‘New Ways of Imagining God’

The Rev. Ruth Meyers of the Church Divinity School of the Pacific speaks with diaconal postulant Dani Gabriel in Sojourners about liturgical revision: Gabriel: Can you say a little more about how this work fits in with larger movements for social justice? Meyers: Some...

Keillor Describes Healing Prayer

Radio storyteller and novelist Garrison Keillor attended a morning service Aug. 5 at St. Michael’s Church in Manhattan and was overcome with emotion. Keillor was fired by Minnesota Public Radio in November 2017 after it investigated multiple allegations of sexual...

Help for Leeds?

Should financially stable dioceses step help those that need more funds? An announcement that the Diocese of Leeds must review salaries, make staff redundant, and close its pension program has triggered a national debate. Leeds is the Church of England’s youngest...

Tasmania Welcomes Property Concerns

The Diocese of Tasmania plans to sell churches to pay redress to child-abuse survivors, and has extended the deadline for responses. The diocese, located in the island state to the south Australian mainland, originally set September as the deadline to complete...

Fire Relief for Californians

Episcopal Relief & Development and the Diocese of Northern California are providing emergency support to communities struck by the Carr Fire that began on July 23. The support includes rental assistance, short-term storage for recovered belongings, food, gasoline,...

Tutudesks for Africa

The Diocese of Atlanta’s Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing has announced its initial goal to donate 1,308 Tutudesks to students in Africa: In partnership with the United Nations Special Envoy for Education, the Tutudesk provides the answer to the classroom desk...

Forward Day By Day – August 7, 2018

Whenever I do something, I try to ask myself: “How do I want to change the world?” In writing today’s reflection, I want you to fully embrace the power you have through Jesus Christ.For many years, I had a hard time with the miracles in the Bible. The well-educated...

Loving the Children

Loving someone else’s children may be one of the greatest gifts of the church.   You know those people.   The people who smile at your child whenever they see them. Those people who ask about your child and what they like to do and how they’re sleeping....

New Bishop for Ecuador Litoral

Christobal Leon Lozano | Glenda McQueen Lynette Wilson reports for Episcopal News Service: Cristobal Leon Lozano was elected bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Ecuador Litoral on Aug. 4. He will succeed to the Rt. Rev. Alfredo Morante España, who has been the diocesan...

‘No Kid Sleeps on the Floor’

Members of St. Michael’s Church in Racine, Wisconsin, have formed a chapter of Sleep in Heavenly Peace to provide beds and bedding for children between the ages of 3 and 17. Sleep in Heavenly Peace, based in Twin Falls, Idaho, had only two chapters in 2017. Since the...