Friday, May 26, 2017

Church of Scotland in step towards conducting same-sex marriages

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From The Guardian- The Church of Scotland has taken a significant step towards allowing ministers to conduct same-sex marriages as it apol...

East Lansing Church Declares Itself A "Sanctuary Church"

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From Michigan- Members of All Saints Episcopal Church in East Lansing plan to house up to two people whose U.S. citizenship in question. R...

Episcopal Divinity School’s 8-acre campus for sale in Harvard Square

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From Boston- The Episcopal Divinity School is selling its 8-acre campus at 99 Brattle Street in Cambridge’s Harvard Square area as it prep...

Assembly agrees apology to gay people and accepts same sex marriage report

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From Scotland- The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland has approved an apology to gay people for the history of discrimination they...
Thursday, May 25, 2017

Birmingham's Anglican Cathedral closes doors to public in wake of terror attack

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From England- Officials at Birmingham's Anglican Cathedral took the "unprecedented but considered" decision to close its doo...

Holy house hunters! Bidding for Ont. church starts at $1

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From Canada (with video)- Holy house hunters! A historic church in southwestern Ontario has gone up for sale with a starting bid of only $...

Church of Scotland to decide on gay marriage

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From The BBC- A proposal to allow Church of Scotland ministers to carry out gay marriages will come before the Church of Scotland's Ge...

Ask an Anglican: What is Anglican Monasticism?

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From Conciliar Anglican- A Very Brief History of Anglican Religious Communities The history of Anglican monasticism is both long and rich....

What the Ascension is (and isn’t)

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From The Living Church- Among the easiest and most difficult topics in Christian theology is the ascension of Jesus Christ. The descriptio...
Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Genocide: The mysterious case of 200 Tutsi killed at Midiho Anglican church

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From Rwanda- Sky-blue is associated with hope and a church extols belief. Put the two together and you have a powerful symbolism that won’...

Anglican Bishop, Muslim leaders condemn Manchester attack

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From Vatican Radio- A statement signed by the Anglican Bishop of Salisbury, Nicholas Holtam, and representatives of the Muslim community i...

Episcopal Seminary That Stopped Giving Degrees Amid $7.9M Asset Loss to Join Union Theological Seminary

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From Christian Post- Episcopal Divinity School of Cambridge, Massachusetts, a theologically liberal seminary founded in 1974, will move it...

Presiding Bishop preaches on ‘forgiveness, repentance, healing and reconciliation’ in Haiti

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From ENS- Presiding Bishop Michael Curry preached a sermon “on the occasion of the liturgical signing of the covenant of reconciliation” o...

Clergy Should Be Paid

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From Free Range Priest- The Living Church posted an article a few days ago about Episcopal congregations who don't pay their clergy, s...

JOHN WESLEY, CATHOLIC FORERUNNER?

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From The Living Church- In 1840, John Henry Newman reviewed The Life and Times of Selina, Countess of Huntingdon for the British Critic (W...
Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Fossil fuels fire up an impassioned debate over the Church of England's investments

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From The Independent- God certainly smiled on the Church of England’s investments last year. The Church Commissioners announced a total re...

Christ Church Cathedral 'holding up city's regeneration' as government intervention calls grow

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From New Zealand- The neglected Christ Church Cathedral is one of about 30 sites being targeted by council for holding up the city's r...

‘Total lack of awareness’: Elite NH boarding school bungled previous sexual abuse report

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From New Hampshire (Additional links below)- St. Paul’s School in New Hampshire has become the latest elite boarding school to publish a r...

Children in the Sanctuary

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From Huffington- I share these words in response to something disturbing that has taken place in my synagogue’s sanctuary twice over the l...

Justin Welby: How to pray ‘Thy Kingdom Come’ and mean it

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From Premier Christianity (Justin Welby)- The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby introduces a new prayer movement Lately I have found ...

Let’s talk about Sunday School

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From Episcopal Cafe- Let’s be honest about Sunday School. In my experience, clergy and laity widely regard Sunday School as an essential e...

Diocese of West Texas notified of successful canonical consent process

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From The Episcopal Church- Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop and Primate Michael B. Curry and Registrar of General Convention, the Rev. Ca...
Monday, May 22, 2017

Churches warn South Africa becoming a “mafia state”

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From South Africa- The influential South African Council of Churches has warned corruption is turning South Africa into a “mafia state” un...

Anglican Pastor In Adultery Storm, Accused Of Having S*x With Married Church Member

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From Nigeria- Reverend Gilbert Sambona, a Zimbabwean Anglican priest with the Manicaland diocese, has been accused of having a romantic af...

Religious leaders call for inclusive dialogue to end South Sudan conflict

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From Sudan- “Without a doubt, the swearing in of the members of the dialogue being organised by the government will mark the beginning of ...

I’m a Pastor With Depression. For Years I Thought I Had to Hide It.

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From Sojourners- I was serving as associate pastor to a small church in southern Wisconsin, just a year out of seminary, and I couldn'...

Rowan Williams: Britons are peering into the abyss after Brexit vote

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From Guardian- Rowan Williams has warned of the dangers of “messianic leadership” arising from disillusion in the political process, sayin...

A Prayer for Donald Trump

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From The New York Times (Opinion)- Given the mess that he’s in and the martyrdom that he hallucinates, it’s only fitting that Donald Trump...

Is the Old Testament dying?

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From RNS- Brent Strawn was teaching at a Methodist church in Atlanta when he asked his class to identify the origin of Jesus’ well-known c...

Pay for a Priest or a Building

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From The Living Church- In Bethel, Vermont, Christ Church cannot afford a full-time priest. But its buildings — an in-town church and pari...