https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xhlaHAk8Zo In the hours after a massive blaze ripped through a tower block in west London early on June 14, nearby St. Clement’s Church — a four-minute walk away — rapidly became an emergency relief center. It sheltered more than 100 residents as the blaze raged and was subsequently overwhelmed with donations. People have given clothes, … [Read more...] about Post-inferno Refuge
Archives for June 19, 2017
W. Tenn. Bishop to Retire in ’19
David Waters writes for The Commercial Appeal: The Episcopal bishop in Memphis plans to resign in 2019 when he turns 70, two years before his mandatory retirement age. “I’m in good health and I love what I do, but it’s time,” Bishop Don Johnson said [June 16]. “This will give the diocese time to start the search process for a new leader.” The Rt. Rev. Don Johnson has been … [Read more...] about W. Tenn. Bishop to Retire in ’19
Bishops Condemn Attack
The Archbishop of Canterbury has responded to an attack outside the Muslim Welfare House in Finsbury Park on June 18: The freedom to worship without fear is a right we cherish as a nation and was won at great human cost over many years. The appalling attack on Muslims in Finsbury Park is an attack on us all and on the culture and values of our country. At a time when we are … [Read more...] about Bishops Condemn Attack
Panel Sanctions Bruno
The Bishop of Los Angeles has been sanctioned after an apparent attempt, for the second time, to secretly sell a church in his diocese. The move comes while the fallout from his first attempted sale is being considered by a disciplinary panel that has the authority to take away not just his bishop’s miter but his clerical collar as well. The controversy centers on St. James … [Read more...] about Panel Sanctions Bruno
6/25: God Has Heard
3 Pentecost, June 25 Gen. 21:8-21 or Jer. 20:7-13 Ps. 86:1-10, 16-17 or Ps. 69:8-11 (12-17), 18-20 Rom. 6:1b-11 • Matt. 10:24-39 Ishmael, the son of Hagar the Egyptian, having been weened and survived the dangerous days of infancy, could perhaps live to adulthood, live to rival Isaac’s positon as the heir of a divine promise. “[Sarah] said to Abraham, ‘Cast out this … [Read more...] about 6/25: God Has Heard