Adapted from the Office of Public AffairsEpiscopalians need not be present at Washington National Cathedral to celebrate Bishop Michael Curry’s new ministry as 27th presiding bishop. Video of the service will be available live and on demand through the Web, and the Union of Black Episcopalians will sponsor an additional celebration Saturday.The UBE’s Vigil Celebration and … [Read more...] about Be Present in Spirit
Archives for October 2015
Nov. 15 TLC Now Online
The Nov. 15 edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers. In the cover essay, Charles Hoffacker reviews For All the Saints, a history of St. John’s Church in St. Paul, Minnesota. Fr. Hoffacker writes:This large, attractive book invites perusal. Everyone who had a hand in producing this model parish history deserves to be commended. James E. Frazier … [Read more...] about Nov. 15 TLC Now Online
Designated Tithing
By G. Jeffrey MacDonaldThe Rev. Wayne Nicholson donates 10 percent of his income, but not all of that 10 percent goes to the church. It’s a fact he explains regularly when encouraging his flock at St. John’s Church in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, to work toward tithing as a spiritual discipline. “Someone will inevitably ask, Do you tithe?” Nicholson said. “I’ll say, ‘I don’t tithe … [Read more...] about Designated Tithing
Turning a Page in Maryland
The Rt. Rev. Eugene Taylor Sutton, Bishop of Maryland, offers multiple prayers after the sentencing of former bishop Heather Cook:Dear friends in Christ,As you may know Heather Cook was sentenced to seven years in prison on Oct. 27 exactly 10 months to the day she drove drunk and killed cyclist Thomas Palermo. Before the judge handed down the sentence Heather spoke to the … [Read more...] about Turning a Page in Maryland
God Recalibrates Hearts
James K.A. Smith, featured speaker at the Desiring the Kingdom conference, spoke about his ideas in this interview with Sue Careless.It takes some guts for a brainy philosopher to admit humans are heavily influenced, sometimes unconsciously, by our senses and our imagination.Yes, I’m a philosopher pointing out the limits of thinking.You call us liturgical, narrative, … [Read more...] about God Recalibrates Hearts
A Philosopher Loves the Heart
By Sue Careless“You can’t think your way to holiness,” American philosopher James K.A. Smith said during a conference on spiritual formation that met on Oct. 22-24 in Toronto.Smith grew up unchurched in southwestern Ontario. Now, as a professor at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, he urges Anglicans to appreciate their rich liturgical heritage. He spoke while standing … [Read more...] about A Philosopher Loves the Heart
21 to Attend U.N. Meeting
Adapted from the Office of Public AffairsPresiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has chosen 20 Episcopal delegates and one provincial representative to the 60th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.The delegates will attend UNCSW proceedings at the United Nations on March 14-24 and represent the Episcopal Church’s positions on the UNCSW’s Priority … [Read more...] about 21 to Attend U.N. Meeting
Seven Years for Heather Cook
Ian Duncan writes for The Baltimore Sun:Former Episcopal Bishop Heather Cook was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in prison for killing a cyclist in a drunken crash days after Christmas.Cook, 59, pleaded guilty last month to automobile manslaughter in the death of 41-year-old Thomas Palermo, a married father of two young children. She was taken into custody at the conclusion of … [Read more...] about Seven Years for Heather Cook