Two Apologies for Bishop’s Remarks

Monday, August 20, 2018

Nathaniel Ramanaden | Diocese of St. Asaph | bit.ly/2nOocrs After protests by CAMERA and the Simon Wiesenthal Center and coverage by Tablet, the Rt. Rev. Gayle E. Harris, Suffragan Bishop of the Diocese of Massachusetts, has apologized for remarks she made during...

In the Presence of Glory

Monday, August 20, 2018

14 Pentecost, August 26 1 Kings 8:(1, 6, 10-11)22-30, 41-43 or Josh. 24:1-2a, 14-18 Ps. 84 or Ps. 84:1-6 or Ps. 34:15-22 Eph. 6:10-20 • John 6:56-69 Jimmy Baikovicius | Flickr “Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place, in the inner...

Forward Day By Day – August 20, 2018

Monday, August 20, 2018

When I first heard Bob Dylan’s song “Rainy Day Woman # 12 & 35,” I thought the line about “everybody must get stoned” was a reference to smoking marijuana. A closer reading of the lyrics reveals this song is filled with Old and New Testament allusions. In this...

Forward Day By Day – August 19, 2018

Sunday, August 19, 2018

Most of us would prefer a world where the line between righteousness and sin is clearly demarcated, like the ones and zeros of binary code. While technology has overrun many areas of our lives, our moral lives will never be so simple.So long as we live, we will not be...

Forward Day By Day – August 18, 2018

Saturday, August 18, 2018

Illness can sometimes arrive like a slow-moving rainstorm. Many mental health problems sneak up like a rainstorm that might let up for a while but never seems to completely move on. And then rain comes down in buckets, soaking everyone involved. The man from today’s...

Online: 9/2 TLC

Friday, August 17, 2018

The Sept. 2 edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers. TLC correspondent G. Jeffrey MacDonald writes in the cover story: Along the U.S.-Mexico border in West Texas, people accustomed to being largely invisible are trying extra hard to...

More Support for Cuban Pensions

Friday, August 17, 2018

CUBA from Episcopal Arkansas on Vimeo. ✜ The Rt. Rev. Larry R. Benfield, Bishop of Arkansas, has joined in a cause championed by former Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori during General Convention: providing pensions for retired Episcopal clergy in Cuba....

Pray for Victims and for the Church

Friday, August 17, 2018

The Rev. Sean W. Rowe, Bishop of Northwestern Pennsylvania and Provisional Bishop of Bethlehem, writes about the latest reports of sexual abuse: In the last several days, our fellow Christians in the Roman Catholic Church here in Pennsylvania have been shaken by the...

8/17: People & Places

Friday, August 17, 2018

Appointments The Rev. Melinda Bobo is rector of St. Andrew’s in the Pines, Pinedale, WY. Michael Braxton of Calvary Church, Pittsburgh, is an elected trustee of General Theological Seminary in Manhattan. The Rev. Deacon Deborah Burns is a deacon at Trinity, Lawrence,...

Forward Day By Day – August 17, 2018

Friday, August 17, 2018

I recently turned 46 years old and am starting to feel my age. I’ve started to worry about my future. What more can I accomplish in the years left? Sometimes, I wonder if my best years are behind me. While we may be tempted to think our best days are past, God always...

Naomi Tutu Is Asheville-bound

Thursday, August 16, 2018

Alexandria Bordas of the Asheville Citizen Times reports: All Souls Cathedral announced the hiring of internationally recognized public speaker and spiritual leader the Rev. Naomi Tutu to focus on social issues in the Western North Carolina region. … Tutu is the...

Costa Rica Elects New Bishop

Thursday, August 16, 2018

The Diocese of Costa Rica has elected the Rev. Orlando Gómez as its bishop. The election convention gathered July 14 but was soon forced to suspend the convention. A tropical storm caused the closure of national roads, preventing delegates in the Caribbean region from...

Award-winning Pavilion

Thursday, August 16, 2018

The Pavilion at Grace at Grace Church in Providence has earned a 2018 Religious Art and Architecture Design Award for new facilities. Winners in the 2018 Faith & Form International Awards Competition will be featured in the December issue of Faith & Form and...

Forward Day By Day – August 16, 2018

Thursday, August 16, 2018

Struggling to pray sometimes—or not knowing where to begin—is a familiar experience. I have found that thanksgiving is a great place to start when I struggle in my prayer life. Reflecting on the blessings that God has given me can be like following a bread-crumb trail...

Kansas Adds Third Nominee

Wednesday, August 15, 2018

Cathleen Chittenden Bascom, Martha N. Macgill, and Helen Svoboda-Barber | Diocese of Kansas The Council of Trustees in the Diocese of Kansas has announced an additional nominee in its search for a 10th bishop: the Rev. Cathleen Chittenden Bascom, assistant professor...