The Rt. Rev. Marc Andrus, Bishop of California, offers the text of his invocation at the People's Climate March on September 21:“Who prompts the Arctic Tern in the air, and the Blue Whale in the Ocean, to make their 12,000-mile migration?”“The Earth!”“Who starts the 500-mile Serengeti Migration, beginning with 250,000 Zebras, then 1.7 million Wildebeasts, and 400,000 … [Read more...] about Marchers Are ‘Earth’s Prayer’
Archives for September 23, 2014
Life-sized Personhood
Review by Daniel MuthIs the unborn my neighbor? What if the question is unanswerable? Taken together, five books claim that, for Christians at least, the answer is and has always been yes.In The Ethics of Abortion, Christopher Kaczor, professor of philosophy at Loyola Marymount, systematically examines the arguments in favor of legal abortion and finds each one fatally flawed. … [Read more...] about Life-sized Personhood
PB Rules Out Another Term
Adapted from the Episcopal Church’s Office of Public AffairsPresiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori issued this letter “to all the people of God in the Episcopal Church” as the House of Bishops concluded its meeting in Taipei, Taiwan:It is a great joy and privilege to serve as your Presiding Bishop. I have been blessed to be able to meet and build relationships with people … [Read more...] about PB Rules Out Another Term