Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Lawyers representing victims of Peter Ball, formerly the Bishop of Lewes and Gloucester, have questioned the status of evidence given by Prince Charles to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse in the Anglican Church. The inquiry resumed in London on July 23....
Tuesday, July 24, 2018
A bus driver from East London was arrested when staff complained about his reading the Bible aloud from the front steps of St Paul’s Cathedral. Allan Coote, 55, drew the ire of cathedral staff. “In order to provide as prayerful and safe space for all, including on the...
Tuesday, July 24, 2018
By G. Jeffrey MacDonald For more than 250 exhibitors who cater to a niche clientele of Episcopalians, the start of General Convention on July 5 marked a long-awaited opportunity to greet, sell, and interact with the 3,200 registered bishops, deputies, visitors, and...
Tuesday, July 24, 2018
I don’t like funerals, and yet, I believe the Episcopal liturgy gets some very important things right. One of these is the reading by the priest during the procession into the church. In the words of Rite I, “For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to...
Tuesday, July 24, 2018
You know how sometimes certain things happen, over and over again, and it seems to be more than just coincidence? Like sometimes a favorite song comes on and reminds you to call someone that needs some extra love. Or you see a loved one’s favorite bird at your bird...
Monday, July 23, 2018
The Episcopal Church in Colorado has announced three nominees in the search for its 11th bishop: The Rev. Kimberly D. Lucas, rector, St. Margaret’s Church, Washington, D.C. The Rev. Canon Michael Pipkin, missioner for missional management, Episcopal Church in...
Monday, July 23, 2018
By Matthew Townsend, with reporting by Kirk Petersen La Iglesia Episcopal de Cuba will soon be a diocese of the Episcopal Church. On July 11 the House of Deputies unanimously passed Resolution A238, which calls for the diocese to be admitted to the church as soon as...
Monday, July 23, 2018
By G. Jeffrey MacDonald Graphic accounts of sexual harassment in the Episcopal Church were center stage on the eve of General Convention July 4 as bishops presided at a liturgy focused on lamentation, confession, and healing. Raw material came from 42 letters received...
Monday, July 23, 2018
Same-sex Marriage By Kirk Petersen After a great deal of discussion on legislative floors, in committee meetings, and behind the scenes, the 79th General Convention reached a compromise on same-sex marriage than enables pastoral delegation on the matter — increasing...
Monday, July 23, 2018
[Episcopal News Service] En réponse à l’appel de l’Évêque Primat Michael Curry de « suivre la voie de Jésus », les députés et les évêques, réunis du 5 au 13 juillet à la 79ème Convention générale de l’Église épiscopale à Austin (État du Texas), ont donné suite à un...
Monday, July 23, 2018
[Brotherhood of St. Andrew — Austin, Texas] Jeffrey Butcher crisscrossed the Unites States the last six years, meeting with everyone from the presiding bishop to the Brotherhood of St. Andrew’s smallest chapters. Brotherhood of St. Andrew President Jeff Butcher...
Monday, July 23, 2018
10 Pentecost, July 29 2 Sam. 11:1-15 or 2 Kgs. 4:42-44 Ps.14 or Ps. 145:10-19 • Eph. 3:14-21 • John 6:1-21 “David sent someone to inquire about the woman” (2 Sam. 11:3). He saw her bathing and that she was beautiful, but he knew nothing about her, not even her name....
Monday, July 23, 2018
I was doing my best to keep it together. While my mother lay terminally ill in a hospital nearly three hours away, I was tending to the ordinary business of my life—buying groceries, paying bills, and going to the bank. I was being strong.It was at the drive-in window...
Monday, July 23, 2018
Today is the feast day of Mary Magdalene. So often mentioned and so often misunderstood. The first lesson is from Judith (9:1,11-14), the prayer she makes just before she goes and beheads Holofernes. A marvelous act of espionage and assassination, but not exactly...
Sunday, July 22, 2018
“You can’t talk? How can you stand that?” Just watch and see, I wanted to tell my friends. I stood it just fine. For nine successive spring breaks, I traveled to a retreat center in South Texas, where silence was the rule. When I arrived, I shed my watch and took a...
