Via Episcopal News ServiceA Testimony of HopeThe Fourth Consultation of Anglican Bishops in DialogueThe fourth consultation among Canadian, American and African bishops took place in Cape Town South Africa from Thursday, May 2, to Sunday, May 5. We met in the context of worship, prayer, Scripture reading and the breaking of bread. Through the presentation of papers, continuing … [Read more...] about A Testimony of Hope
Archives for May 7, 2013
Milbank on Marriage
Theologian John Milbank writes on gay marriage for the Australian Broadcasting Corp.’s Religion & Ethics website: Perhaps, in order to safeguard the churches from pressures to conform to the norm, we should now welcome a withdrawal from the churches of their rights as a civil marriage broker. This would leave the churches free, in their turn, to claim that only natural and … [Read more...] about Milbank on Marriage
Verbal Kwest Raps the Gospel
By Rodney ReinhartFew Episcopalians can be accused of overly experimental ventures in music. We fill our Sunday services with music that our grandparents would have loved, and we rarely move outside our musical comfort zones.The Diocese of Chicago’s annual convention in November nudged us out of that comfort zone a bit, and many of us loved it. During the convention’s closing … [Read more...] about Verbal Kwest Raps the Gospel