From the Office of Public AffairsA statement from the Presiding Bishop about United Thank OfferingThe resignations of several members of the United Thank Offering Board in the past few days deeply distress me. They appear to be the result of grave suspicion and the attribution of inappropriate and unhelpful motives. The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society (DFMS), and its … [Read more...] about PB Responds to UTO Concerns
Archives for September 6, 2013
UTO Bylaw Revisions
The Rev. Ann Fontaine writes at her weblog, what the tide brings in:If you are an Episcopalian you are probably familiar with UTO through its Blue Boxes. The little box you put on your desk or in your kitchen where you are encouraged to put in a donation for every blessing you encounter each day. Cultivating the habit of gratitude is the goal of UTO. And when all those coins … [Read more...] about UTO Bylaw Revisions
Homer and Hospitality
By Carla Arnell “We’re never the ones to say whether we are welcoming” — so a fellow parishioner recently remarked. That humble acknowledgement of uncertainty about our congregation’s hospitality caught our rector’s attention and prompted her to reflect on what it means for a congregation to be welcoming, a matter of theological importance but also practical concern in these … [Read more...] about Homer and Hospitality
‘Dear Mr. President’
Via Act for SudanDear Mr. President,I am Bishop Adam Andudu Elnail, Bishop of the Diocese of Kadugli, Episcopal Church of the Sudan. I hope you remember my earlier letters to you in March this year and August 2011.For over two decades the civil war tore apart my home region of Nuba Mountains, where I have suffered much personal loss of family, friends, and neighbors. This war … [Read more...] about ‘Dear Mr. President’