Anglicans and Lutherans from across the world have prepared 42 biblical reflections that mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. The authors represent a balance of global Anglicanism and global Lutheranism, and include both ordained and lay people, women and men. Although suitable for a Lenten study program, the reflections can be used at any other time of the year. … [Read more...] about Liberated by God’s Grace
Archives for March 13, 2017
Famine Looms in Malawi
Malawi faces a widespread famine affecting 40 percent of its population, warns Anglican mission agency USPG. According to George Willow, a senior staffer from the Anglican Council of Malawi, hunger is becoming increasingly acute in what is already a lean season. Residents of rural areas are affected most deeply, despite efforts by the national government to alleviate the … [Read more...] about Famine Looms in Malawi
Discomfiting Theater
By Retta Blaney More than a decade ago, playwright Bruce Graham read a newspaper feature about a transit bus bound for New York City’s Rikers Island Correctional Center. Graham started thinking about the people who rode buses like that to the remote areas where prisons tend to be located. A self-described liberal, the 60-year-old South Philadelphia native was also pondering … [Read more...] about Discomfiting Theater