Adapted from Episcopal Relief & DevelopmentEpiscopal Relief & Development is supporting the relief efforts of the Church of the Province of Myanmar (CPM) in response to widespread flooding caused by heavy monsoons and Cyclone Komen, which swept through the region on July 30. The rains that began on July 16 caused landslides in hilly areas and floods throughout much of … [Read more...] about ERD Helps after Cyclone Komen
Archives for August 13, 2015
Facing My Inner Racist
By Bob Libby I’ve had a cross burned on my lawn, but I am a racist. I have an award from the Hollywood Radio and Television Society that honors me for creating a public-service radio announcement on racism, but I am a racist. President Obama contends that racism is in America’s DNA. I would expand that to suggest that racism is part of human DNA. Is it not part of our … [Read more...] about Facing My Inner Racist
Trust Not in Guns
By Peggy EastmanThe senior bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) has criticized a widespread gun culture in the United States.“Of late we’ve fallen madly in love with the gun,” said the Rt. Rev. John Richard Bryant of Chicago, who leads the AME Church’s Fourth Episcopal District.“We keep saying the gun will protect us and yet it seems to make us more violent,” … [Read more...] about Trust Not in Guns