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From Breitbart-
The most senior bishop in the Church of England has said the Paris terror attacks made him “doubt” the presence of God.
Justin Welby, who as Archbishop of Canterbury is de facto head of the Anglican Communion, the world’s third largest Christian denomination, said he was left asking where God could be in the suffering of the French victims.
He told the BBC’s Songs of Praise show: “Yes. Saturday morning – I was out and as I was walking I was praying and saying: ‘God why – why is this happening? Where are you in all this?’ and then engaging and talking to God. Yes, I doubt.”
When asked how he first reacted to the attacks, he said: “Like everyone else – first shock and horror and then a profound sadness – and in my family’s case, that is added to because my wife and I lived in Paris for five years.
More here-
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/11/22/archbishop-of-canterbury-doubted-gods-presence-after-terror-attacks/
From The Church Times-
THE world is engaged in a “global and generational struggle against an evil cult that chooses death and fear”, the Archbishop of Canterbury warned on Saturday, after attacks by Islamist extremists in Paris last Friday left 129 people dead and more than 400 wounded.
“We choose life and hope, to overcome their hate with the power of God’s love,” he said. “In solidarity across all faiths and none, and with all human beings, rather than in the victimisation of any, we will find the way to defeat the demonic curse of terrorism.”
The attacks were the deadliest act of violence in France since the Second World War. The terrorists targeted six locations, including the Stade de France, restaurants, and the Bataclan concert hall. Survivors have spoken of gunmen picking off people one by one, including those in wheelchairs.
More here-
http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2015/20-november/news/world/message-after-paris-attacks-do-not-harden-your-hearts
From Lexington-
By last Sunday, a letter from Paris was read in our Lexington church and the focus of a sermon that made much more sense to me than the political pandering of some 30 or more American governors who say they will resist the resettlement of Syrian nationals in our county.
The letter, addressed to U.S. Episcopalians from a woman priest with many friends in Kentucky, asked for prayers for victims of the horrific slaughter in Paris and for the terrorists “whose anger, fear and hatred lead them to commit such acts.”
The writer was Lucinda Laird, dean of the American Cathedral in Paris, the famed mother church of the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe.
Laird became the dean after 15 years as rector of St. Matthews Episcopal Church in Louisville. In Kentucky, she served on the board of Berea College and was the priest for my Louisville family and for the late Phillip Ardery, the war hero who led 200 pilots in the skies over Normandy in D-Day in 1944.Read more here:
http://www.kentucky.com/opinion/op-ed/article45677007.html#storylink=cpy
From RNS-
Pope Francis raised the specter of a World War III “in pieces,” Muslims issued statements of condemnation, while evangelical Christians in America debated whether to speak of a “war with Islam.”
These were some of the responses by religious leaders around the world on Saturday (Nov. 14) to the series of attacks overnight in Paris, which left more than 120 people dead.
“This is not human,” Francis said in a phone call to an Italian Catholic television station. Asked by the interviewer if it was part of a “Third World War in pieces,” he responded: “This is a piece. There is no justification for such things.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/world-religious-leaders-condemn-paris-carnage/2015/11/16/7995b48e-8c8a-11e5-934c-a369c80822c2_story.html
From Oklahoma-
The leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma, recently shared statements about the Paris terrorist attacks with Episcopalians around the state.
The Rt. Rev. Edward Konieczny, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma, sent the following letter Saturday via email to Episcopal individuals and parishes around the state:
Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
By now you have heard of the horrendous terrorist attacks that took place in Paris yesterday. I ask you to join me in prayers for all the victims of these attacks, those killed and those injured; the families and friends of all victims; the first responders and all medical personnel; and all those affected by these senseless acts of violence. I ask all congregations to remember those affected by these tragic events during your services tomorrow.
More here-
http://newsok.com/article/5460878
From Kentucky-
T
he Rev. Lucinda Laird, pastor of St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, used to say she would never leave her job — unless she got a call to be pastor of the American Cathedral in Paris.
“It’s like saying, ‘Unless I fly to the moon,’ ” Laird said Friday. “It’s not possible.”
Except it is.
After nearly 15 years as pastor of one of Lousiville’s largest progressive congregations, Laird has been named the first woman dean in the cathedral’s history.
The cathedral, part of the Episcopal Church, has been a center for English-speaking worshipers in the French capital for more than a century.
Laird, 60, said she has visited Paris several times as a tourist but has never lived overseas and had to spend considerable time discerning whether this was the right call.
When the job opened up after the previous rector left for a position in Scotland, she decided to apply.More here-
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20121207/COLUMNISTS22/312070105/Faith-Works-Louisville-Episcopal-pastor-lead-American-Cathedral-Paris?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CHome
From Breitbart-
