4/29: The Beginning
Praise may be the unconscious Song of Creation, intoned by the creative will of God, his sustaining love, the redeeming work of his attention and atonement for the agony of all beings.
Methodist-Moravian Unity Spreads
The Southern Province of the Moravian Church in North America has approved full communion with the United Methodist Church. The Northern Province will vote in June.
New: 5/6 TLC Online
The May 6 edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers.
‘A Matter of Grave Consequence’
Seven responses from other Anglican provinces express a consensus that changing the Church’s historic doctrine of marriage is a serious matter.
‘We Have Beheld a Great Soul’
Presiding Bishop Curry: “We of the Episcopal Church likewise give God thanks for her life and her witness to us.”
Lambeth’s Focus on Freedom
Gathering at Lambeth: “Religious freedom is a deep tradition and rich heritage of the countries of the Commonwealth, but one that cannot be taken for granted.”
A Youth’s Murder Haunts England 25 Years Later
As the 25th anniversary of Stephen Lawrence’s death approaches, a BBC documentary may unearth new leads.
St. Martin’s Honors Barbara Bush
During crowded services, “You would see the president or Mrs. Bush or both of them get up and offer their seat to somebody else or scoot over so that people can squeeze in.”
People & Places, April 17
Multiple exchanges of leadership in Rhode Island, and other listings in the Episcopal Church
Commissioner Pledges Vigilance
High Commissioner Yamina Karitanyi: “We will not tire in using the law, and diplomacy, to fight genocide ideology.”