she discovered a “thriving Episcopal church” and helped consecrate two new bishops.

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Slow Leadership

Slow leadership is gaining popularity. It is part of the Slow movement which attempts to take control of time rather than allowing the busy-ness of life to take over. It encourages finding a balance between using timesaving technology and taking the time to enjoy a walk or a meal with others.

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Bishop Jefferts Schori on salvation and evangelism

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori weighs in on issues of salvation and evangelism in her most recent column for Episcopal Life, expanding on statements she has made in interviews with the media. She writes: “Maybe it would be helpful to recognize that baptism is not the goal, but rather relationship with God (or discipleship).

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Union of Black Episcopalians gets together in Houston

“The Episcopal Church offers the Black community an exercise in spirituality, an exercise in intellectualism, an exercise in the ability to be a community leader and an exercise in how to serve people,” said the Rev. Canon Nelson Pinder, outgoing president of the Union of Black Episcopalians

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What is freedom without reconciliation?

At a “reconciliation Eucharist” held July 4 in Houston, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori talked about the relationship between freedom and reconciliation, saying that neither is fully experienced despite being “fully around us.”

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Barnstorming through Western Kansas

“The presiding bishop actually came to spend time with the people of this diocese where we are. It gives us a genuine sense of being cared for.” She suggested they could care for additional members, including non-English speakers.

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Take the Long Calm View

“I read Genesis and I see chaos as a necessary precursor to creation,” Presiding Bishop, Katharine Jefferts Schori, said. “Anglicans embrace order and freedom. Both parts are essential. It’s a case of having patience to live with organic messiness to see what emerges,”

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