Via the Office of Public AffairsEpiscopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has issued the following statement on today’s United States Supreme Court rulings on DOMA and Proposition 8.The Episcopal Church is presently engaged in a period of study and dialogue about the nature of Christian marriage. This work is moving forward, with faithful people of many … [Read more...] about ‘All Are Beloved of God’
Archives for June 26, 2013
‘Closer to Justice’
Via President Jennings’s websiteThe Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, president of the House of Deputies of the Episcopal Church, issued this statement in response to the United States Supreme Court’s rulings that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and that same-sex marriage can resume in California:I join with millions of Christians across the country in celebrating … [Read more...] about ‘Closer to Justice’
Thank God for Beer (Brewers)
Merging two long-established congregations into one can pose myriad challenges, but celebrating the Eucharist at a brewery helps. That insight comes from the experience of six-month-old Grace Church in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. The church, which sings God’s praises in rented space at Barrington Brewery’s reception hall, aims in part to quench the spiritual thirst of … [Read more...] about Thank God for Beer (Brewers)