Saturday, July 28, 2018
While it may not be poetic to think of existence in terms of a Venn diagram—that is, as circles on a blackboard—it might be instructive nonetheless. If God is A, then where is B, the circle that represents us? Some people might draw A as a big balloon hanging by...
Friday, July 27, 2018
Appointments Paul K. Alexander is missioner for development and financial stewardship for the Episcopal Church in Colorado. The Rev. Alexander Andujar is rector of St. Vincent, St. Petersburg, FL. The Rev. Martin Bagay is interim rector of the Churches of St. George’s...
Friday, July 27, 2018
Because I am one of the many people who cannot read any of the ancient languages the books of the Old and New Testament are written in, I depend on the scholarship of others to translate those books into English. Translators work hard not just to capture the meaning...
Friday, July 27, 2018
By Jim Goodson While General Convention and Episcopal Church Women met at the Austin Convention Center, 92 members of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew gathered about 10 miles north for their triennial meeting. The brothers met July 5-7 at the Embassy Suites Arboretum....
Friday, July 27, 2018
“So what happened?” the woman at the desk asked. “Where did you fall?” When I told her, she nodded her head knowingly. “A lot of people get tripped up there.” “There,” in this case, was the breakwater in Rockland, Maine, an almost mile-long jetty composed of massive...
Thursday, July 26, 2018
Adapted from Joelle Kidd’s report for Anglican Journal, via ACNS Two Anglican churches in Toronto are offering space for prayer after an evening shooting on July 22 left two dead and 13 others injured. The gunman, whose identity has not been released, was found dead...
Thursday, July 26, 2018
The Rev. Jacob Worley, who was turned away from becoming the Anglican Church of Bishop of the Diocese of Caledonia, has been called to lead St. Andrew’s Church in downtown Fort Worth. St. Andrew’s is a congregation in the diocese led by the Rt. Rev. Jack L....
Thursday, July 26, 2018
I’ve learned a great deal from other teachers I’ve known. Some have shown me what not to do. But there was also a professional mentor who continually reminded me that I should never make anyone look foolish; and many, many years earlier, an elementary school teacher...
Thursday, July 26, 2018
Matthew 26:69-75 I feel a kinship with Peter. He was a man with a passionate heart, an impetuousness that led him to say the wrong thing and ask the foolish question more often than not. I do that. I think I know what’s right, and I blurt it out. If I...
Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry announces his surgery for prostate cancer: A few months ago, through my annual physical, I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. After a variety of tests, consultations, and conversations with my wife and daughters, I decided on a surgical...
Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Lord Carey, the retired 103rd Archbishop of Canterbury, testified that he is “deeply ashamed” about the Church of England’s failure to discipline Peter Ball, former Bishop of Lewes and Gloucester. Carey gave evidence in testimony July 24 before the long-running...
Wednesday, July 25, 2018
“Table for two?” I felt like the hostess at a fine restaurant, and yet here I was at the largest feeding center in New York. Whether street people or the working poor, the guests at Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen were receiving a nutritious meal—and they were being served...
Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Yesterday morning, I rose early, and took my prayer book and Bible out into the fields, meadows, and woods that surround the cabin where I am staying for a mini-retreat, as a busy month draws to a close. This summer has brought even more changes and challenges than...
Tuesday, July 24, 2018
[Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop Michael Curry has taken the next step in a never-before-used canonical process contesting the election of the Very Rev. Kerwin Delicat as bishop coadjutor for the Diocese of Haiti. Curry on July 17 officially asked the...
Tuesday, July 24, 2018
By Retta Blaney As a student at Yale University 62 years ago, John Wulp was chatting with professor and literary critic Paul Pickrel at an Elizabethan tea. Pickrel mentioned that he had just read The Book of Margery Kempe and found it hilarious. Wulp, who had no...
