The Diocese of Maryland has elected the Rev. Canon Heather Cook as a bishop suffragan. Cook is canon to the ordinary in the Diocese of Easton. She was elected on the fourth ballot from a slate of four nominees.The slate also included:The Rev. Nancy Gossling, 61, former rector of St. James’ Church in Glastonbury, ConnecticutThe Rev. Martha Macgill, 56, rector of Memorial … [Read more...] about Maryland Elects Canon Cook
Archives for May 2, 2014
Courtesy and Joy at Nashotah
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori joined in Morning Prayer, attended classes, held a discussion session, and delivered a post-Evensong sermon during a visit to Nashotah House Theological Seminary on May 1. It was the first time that Jefferts Schori had visited the historic Anglo-Catholic institution.Courtesy and even joy prevailed, and the presiding bishop said she had … [Read more...] about Courtesy and Joy at Nashotah
Strike Two for Jesus’ Wife
Jerry Pattengale writes in The Wall Street Journal:On April 24, Christian Askeland — a Coptic specialist at Indiana Wesleyan University and my colleague at the Green Scholars Initiative — revealed that the “Gospel of Jesus’ Wife,” as the fragment is known, was a match for a papyrus fragment that is clearly a forgery.… [L]ast week the story began to crumble faster than an … [Read more...] about Strike Two for Jesus’ Wife
Sister to Sister
Review by Amy Real CoultasThe practice of sharing spiritual fellowship through the exchange of letters has deep roots in Christian tradition. Spiritual Letters and Love and Salt are welcome contemporary responses to the call in Galatians to “Bear one another’s burdens, and in this way … fulfill the law of Christ.”Spiritual Letters is the first collection of personal … [Read more...] about Sister to Sister